Massively Overthinking: The real-world value of MMOs
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a wildly contentious - one might even say transparently provocative - thread declaring that "f...
Grimdark MMO Mad World confirms 2022 launch as ‘permanent open beta,’ aims for a primary male audience
Jandisoft's Mad World is looking more and more like a candidate for a 2022 release: Not only did we spot a new "winter 2022"...
Lord of the Rings Online’s next two zones leak as Embracer buys up rights to the LOTR franchise
There's a big announcement on the horizon for Lord of the Rings Online -- but it may have just been leaked from the game's...
Population counts for Apex Legends rise to a new high in spite of an attempted player-run protest
Coordinating a game's community to protest issues with a title has got to be challenging, but the story of one such effort by players...
NCsoft Q2 2022: Throne and Liberty delayed to 2023, Aion 2 in dev, Guild Wars 2 booming
If you were skeptical about NCsoft's Q1 financial report and its confidence about still managing to get Throne and Liberty out the door in...
Tower of Fantasy hands out free currencies after its launch hits some server snags
The multiplayer "shared world RPG" Tower of Fantasy made its global debut to players yesterday, and unsurprisingly, it didn't exactly go off without some...
Perfect World’s Jade Dynasty World shares a new video as it prepares for an August 19 pre-alpha tech test
Last month we caught wind of Jade Dynasty World, an updated and open-world version of the classic Jade Dynasty that was sunsetted in 2018....
Rumor: NCsoft may publish Throne and Liberty globally through Amazon Games
Remember when NCsoft's first quarter financial report noted that Throne and Liberty would be arriving to the west this year? "According to sources quoted...
Footage of Diablo IV’s friends and family alpha test was leaked online
Those who may be disappointed to learn that Diablo IV won't be heading to beta any time soon might be interested in bathing themselves...
Blue Protocol’s release slips to sometime past 2022 as a result of Bandai Namco online games restructuring
There has been a long and worrying silence out of Blue Protocol, the anime MMORPG being developed by Bandai Namco; it's been so long,...
Lost Ark’s powerpass is still inexplicably disabled after 10 days offline
If you're a fan of paid boosts in MMOs, then you'll be disappointed to know that the system is currently disabled in Lost Ark...
Would you buy a mythic skin in Overwatch 2 for $45? Asking for a Blizzard
Players of Overwatch 2 are reportedly being asked some very worrying questions by Blizzard: Fans of the shooter have shared images from a survey...
Bungie reduced direct communication with players over ‘real threats’ to devs
It's becoming clear that Destiny 2 developer Bungie is experiencing a problem with playerbase toxicity - readers will recall that the studio is taking...
The Daily Grind: Do you play shorties, tallies, or both in MMOs?
MMOs seldom offer us many choices in body build or weight, but most of them do deliver sliders when it comes to height. And...
Dungeons and Dragons Online sics hounds from hell on permadeath adventurers
Dungeons and Dragons Online players who eagerly jumped into the latest hardcore league run are finding that it's a little more difficult than they...
New World’s population perks up with queues post-Medleyfaire as Amazon works on LFG
If you tried to play New World yesterday following the launch of the Summer Medleyfaire patch and noticed the game was hopping again, you...
Vanguard Saga of Heroes’ community-run emulator had over 100 players this past weekend
We recently ran a column on abrupt MMO sunsets, one of which was Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which SOE binned in 2014 shortly after...
The Cycle lowers mission clear requirements, tweaks matchmaking, and tunes endgame items
PvPvE shooter The Cycle: Frontier continues to turn the knobs in this week's patch, primarily focusing on making adjustments to missions, weapons, and matchmaking...
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
Diablo Immortal set to launch July 25 in China after bizarre delay
Back in June when Diablo Immortal launched here in the west, Chinese publisher NetEase surprised everyone by delaying the game's release in China itself,...
