New Star Wars Galaxies rogue server Sunrunner 2 blends pre-NGE and post-NGE content
So here's the thing about Star Wars Galaxies: The people who tell you NGE stunk are right. When it launched in 2005, it was...
Worlds Adrift is launching one last patch and character wipe before it sunsets in July
Among the sadder bits of news we've covered in the last few weeks - maybe even the whole spring season - was the news...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August
It looks like yet another version of Bless Online is calling it quits, as the Japanese server admins announced yesterday it'll close down that...
Elite Dangerous greyhat ‘protest’ over hacking ends in player ban
You wouldn't think Elite Dangerous would be the site of so much drama, but it's offering up the goods this week. Yesterday, one of...
Star Wars: The Old Republic holds an AMA about gear progression changes coming in Onslaught
As we all know by now, Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting something of a reset with regard to its gear progression systems...
Destiny 2 is going free-to-play as Destiny 2: New Light as Bungie confirms Steam launch and cross-save
(This article has been updated since publication; updates are at the end, and the original is as follows.)
In what at least appears to be...
Starbase previews ships in new video and discusses its monetization plans
We've known about Starbase for just a week, and already Finnish developer Frozenbyte is amping up the hype with a third video, this one...
Massively Overthinking: Tackling the ‘big four MMOs’ meme
Over the last couple of months, there's been a meme floating around the MMORPG subreddit. Someone will ask that the community recommend a game,...
Anthem releases update 1.2.0 – without loot changes – and plans PTS for Cataclysm
The latest update for BioWare's MMO-shooter Anthem has gone live, bringing with it some minor quality-of-life improvements, a handful of gear adjustments, and a...
City of Heroes: Community harassment ramps up as Homecoming counts 91,000 players
What should have been a fun Memorial Day weekend in Paragon City turned into nightmares for some members of the City of Heroes rogue...
World of Warcraft: Classic dragon griefing, Argus redux, and BFA end boss
Fun fact: Did you know that Blizzard had originally been considering Argus -- the late Legion content update -- as its own full-fledged expansion?...
Sea of Thieves’ latest quality-of-life update tweaks arena waiting time, cooking, and rowboats
Yesterday's Sea of Thieves update marks the second release in year two of the game's rollout, and it's a bit of a mixed bag....
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for obsessive completionists?
I have been a lot of things in MMORPGs over the years. Raider. Roleplayer. Cat-herder. Merchant. Even killer. But one thing I've never really...
Guild Wars 2 is planning a big overhaul of attribute-selectable gear
For a flat-progression MMO that wasn't originally designed to be heavily focused on gear, Guild Wars 2 has certainly trended that way in recent...
Daybreak is porting DC Universe Online to the Nintendo Switch
This is an unusual place to be getting MMORPG news, but it looks to be legit: Comics website CBR is reporting that DC Universe...
Hearthstone’s Rise of the Mech introduces big nerfs and buffs for the season
The Dalaran Heist has been out only a week and Rise of Shadows just over a month, but Blizzard is focusing hard on Hearthstone...
City of Heroes: All the public servers we know of, plus Reddit’s launch and Homecoming’s name release
A new City of Heroes rogue server has joined the chat: Specifically, it's the Reddit-backed server, and it's called Pleiades. It went live at...
Apex Legends’ latest patch is all about sounds and hit detection
Is Apex Legends just too darn loud? The game's next patch is out today, and one of the things that it's doing is just turning...
Worlds Adrift’s May update improves the Blight, knowledge, and ship storage
It's been a few months since we checked in on Worlds Adrift, the early access MMO sandbox. MMO players will recall that back in...
