Ashes of Creation introduces new community manager, promising better communication
The whole Ashes of Creation issue with the game's website and forums involved no small number of people pointing out that Intrepid Studios is...
Here’s what’s up with Ashes of Creation’s borked forums and website
Let's recap on what's going on with Ashes of Creation, shall we? Just ahead of the holidays, Intrepid rolled out Apocalypse, its battle royale...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2019 in preview
It's the day before the last patch of the Stormblood series in Final Fantasy XIV... technically. Yes, you can argue (correctly) that we'll actually...
An EVE Online corporation has been hit with a GDPR request from an ex-member
We often talk about how EVE Online can sometimes mirror the real world in startling detail, with its complex politics, global power struggles, and player-run...
The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2018
We can't do an accurate "most popular MMORPG articles of 2018 by pageviews" list as we usually do thanks to skewed data from MOP's extensive...
Global Chat: How do we fight early access disasters?
With the year in MMOs ending on a sour note due to the botched rollouts of both Fallout 76 and Atlas, blogger Endgame Variable...
Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse is down until specialized test weekend in January
We hope you had fun playing what was evidently the initial testing period of Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse. It was a good testing phase...
Gambling addict successfully petitions Path of Exile to disable lockboxes
In a year full of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad news concerning lockboxes in online games, here may be the very first positive story...
Smilegate taps Mail.Ru to run Korean MMORPG Lost Ark in Russia as early access package sale goes live
Smilegate is continuing its global rollout of Lost Ark, now with the selection of a publisher for Russia and the CIS region, according to...
Star Citizen ATV, Squadron 42’s projected 2020 beta, and Cloud Imperium’s $46M private investment
This week's Around the Verse does touch on the 3.4 release of Star Citizen, but the big news is definitely from Squadron 42, which...
Fallout 76’s latest update fixes crash bug and item duping exploit
Bethsoft just patched in another update for Fallout 76, and it's not exactly going to light the world on fire, but it does include...
Guild Wars 2’s next living story episode ‘All or Nothing’ launches January 8th
Guild Wars 2 players won't be surprised that ArenaNet has just revealed the key details of its next living story and its trailer, given...
More details emerge about Studio Wildcard’s Atlas as next week’s launch looms
Even with a slight delay, the launch of Studio Wildcard's Atlas has come out of nowhere this holiday season and sent many MMO gamers...
Ashes of Creation shows off alpha gameplay while prepping fans for the Apocalypse
With the public battle royale-style Apocalypse mode coming to Ashes of Creation next week, Intrepid Studios is leveraging the increased attention as best it...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2018
We've got a lot of awards going out over the next couple of weeks about the "best" and "biggest" of this and that. But...
Fishing angles to bait TERA’s players in the BAF Masters update, now live
"The hottest leisure time activity since binge-watching has finally come to TERA!"
No, it's not nitpicking grammar errors on Reddit or arguing in the YouTube comments...
Fortnite streamer arrested after alleged domestic abuse is caught on camera
Australian police have arrested Twitch streamer MrDeadMoth for allegedly abusing his girlfriend during a Fortnite livestream Sunday night. Video clips of the incident, which...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offered the best PvP experience in 2018?
Later today, we begin our giant rollout of end-of-the-year awards, a series I both love and hate - love because it's fun, hate because...
A judge has dismissed another chunk of Crytek’s Star Citizen engine lawsuit
Happy Christmas, Cloud Imperium.
MOP readers will recall that almost exactly a year ago, Crytek sued Star Citizen developer CIG, alleging that CIG infringed its...
Legends of Aria AMA covers sandbox endgame, difficulty, balancing, and future content
Yesterday, devs from Citadel Studios zipped over to Reddit for an AMA all about Legends of Aria, which MMO players will recall just recently hit early access off-steam. Studio boss Derek "Supreem" Brinkmann and lead game designer Jeffrey "Miphon" Edwards sat for questions from the MMORPG sub. While the AMA continues today, here are some of the notable answers posted yesterday:
