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The MOP Up: Warface’s Hidden War is revealed
This week, Warface kicked off its Hidden War season: "The season update adds a new PvP-map called Ruins for capture mode where players can...
Choose My Adventure: A sample platter of classes and a taste of Geode boredom in Trove
You know what the problem is with Trove in the beginning? It just throws so much stuff at you that when you do something...
The Game Archaeologist: Defining the eras of MMORPG history
With MMO history stretching back to the early 1980s (and even before), this genre has accumulated a whole lot of history over the years....
Choose My Adventure: Tearing through the colorful world of Trove at breakneck speeds
The idea to play Trove this month ended up being something of a needed breath of fresh air for me. With all of the...
Fallout 76 outlines a fix-filled patch for August 3, announces another Gold Rush weekend, and shares radio plays
While many players of Fallout 76 are understandably looking toward the Fallout Worlds custom server feature, there are other things to look forward to...
Choose My Adventure: Wakfu definitely isn’t my cup of tea (and that’s OK)
Well, I tried, everyone. I really did. But sometimes you just have to sort of admit when you're diametrically opposed to a game. Thus...
Realm of the Mad God’s biggest patch of the year lands August 17
It's been a while since we poked our head into Realm of the Mad God - the top of the year, in fact. Back...
Trove celebrates sixth birthday with Sunfest party, questing, and cake
Sunfest has returned to Trove just as the game is celebrating its sixth birthday, at least if you're on PC or a console not...
The Stream Team: Party time for Trove’s sixth birthday
Trove turned the big six today! The adorable game is ripe for fun festivities, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to party. Maybe she...
The Game Archaeologist: Why 2008 was one of the wildest years for MMORPGs
In the relatively short history of MMORPGs so far, there have been a few years that I would say were watershed moments for the...
Nexon CEO talks games industry innovation, venture capital, and crypto
Innovation used to be a major buzzword in the online gaming industry, to the point that its saturation made it pretty tired. The term's...
MMO Burnout: Retro-inspired games offer a sense of accomplishment with a side of nostalgia
For someone who absolutely abhors the mere mention of paying a monthly sub for a game, I am totally sold on the Xbox Game...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online, from launch to now
July 27th 2001. On this date, Funcom pulled the trigger on Anarchy Online, launching it in North America with a planned release in Europe a...
The Daily Grind: Are you picking anything up in the Steam Summer Sale?
Steam's summer sale is upon us once again, this time with a bit of a choose-your-adventure theme. Steam always has a summer sale right...
Blocky sandbox Trove has finally launched on the Nintendo Switch
Trove's summer releases just keep rolling: Just a week after dropping the Bard update on PC, now Gamigo's blocky MMORPG has launched on the...
Destiny 2’s $85 toaster that was created thanks to charity donations is apparently not very good
Today in "weird-ass philanthropy" news, we take a look at Destiny 2: The Official Toaster. While that might read like a Spaceballs merch gag,...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online, from development to beta
We all have stories of our very first MMORPG experiences, and the one that I often share is that my initial dip into this...
Elder Scrolls Online’s endeavors reward system finally goes live
After holding it back from the launch of Blackwood, ZeniMax has finally rolled out the new and highly anticipated endeavors system for Elder Scrolls...
Trove’s new Bard class is live on the PC servers with tons of new costumes
Gamigo has pushed the new Bard class to Trove's PC servers today in what it's calling the Tune-Up update. Yes, it's slated for console...
Fight or Kite: Leafling Online is a retro-inspired action MMO for PvPers – and grinders
When I spied our recent article on Leafling Online, I almost immediately jumped in. It’s currently in early access, but studio Celtaria Productions claims...
