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Trove’s Halloween events begin on PC and console as Shadow’s Eve arrives
If you thought the voxel sandbox Trove couldn't possibly get weirder than it normally is, then you've clearly never seen it during the Halloween...
Gamigo is retooling Trove’s player-generated content submission system
I'd be willing to be that in spite of how often we cover Trove, most of our readers have no idea that a lot...
The Game Archaeologist: Funcom’s long-abandoned Midgard MMO
There used to be a time that Funcom was deeply into the MMORPG business, bringing us titles such as Anarchy Online, Age of Conan,...
Angeldust offers a large-scale sandbox MMO world with a selectable visual style
The world of early access gaming still has a few surprises out there for us MMO players. One of these is the game Angeldust,...
Dofus Retro revives a classic version of the Ankama MMORPG for its 15th birthday
The 15th anniversary celebration lined up for MMORPG Dofus has begun with Dofus Retro, the game's own classic server for those who want to...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Moogle Treasure Trove until patch 5.1
Did you think you were just about done with things in Final Fantasy XIV ahead of patch 5.1? Well think again, because the Moogle Treasure...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ future looks bright
Don't let games like Fortnite and Overwatch make you forget that League of Legends is still a thing. In fact, Riot Games' MOBA saw...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Mini Life, Naïca, and MedievaLands
It's time for another roundup of smaller or more obscure MMOs that you might not have noticed! We'll kick off today with a pixel...
The Game Archaeologist: The day Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped the free-to-play bomb
By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...
Korean mobile MMORPG TERA Classic adds the Elin Lancer
The Korean-only mobile MMORPG TERA Classic has decided to give the game's tiniest race one of its biggest weapons. Or maybe they misheard the...
Dofus celebrates 15 years of operation with a meta event and plans to launch a retro server
One of my favorite things about this genre is how the "lesser-loved" titles can keep on truckin' thanks to an established and engaged playerbase...
Champions Online’s third anniversary week brings back Dr. Destroyer and his Destroid robots
It's been some time since Champions Online launched, but we've finally learned a great truth about the game's major villain: Despite his grammatically ambiguous name,...
Working As Intended: What it means to be an MMORPG
I am amused and somewhat bewildered to admit that I have my very own pet troll. He follows me around on Reddit to hassle...
The Game Archaeologist: Is it worth the hassle to update graphics in older MMOs?
"I'd play this game again if the graphics were updated."
"If they re-released this game with modern graphics, it would be way more popular."
"The Game...
Cube World is back, and this time it’s launching on Steam this fall
Hey, remember Cube World? The blocky, sandboxy Minecraft clone from Picroma was a big deal when it hit paid alpha waaaaay back in 2013....
The 10th anniversary of Champions Online continues with new and returning events
The birthday celebrations for Champions Online continue as the MMO celebrates 10 years the only way it knows how: with presents for players.
In addition...
Guild Wars 2’s Living World magazine teases Bound with Blood, hardmode episode encounters
If you're old enough, you remember back when there were multiple competing video game magazines, and most of them would gladly run multi-page spreads...
WoW Classic: Character transfers, new realms, Twitch records, and most popular classes
If you thought that the second week of WoW Classic's operation would be any less hectic than the first, you're in for some disappointment....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 236: Guild Wars 2’s dragons and Vikings
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW Classic, ArcheAge Unchained, PlanetSide Arena, Peria Chronicles, SWTOR, Conan Chop Chop, Last Oasis, Caravan Stories, and Champions Online, with a mailbag question on improving boring MMO tasks.
Global Chat: WoW Classic impressions mega-compilation
When World of Warcraft launches, the world stops to pay attention.
The recent release of WoW Classic didn't just pull in hundreds of thousands of...
