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The Stream Team: A Valentine hellbug in Trove
Massively OP's MJ ultimately missed out on love last year -- the lovebug hellbug mount in Trove, that is! Luckily, it is back, and...
Staxel is a cozy multiplayer sandbox now in Steam early access
You know what I like? Hearing about a new game for the first time that I can actually buy right now. Of course, this...
The Game Archaeologist: BBS door games
When you think of MMORPGs, I wouldn't blame you if your mind stayed rooted firmly in the past decade or so, perhaps taking a...
Old School RuneScape trots out graphical improvements while RuneScape heads into a month of revamps
It comes with the territory of Old School RuneScape that players are more interested in the systems and content offerings than the visual pizazz....
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?
Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...
Minecraft developer announces the shutdown of card game Scrolls
Minecraft developer Mojang revealed this week that it will be shutting down its online card game Scrolls on February 13th. This shouldn't come as...
Trove has passed 15 million players… and lots of other milestones
Congratulations are in order for Trove, which has passed 15 million players over the course of its lifespan. That's a lot of people logging...
Trove launches in Japan this spring, offers freebies through Twitch Prime promo
Trion announced today that Trove is launching in Japan on PS4 this spring, with closed beta coming "soon." You'll recall it launched in China...
David Brevik reveals a new indie title in the vein of Diablo and Terraria
Diablo, Hellgate: London, and Marvel Heroes creator David Brevik has just announced his newest game -- and it's both similar and unlike anything he's...
Linkrealms is sunsetting today
Sad news this morning: Linkrealms is sunsetting, today if our read of the letter sent to players yesterday is correct, since today is the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for a trio?
I've been considering this question ever since my husband and I upgraded our six-year-old's Guild Wars 2 account with Path of Fire and we...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO daily login rewards work on you?
I've always wondered about this because the last few years, I've seemed impervious to the charms of daily login rewards. Even for the MMOs...
The Game Archaeologist: Fallen Age
Imagine that one day you wake up, stumble to your computer, and check in on the morning news. Among the various tidbits is a...
Snail Games introduces PixARK, heading to early access in March
So you're a Minecraft kind of soul. You like that sort-of-pixelish-but-not-really look. Your friend is an ARK: Survival Evolved junkie. She's more about dinosaurs...
Magic: The Gathering Arena’s business model stands on a ‘simple idea’ of universal access
"We want everyone to be able to experience Magic: The Gathering."
Upon this "simple idea" Wizards of the Coast is building Magic: The Gathering Arena's...
Smed’s secret Amazon game is hiring a level designer
It looks as if John Smedley's new game is about to begin hiring in earnest. "We are going to be looking for an experienced...
Radiant Worlds is rescued but SkySaga’s fate remains uncertain
Things looked very bleak for SkySaga and its parent company Radiant Worlds last August when the upcoming multiplayer game shut down production following Smilegate's...
The Game Archaeologist: Neocron
It's the distant future. The high-tech battle armor you wear sharply contrasts with the ruins of civilization that you traverse. You spot an enemy...
FCC extends accessibility requirement waiver for online games once again
Last year, my husband deployed the requisite accessibility tools to the college science lab he runs to accommodate a bright student who happened to...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2017
It's true that we lost a lot of MMOs in 2016 -- bigger and more important ones than in 2014 and 2015. 2017, however, has...
