retro
Trion Worlds teases creepy new game
Is the devil inside you? Trion Worlds is pretty sure it's the devil and not Intel, anyway. The studio behind MMOs RIFT, Defiance, and...
Ask Mo: If Star Wars Galaxies is so smart, why ain’t it rich?
Star Wars Galaxies would have been 12 years old this week, had it lived a day past Star Wars: The Old Republic. That makes...
Trove plans a stress test event to celebrate the end of beta
Trove is really leaving beta for real, and to celebrate, the developers want players to break the servers tomorrow. If necessary. Ideally, the servers...
The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time
Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...
Time’s running out for the Voxelnauts Kickstarter
Are you interested in playing Voxelnauts, the "VR sandbox MMO" from Retro Ronin? If so, you might consider helping the firm out on its...
Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome
My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...
Trove expands server capacity to handle population influx
It's a good problem to have: Trove's servers are filling up to the brim and even causing queues to form. Fortunately, Trion Worlds said...
EverQuest II outlines plans for new timelocked servers
It's hard to deny that there was a definite appeal to EverQuest's progression server when it first came out. So the EverQuest II team...
Global Chat: Does the 12X leveling speed hurt or help SWTOR?
I love seeing interaction and cooperative projects between MMO bloggers because what fun is there in being an island? Especially when we talk about...
One Shots: Bagpipes in the woods
I can't say that I'm the biggest fan of bagpipe music, although I do harbor a certain fascination for any musical instrument that looks...
Trove will teach you how to train a dragon next week
Trove is apparently racing to see just how much content it can cram into this voxelbox title before it launches on July 9th. Next...
Voxelbox Trove is officially launching on July 9
This is it, Trove fans. The finish line of beta and the starting line for the official live game. Trion Worlds announced that Trove...
Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying
How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...
LEGO Worlds releases on Steam early access
Since Minecraft more or less ripped off the very concept of playing with LEGOs, why not return the favor? That seems to be the...
The Game Archaeologist: Mythic’s Imperator Online
It is a truly difficult thing to create something completely new and original, especially in storytelling and setting. It's perhaps impossible in this day...
Trion Worlds secures ‘Reactor’ trademark
No, it's not one of Tony Stark's inventions, but that doesn't mean this reactor is any less intriguing. Upon doing some sleuthing, RiftGrate discovered...
SkySaga starts alpha 4, unveils new website
SkySaga is not lying low these days; the colorful sandbox recently launched its fourth alpha test, which it has expanded to include more players...
Trove’s monster bash update is a graveyard smash
Trove seems to be pulling a major update out of its brain voxels on a monthly basis now. Coming hot on the heels of...
Voxelnauts Kickstarter melds VR, voxels, and sandbox gameplay
What do you get when you stick a sandbox, voxels, and VR into a blender? You get Voxelnauts, a new voxelbox -- actually, they're calling...
The Game Archaeologist: Multiplayer BattleTech
It was the 31st century, where feuding factions decided to settle their differences by throwing multi-ton war robots at each other. It was also...