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Summertime does seem to be ripe territory for MMORPGs to release sizable content updates in the hopes of keeping players occupied and luring back...

ArcheAge isn't the only game at Trion Worlds that's shuffling around its community team these days. RIFT announced last Friday that it brought on board...

If the Oculus Rift's pricedrop to $400 last week wasn't enough to get your hands reaching for your wallet, point your eyeballs at this...

Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively commenters can join forces to help solve the guild dilemmas of fellow readers....

The 4.2 patch for RIFT (Celestial Storm if you're on a first-name basis with patches) is heading to the live servers on July 19th....

Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, WoW, LOTRO, RIFT, Kritika, and Master X Master, with mailbag topics on MMOs like Star Wars Galaxies and following the MMO crowd.

So what does the blogging community think of the first IP-related new MMORPG to be announced in years in Magic: The Gathering? It's a little...

Trion World's experiment this past spring with making RIFT's newest expansion free for a limited time is now becoming a permanent fixture. The studio...

Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...

I have a love-hate relationship with VR. I've bought an Oculus Rift and the Touch, but don't play it much these days. Part of...

Massively OP Patron Jackybah has a question for this week's Massively Overthinking that's probably going to kick up some dust. He wonders whether MMO...

After some ups and downs this afternoon -- everybody loves the "try again later" message, right? -- Valve's summer Steam sale is finally underway...

Been saving up your nickels and dimes for trips to the malt shop and the penny candy counter? (Also, do you have some sort...

First announced back in February, CCP's multiplayer VR sports sim Sparc is getting the E3 treatment this week, being available for play (and spectating)...

It's hard to decide whether double XP weekends in MMOs are a blessing or a cruel prank. On one hand, hey, faster advancement and...

It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...

Calling it one of the most "monumental builds" to ever come to the game, Villagers and Heroes is preparing to unleash Patch 4.0: Starfall...

A slightly ambiguous Facebook post had some RIFT players worried that the game was finished with its current expansion cycle altogether. In a discussion about...

Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV, FFXI, Black Desert, Neverwinter, World of Warcraft, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, EverQuest, Allods, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on MMO role homogenization, PvP pay-to-win, and the Marvel Heroes uproar.

When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...