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One thing that's quite apparent by now is that Trion Worlds adores its crossover promotions. It's happening again, as Defiance's hellbugs are breaching the...

The RIFT community is certainly abuzz about all of the big changes and plans for the game in 2016, not the least of which...

Technology is vital to every single MMO that we play and is also almost completely invisible. When a game is running well, you don't...

The Secret World has needed awesome mounts since, oh, day one, and it does my heart good to see players rumble about on hogs,...

Of all the chapters in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...

In all of the hubbub surrounding Trion World's changes to the business model of RIFT, it might've been easy to overlook the fact that...

A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one! "Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade...

As RIFT approaches its fifth birthday this spring, Executive Producer Chris Junior revealed many exciting changes and improvements that are coming to the game. The fun...

Justin and Bree are joined by Marvel Heroes devs discuss Marvel Heroes 2016. We also talk The Repopulation's engine switch, The Division's beta, and business model shenanigans in RIFT, Trove, SWTOR, and The Secret World.

Last week, Daybreak announced a monetization change for zombie survival box H1Z1 that almost slipped under our radar: The studio is adding bundles of...

RIFT isn't the only game under Trion Worlds' umbrella that's reevaluating and adjusting its business model to become more profitable. Yesterday, the Trove team...

The recent decision by Trion Worlds to set up what many see as a gear-related paywall in RIFT certainly has cause quite the discussion...

The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...

Star Wars: The Old Republic apparently couldn't stand to see RIFT hogging the business model drama spotlight today and has issued a new proclamation...

Back when RIFT launched Nightmare Tide, it introduced earring slots and a new type of gear that required a "Planeswalker: Water" label. Both of...

Flight sim fans are often on the cutting edge of technology and peripherals, usually more so than the rest of the gaming crowd. After...

If you're tired of hearing how hot e-sports is and how the industry is gunning for it as the future of gaming... perhaps you...

Fun fact: RIFT wasn't always known as RIFT. Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO went through many name permutations during its development, including titles such as...

In the last edition of MMO Mechanics, I looked back on 2015 and the mechanics I managed to squeeze into the column: We looked...

Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...