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Global Chat: The dawning of a new great MMO era
The next great era of MMORPGs is in the making right now and will dawn on us shortly -- or so postulates MMO Folklorist,...
The MOP Up: SWTOR spins a Bounty Hunter yarn
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was nearly your bedtime and Star Wars: The Old Republic sat down next...
The Daily Grind: Should the MMO genre take another stab at esports?
A few years ago, there was a concerted push in the MMO genre to design, amplify, and boost esports, and I don't just mean...
Riot’s lawsuit against League of Legends copycat is tossed, Legends of Runeterra previews 2023
We have a pair of headlines coming out of Riot Games in this story. We'll start off with the latest on a May lawsuit...
Riot MMO lead still cagey about game details as he talks about career and online RPG design
While it is not the detail-laden treasure chest of information that fans of Riot's upcoming Runeterra MMORPG were hoping to hear, a recent interview...
Runeterra MMO director talks about MMORPG design and monetization in interview preview
Riot Games' in-development Runeterra MMO has been a topic of discussion for director Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street for a long while now, and while there's...
Riot Games buys up Wargaming support studio to help with Valorant and League of Legends
Riot Games has bought itself a shiny new studio. Or more specifically, a well-established one: Wargaming Sydney, which has been helping Wargaming out with...
League of Legends introduces its newest character K’sante and details this year’s ranked season rewards
We're still a few weeks away from League of Legends' big esports hullabaloo, but that's not stopping the MOBA from offering up video previews...
Evercore Heroes promises ‘competitive PvE’ that merges MOBA combat and MMO dungeon delving
What do you get when you mesh together MOBA-style combat, team-based competition, and PvE dungeon dives? You might get something like Evercore Heroes, the...
The MOP Up: Embers Adrift’s soundtrack swells prior to launch
With less than a week to go before Embers Adrift becomes the newest launched MMORPG on the block, the studio pointed out that its...
Riot Games sponsors design challenge centered on making online spaces safer
Riot Games is not a gaming company most folks in our industry would consider a paragon of community in or off the court. The...
Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra announces new card rotations and formats
Legends of Runeterra, Riot Games' multiplayer digital card game, is preparing to go down the same path of many of its digital and analogue...
Omega Strikers is an open beta 3v3 game of high-speed soccer from former League of Legends devs
Are you ready for some football? Or soccer? Or a 3v3 game with some extremely colorful characters that runs at a speed that's much...
Theorycraft Games nets $50M and two former Riot devs for a ‘team-based game of adventure, creativity, and high-stakes combat’
Back in March 2021 we reported on the formation of Theorycraft Games, a game dev studio that was made up of folks who had...
G2 Esports loses bid to join Valorant’s league thanks to the org’s CEO partying with a flagrant misogynist
If you've heard of the esports organization G2 Esports recently, it may very well be for all of the wrong reasons. The Berlin-based org...
Riot Games and Lil Nas X release music video for the League of Legends Worlds 2022 anthem Star Walkin’
The "president of League" and superstar rapper Lil Nas X has delivered on one of the promised portions of his collaboration with League of...
Riot’s new League of Legends novel may be tied into the upcoming MMORG
Ardent League of Legends fans were treated to a brand-new novel earlier this month that is set in their game's universe -- and may...
Riot Games names Lil Nas X president of League of Legends in a new collaboration for Worlds 2022
What do the MOBA League of Legends and superstar rapper Lil Nas X have in common? On the surface, not much, but that's not...
Four Winds: What made Lost Ark so successful where Elyon failed?
I'm sad about it, but I have to eat my words about Elyon and its place in this decade's pantheon of MMOs. I honestly...
Legends of Runeterra’s roadmap heralds the arrival of the Darkin Saga’s new events and champions
Legends of Runeterra's content plans for the remaining four months of 2022 and a little bit of 2023 have all been mapped out, and...
