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The Daily Grind: What was the best event in the MMO genre in 2022?
If ever there were a year that I wish we hadn't demoted "best event" from an award to a Daily Grind, it was 2022,...
The MOP Up: Another look back at Final Fantasy XI’s history
Final Fantasy XI continued its series of retrospective interviews, this time sitting down with former GM Toshio Murouchi to talk about the history and...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates 10 years with new content and a bonus XP event
Believe it or not, the concept of an MMORPG shooter that's actually worthy of the MMORPG title is a thing our genre has had...
PlanetSide 2 breaks its own world record two times over and begins public testing its next update
Yesterday, players of PlanetSide 2 were asked to be a part of the game's history as Daybreak rallied fans to try to break its...
The Stream Team: A quick hop into PlanetSide 2 before its world record attempt
Tomorrow, November 5th, PlanetSide 2 will be trying to one-up its world record attempt, which seems like as good a reason as any to...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates 10th anniversary with double XP and concurrency record attempt
Rogue Planet Games is marking 10 years of PlanetSide 2 in a couple of ways. There's the upcoming November update, an attempt to break...
PlanetSide 2 aims to beat its Guinness World Record for online FPS battle concurrency
In 1951, after getting into an argument during a shooting party, Sir Hugh Beaver (then managing director of the Guinness Breweries) realized that there...
PlanetSide 2 releases an Outfit Wars postmortem, teases November anniversary update
While we're just finishing up the end of October, PlanetSide 2 developer Rogue Planet Games is both looking ahead to the rest of this...
The MOP Up: Crossout revs up a major engine upgrade
Just because the world's ended doesn't mean it can't look better. That's the philosophy of vehicular MMO Crossout, which is prepping a major engine...
PlanetSide 2 brings back its Halloween-themed Nanite of the Living Dead event
It's spooky time in PlanetSide 2 because even a planet-spanning battlefront needs to mark the seasons! That means Nanite of the Living Dead is...
PlanetSide 2 cleans up tank cannons and fixes some environmental issues in newest PTS build
PTS builds aren't always about glamorous updates or big top features; sometimes they're just about applying some needed polish and bug fixes. That looks...
The MOP Up: Allods Online throws an orcish holiday
How many MMOs throw Orcs their very own holiday? I only know one: Allods Online, which celebrates all things orcish -- including goblin tossing...
PlanetSide 2’s PTS applies Outfit Wars fixes, changes tank cannons, and tweaks empire main cannons
The guns of PlanetSide 2 are getting a tuning in the shooter's PTS, so to speak. The test server saw a new build go...
PlanetSide 2’s lead designer confirms a slower cadence of content updates through the rest of the year
The year 2022 is about halfway over with, and Michael "Wrel" Henderson, the lead designer of PlanetSide 2, is taking stock of what's to...
PlanetSide 2 releases a ‘pre-war patch-up’ that fixes some issues for PC players
The bug fixing patch. We all know that it's something of a staple and necessary evil for MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer gaming. Such a...
Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....
The MOP Up: Closers Online promotes from within its ranks
Two of Closers Online's roster got a major tune-up this past week. Sylvi got promoted to a Prime Agent, while Levia joined the Fatal...
The MOP Up: Survival sim Grounded tames gnats and preps for launch
Honey-I-shrunk-the-players survival sim Grounded's last big pre-launch patch arrived recently, adding gnat pets, a cookery building, and armor and weapon upgrade revamps. Grounded is...
The MOP Up: Prosperous Universe gives more tools for cutthroat capitalism
With ship enhancements, private pacts, and early contract termination, Prosperous Universe just got a lot more interesting thanks to its Convergence update.
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PlanetSide 2’s latest PC hotfix addresses particle effect framerate drops and client crashes
If you're a PC player of PlanetSide 2 who has been experiencing some performance problems with the online shooter recently, there's some potential good...
