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Mark Kern didn’t just quit WoW Classic: He accused his old Firefall studio of Chinese corruption
Earlier this week, we reported that former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern had very publicly posted that he was quitting WoW over...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually engage with player-generated content in MMOs?
Two videos inspired today's Daily Grind. One is a recent episode of Extra Credits about player-generated content in games - what we've always called...
The Realm Online’s latest community patch adds dungeon, open-world zone, and more
Sierra Online's original 2-D game The Realm Online has had a welcome bit of resurgence over the last couple of years, as fans sought...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming announces Issue 26 Page 3, Halloween content, and collab with other rogue servers
City of Heroes' Homecoming servers, rogue or not, are pushing forward into legitimacy. As we've been covering, the servers, which have been publicly outed...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers are now blocking copyright-infringing characters
Players on the City of Heroes Homecoming servers enjoyed a privilege they were never afforded during the game's pre-shutdown run time: While NCsoft was draconian...
City of Heroes Homecoming is now banning accounts for… real-money trading
If you thought you could get away with a bit of gold-selling or gold-buying on the side while participating in City of Heroes' rogue...
Global Chat: Fallen Earth, Asheron’s Call, Albion Online, and Project Gorgon
Is it ever too late to take a look back at old MMORPGs -- even ones that have passed away? Not when there are...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most obscure MMO you wish were still around?
I bet you thought this post was gonna be about Zentia, since I loved that game and almost no one remembers it. But it's...
Ashen Empires emulator Dransik Rebirth is allegedly shut down by a cease and desist order
In May, our roundup of MMOs you've never heard of offered a quick look at Dransik Rebirth, a rogue server of the old-school MMORPG...
TonyV leaves City of Heroes NCsoft negotiations, resigns from Titan Network
Over the course of the last few months, following the revelation of working City of Heroes server code out in the wild and the...
Star Wars Galaxies’ Legends rogue server plans PvP flashpoints and fresh ground/space content
Star Wars Galaxies fans know that the rogue server SWG Legends has been teasing new locales, Bespin and Felucia, for a few months now,...
World of Warcraft’s private servers are emptying in the wake of WoW Classic, but they aren’t empty yet
So, who figured that the people playing World of Warcraft emulators would all jump ship in order to play on the official version of WoW Classic?...
Space content for SWGemu is still up in the air as devs say a wipe and launch are still ‘a long ways off’
If you've followed the long-running original-flavor Star Wars Galaxies emu community for any length of time, you are surely aware of the emulator that...
City of Heroes Homecoming asks players what they want from a licensed server
Now this is an interesting development, and very possibly a hint at things to come, though there's no official confirmation of legitimacy one way...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you wish had an emulator – but doesn’t?
A few weeks back, when The Matrix 4 news hit, I spent some time digging around The Matrix Online's community so that I could...
Rogue Server Report: Battle of the Immortals is back, The Sims Online’s emu gets an update
We've got a couple of updates on the emulator/rogue server front. Specifically, the return of Battle of the Immortals, which was sunsetted by PWE...
City of Heroes Homecoming players have rolled almost a million toons to date
I've always said that if I could do one thing in video games - you know, besides what I already love and do -...
Massively Overthinking: The future of WoW and WoW Classic
With WoW Classic finally launched, perfectly capping off the summer with jokes about queueing like it's 2004, we can't help but look to the...
City of Heroes Homecoming adjusts snipes and Dominator powers with the latest patch
Just because City of Heroes' current servers are still rogue server doesn't mean their content will be locked in perpetuity. Case in point: The...
Massively Overthinking: Problematic faves in MMOs
A while back, a reader suggested that it was impossible for a fan who loves something to recognize its shortcomings, and I was taken...
