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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...
SWG Legends’ August update adds new vet rewards and quality-of-life tweaks
We mentioned earlier that voting for the Star Wars Galaxies Legends player senate is currently ongoing, but Legends has a bit more cooking than...
Today’s City of Heroes’ Homecoming patch future-proofs the rogue servers for Mac players
It's patch day for the largest batch of City of Heroes rogue servers, as the Homecoming team has pushed live part of the beta...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that flirted with permadeath
This month, Dungeons and Dragons Online will be venturing where many MMORPGs have feared to tread: into the realm of officially supported permadeath. The...
The Matrix is getting a fourth movie – so can we have The Matrix Online back now please?
Last night, Twitter exploded with the news that Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss - along with Lana Wachowski - will return for another go...
The Daily Grind: Do you vote in MMO player elections?
This week I spent a bit of time perusing the Star Wars Galaxies Legends Discord, where candidates for the player Senate are making stump...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming Team finally posted a new beta patch after months of public quiet
Apart from its brief announcement last week, City of Heroes' Homecoming Team has been relatively quiet the past few months. Where once the rogue...
Project Torque’s resurrection crowdfunding meets its goal with two days left
You all should be thanking me. I was going to make this headline say that Project Torque had crossed the finish line. But I...
City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers have joined the Titan Network/NCsoft negotiations
Exactly one month ago, tangent to our interview with the Homecoming server team that's part now-flourishing City of Heroes rogue server community, we also...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Perfect World Mobile, Virtuverse, Eventyr, Pixie Hollow, and Reign of Guilds
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you’ve probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
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Perfect Ten: Great MMOs that will run just fine on your old computer
The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Decentraland, Monster & Me, and Grand Fantasia
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
Up first:...
