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Massively OP Podcast Episode 494: WoW opens the door to player housing
Justin and Bree discuss Warcraft Direct, World of Warcraft's player housing and Undermine(d) patch, WoW Classic Classic, Guild Wars 2's Godspawn, SWTOR 7.6, and quarterly financials for a bunch of studios (Pearl Abyss, NCsoft, EG7/Daybreak, Embracer, and Nexon), plus adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2.
MMO Week in Review: World of Warcraft will be ‘home’ by Midnight
Most MMO players who thought World of Warcraft should have housing also never expected it to happen, largely because, you know, the devs kept...
The MOP Up: Aion reworks sieges, raids, and world bosses
NCsoft brought a sweeping raft of changes to many group activities in Aion this past week: "We are excited to reveal that we have...
Betawatch: Aloft and Pantheon both eye their early access dates
Early access approaches for both Aloft and Pantheon, although on different dates. Pantheon is hitting early access (and Steam, incidentally) on December 13th, while...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer Q2 2024, Steam toxicity, and GOG’s game preservation program
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Embracer
Embracer - the failson megacorp we keep an eye on because...
MMO Week in Review: Legacy of Morgoth vs. Brighter Shores
The MMORPG genre saw two big launches this week: First, Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG from one of the RuneScape's creators, made its early...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s secret mobile multiplayer mode
Stardew Valley developer Concerned Ape confirmed that the latest update added a "secret, experimental mobile multiplayer feature" for Android and iOS with the caveats...
Betawatch: We have Opinions about Brighter Shores’ early access
If you find yourself on Steam saying that you want the RuneScape-iest game the platform has before shaking your head and saying that no,...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...
MMO Week in Review: Ascendancy, Horizons, and U44
It was a surprisingly big patch week for the MMORPG genre: Elder Scrolls Online pushed out Update 44, Elite Dangerous launched its Ascendancy patch,...
The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite invites you to step into a painting
Torchlight Infinite's sixth season, The Frozen Canvas, arrived with a new character and a mechanic centered around painting and canvases: "As these paintings are...
Betawatch: Path of Exile 2 delays its early access thanks to demons of the database
Look, I have to ask: Does Path of Exile 2 have a whole lot of demons in it? I haven't really played the game,...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Wizard’s Wrath and A Wizard’s World
When I first saw mention of A Wizard's World on Reddit this morning, I immediately confused it with another wizardy Kickstarter MMO, Wizard's Wrath....
Star Citizen pushes alpha 4.0’s engineering gameplay features back over game stability concerns
Star Citizen has long promised players the chance to become an engineer aboard a starship along the "road to 4.0" that CIG has been...
MMO Week in Review: For WoW’s birthday, you’re giving it another $90
World of Warcraft raised eyebrows this week as it began selling a $90 specialty mount that is unabashedly pay-to-win thanks to its baked in...
The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store
The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...
Betawatch: Wayfinder makes a triumphant launch, Brighter Shores begins CBT
You can't blame anyone who was skeptical that Wayfinder would make it to launch. It's seen some pretty rough waters. But it did make...
MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, SAG-AFTRA, child safety, and another ABK union rally
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! It's a bit of good news and bad news this time around, so...
Halloween festivities across the MMO world, 2024 edition
It's weird we keep meeting like this every single year a week before October 31st, right? A strange and unusual coincidence, perhaps even a...
The MOP Up: Lost Ark readies a two-gate raid and server transfers
Lost Ark is pumping out two updates in October, with one already live and a new raid, transfers, and cosmetics coming on October 23rd:...
