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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:...
Betawatch: Aloft drifts to 2025-ish skies
If you'd been looking forward to playing Aloft this year during its previously announced fall early access, we're sorry to inform you that this...
The MOP Up: Ethyrial adds guilds and guild leveling
We'll start today's leftover news roundup with the word that Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore added guilds with Patch 3.2.2!
"They can be created for the...
Global Chat: Does the MMO genre need a good rebranding?
As we all seem to love the topic of MMO definitions, it's with little surprise to see blogs discuss it as well. Contains Moderate...
Betawatch: Brighter Shores is really launching in November after one last beta
You should get your whites whiter and your shores brighter when Brighter Shores goes into testing in late October ahead of a full release...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile 2 prepares to talk about early access
While it feels like we've been waiting ages for Path of Exile 2, it's actually on the way, and sooner than one might think....
Betawatch: Star Citizen crunching like it’s 2010
Remember last week how I mentioned that I couldn't muster much in the way of anger toward Throne & Liberty having its whole paid...
Global Chat: What’s World of Warcraft Cataclysm’s best zone?
Wilhelm over at The Ancient Gaming Noob kicks off our tour of various MMO essays as he lists and ranks all of the zones...
MMO Week in Review: Throne & Liberty arrives, ArcheAge 2 reinvents
NCsoft and Amazon pushed Throne & Liberty into its paid headstart this week, ahead of the proper free-to-play launch next week - and it's...
The MOP Up: FFXIV fans party hard at Gamescom 2024
Final Fantasy XIV's European contingent partied hard at the recent Gamescom 2024 -- the first such gathering in five years. The community team reported...
Betawatch: Throne & Liberty is liberated from beta into launch
We are now truly liberated from talking about the Throne & Liberty beta because the game has launched. You might want to point out...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile arrives on the PlayStation 5
It's a great week for PlayStation 5 users, as Grinding Gears' acclaimed Path of Exiles finally got its own launch on the console.
"The native...
Betawatch: Pantheon’s December early access launch is not a soft launch
It would be unfair to claim that Pantheon's upcoming early access launch is somehow ambiguous. The developers at Visionary Realms have been very clear...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II levels up its Roehn Theer raid
An old favorite raid of EverQuest II is about to get an upgrade for the Year of Darkpaw. Daybreak announced that the Celebration Avatar Challenge:...