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Global Chat: Is Phantasy Star Online 2 a shallow MMO?
In a recent post on trying out Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, blogger Virtual Bastion made the observation that the MMO offered "slick...
Betawatch: Overwatch 2 wonders if you’d pay big money for skins
It's been a quiet week on Lake Betawatch, even with as Overwatch 2 seeing how players feel about dropping large sums on character skins...
Multiplayer shooter ARPG Space Punks adds a new planet and tweaks respawning in latest update
Remember Space Punks? It's the multiplayer ARPG looter shooter being developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Jagex; the game entered paid-for early...
The MOP Up: Trove’s Sunrise update arrives on consoles
Trove's new Solarian class is finally available to play on Xbox, Switch and PlayStation, as the Sunrise update landed on those consoles this past...
Betawatch: Path of Titans stomps into closed beta
We told you before it happened, but the multiplatform multiplayer survival game Path of Titans is now officially in closed beta for most major...
Lost Ark’s August and September roadmap promises a pet ranch, Machinist class, and a new legion raid
The months of August and September will bring pet stuff, a guy in sentai armor, and a fight against a creepy clown to Lost...
The MOP Up: Astroneer’s trains chug-a-choo-choo onto the Switch
Trains in space? Hey, why not! Astroneer brought the fun of high-tech rail transport to the Nintendo Switch this past week: "Enjoy building rail...
Global Chat: The virtue of smaller shared worlds
With the rise of online sandboxes and other mini-MMOs (if that oxymoron can exist), several long-time MMO bloggers are praising the virtues and benefits...
Betawatch: Ship of Heroes invites you into its housing beta
Ship of Heroes wants you to visit a house. Specifically, it wants you to visit its house, as it is opening up its housing...
MMO Business Roundup: Blizzard Albany’s union, BioWare Pride, Sony’s antitrust lawsuit, and the P2E ‘hustle’
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Activision-Blizzard: Another group of QA testers within Activision-Blizzard have announced they're...
The MOP Up: The Bandai Namco hack
It was a pretty bad week, all things considered, for the folks over at Bandai Namco. The gaming publisher confirmed that it got hacked...
Betawatch: At last, Dragonflight enters its alpha test
At long last, World of Warcraft players don't need to continue the testless nightmare that has been waiting for Dragonflight's alpha test because it...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 380: A TERAble way to go
Justin and Bree discuss TERA's sunset, Secret World's maintenance mode, Red Dead Online's maintenance mode, Heroes of the Storm's maintenance mode, Skull and Bones' November launch, Elder Scrolls Online's Lost Depths DLC, EverQuest II's prison server, Blizzard's Proletariat buyout, WoW's crafting overhaul, and the return of BlizzCon in 2023, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag lightning round.
The MOP Up: AdventureQuest 3D descends into madness with its latest story update
AdventureQuest 3D dropped a new story update this past week -- the Nulgath Saga: Part 1 -- with quests, challenges, and new drops for...
Betawatch: Aero Tales Online heads into early access at the start of August
Have you heard about Aero Tales Online? We just told you about it the other day! It's going into early access on Steam on...
MMO Business Roundup: Preservation, charity, modding, memes, and Microsoft’s merger
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business.
Microsoft ABK: It's not just the US digging into Microsoft's...
Global Chat: Changing opinions about WoW’s dungeon finder
With the dungeon finder being left out of Wrath Classic, it's caused more than a few players to re-evaluate the pros and cons of...
The MOP Up: World of Warcraft counts down the end of Shadowlands Season 3
Just a heads-up for those still participating in World of Warcraft's Mythic+ and PvP seasons: Season 3 has about a month left before Season...
Betawatch: Overwatch 2’s release will be warm… and mandatory
So with all of the changes coming with Overwatch 2, maybe you were thinking of just sticking with the original version of the game...
Fractured Online balances buffs and bolsters bosses in latest beta patch
Dynamight's Fractured Online continues to plug along in closed beta this summer, and it's pushed out yet another patch for testers as of today....
