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Betawatch: Overwatch 2 starts signups for a beta in springtime
Ah, spring! The time when Overwatch 2 turns to beta testing, at long last. Of course, this initial testing is all about PvP, which...
The Daily Grind: Is Lost Ark an MMO, MMORPG, or neither?
Longtime MMO and MMORPG players have probably noticed that we do our best to flag games as MMORPG or as merely multiplayer - "not...
The MOP Up: Ravendawn wraps up ‘epic’ Alpha 4 test
The Ravendawn team reported that it recently wrapped up a successful and "epic" Alpha 4 test. Now all attention is aimed at Alpha 5...
Betawatch: Embers Adrift kicks off its backer beta
Want to test out Embers Adrift and see how it holds up after everything the developers have hyped up over the years? You can do...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is almost here
The first phase of Apex Legends Mobile's release is almost here, with the Android and iOS title becoming available for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,...
Global Chat: How is the actual story of SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith?
To kick off this week's parade of MMO essays by bloggers in the virtual trenches, SWTOR site Going Commando gave us an honest review...
Betawatch: The Wagadu Chronicles enters alpha
Look, I'm not going to mince words: I'm pretty psyched about The Wagadu Chronicles and would like to see it do well. There's probably...
MMO Business Roundup: The gaming industry reacts to the Ukraine crisis
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news.
Ukraine: First, there's no way around the news that Russia shelled and...
The MOP Up: Uncharted Waters Online decodes the secrets of human heritage
Uncharted Waters Online's "greatest challenge yet" arrived last week with its Olympia patch. This update added a new legacy theme to decode, a fight...
Betawatch: Star Citizen is in love with a Jumptown girl
Jumptown Girl, she's been living in her alpha world,
It's gonna be revised more with tricks
Beyond the state it's in in 3.16 -
But that's a...
Valentine’s Day around the MMORPG genre, 2022 edition
Yes, you're probably going to have to look away from video games at some point today and recognize the fact that it's Valentine's Day...
The MOP Up: Fiesta Online logs into the Realm of Love
"The loveliest season of the year has begun and the little bees are busy transporting love letters from town to town. Bells are ringing...
Betawatch: TitanReach is dead and gone, we are not shocked
We bid farewell to TitanReach this week, but not for the usual reasons wherein a game moves out of testing; it's because the game is...
Global Chat: Is free-to-play in MMOs universally awful?
I think a lot of us sport a wide range of opinions on free-to-play business models, particularly depending on the way it's applied to...
The MOP Up: Aion Classic adds the wardrobe and Abyss treasure room
Aion Classic's 1.8 update arrived this past week, which added the Abyss treasure room, the wardrobe system, fortress siege changes, quest progression, and more...
Betawatch: Fractured Online kicks off another alpha weekend
You can get your test on in Fractured Online this weekend, as the game is offering another testing weekend for people to jump in...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Eterspire, Dead Event, and Archewood
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you've (probably) never heard of before. And if you've heard of them, awesome - here's what they're...
Star Citizen grants a peek at ship-to-ship refueling and new hover quad vehicle
The show must go on for Star Citizen in spite of its adjustment to its roadmap and ill-advised explanation why. Specifically, the Inside Star...
Not So Massively: Shadow of War plays fast and loose but hits the mark
Like many of you, I suspect, I have myriad games in my backlog. These neglected titles were typically obtained on sale at a point...
CIG reels back Star Citizen’s roadmap because players ‘interpret anything on the release view as a promise’
Yes, that headline is indeed a quote pull from CIG's February 2022 roadmap roundup post for Star Citizen. The post announces that the game's...