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The Game Archaeologist: The rise and fall of Landmark and EverQuest Next
The year was 2013. Sony Online Entertainment was still a functioning and seemingly robust MMORPG studio, and its yearly SOE Live convention was a...
Dual Universe’s beta will include new UI features, items, and reworked planets and moons
While Dual Universe is still going to focus on refining and improving the current alpha 3 build of the voxelbox, the team at Novaquark...
Finnish startup Dazzle Rocks raises $7M for new mobile ‘social sandbox MMO’
So hey, who wants to hear about a new MMO? It's a new "social sandbox MMO" from Finnish startup Dazzle Rocks, and it just...
The Soapbox: The sunsetted MMORPGs I miss the most
I'm pining for the fjords.
Not in the way that would assume I'm becoming some jaded and angry MMO fan; I'm never going to stop...
Trove drops new trailer for Delves update, launching this spring
Last month, Gamigo took the wraps off of Trove next content patch, called Delves, which features content called - you guessed it - delves....
Choose My Adventure: Seriously, the Roblox community is pretty impressive
Over the course of my time in Roblox for this round of Choose My Adventure, I've come to appreciate the value of community creativity....
Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?
Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...
Massively on the Go: Animal Crossing’s housing islands from an MMO player’s perspective
One multiplayerish game that we've talked about a bit as the MOP team's been quarantined on the Golden Yacht is Animal Crossing: New Horizons....
Trove’s Bunfest offers new spring event content for Gamigo’s voxelbox
My five-year-old literally woke me up this morning chattering excitedly about "Bunfest" in Trove. Not bunnies - buns. She was insistent that this was...
Why I Play April Fools’ Day
So it's time for our April Fools' Day joke, which means that usually it's my time to shine. Seriously, a lot of these have...
Dual Universe showcases entries in its space station building contest
In my time spent within Landmark, and in other games where people are allowed to build their own homes or habitats, I've come to...
Perfect Ten: Original MMOs that never came to be
"What could have been" is a path that I travel frequently, especially when I write The Game Archaeologist column. It genuinely haunts me that...
Lawful Neutral: Cheating, copyright law, and the WoW Glider lawsuit
I have fond memories of using the Game Genie on my NES. To my seven-year-old self, it was a godsend. So many Nintendo games...
Massively Overthinking: Contemplating Colossus and Camelot Unchained
You had to know we were going to talk about Camelot Unchained in this edition of Massively Overthinking, right?
Last week, City State Entertainment announced...
Perfect Ten: Tabletop RPGs that would make fun MMOs
Sometimes you have a deep and current reason for writing a column, something that is actively happening in the world of MMOs that requires...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade
A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...
Starbase unveils the name of its starting planet and collects two weeks’ worth of updates
As I write this, the Starbase team is taking a break for the holidays, but beforehand it kicked out a couple of smaller updates...
Dual Universe’s roadmap dates beta for summer 2020, release in 2021, and outlines post-release content
So, yes, summer 2020 seems like a long way away, but we're also literally weeks away from the new year, so the new stuff...
Dual Universe confirms ship vs. ship combat and organizations are coming to alpha 3 in January
It's been a busy year for Dual Universe, and 2020 looks to be just as busy if the next phase of alpha is any...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMO betas rob you of launch joy?
I use to think of betas as being unpaid labor for video game companies, but maybe I've been going about it all wrong. On...
