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Massively Overthinking: If you were rich, would you buy an MMORPG you loved?
So here's a fun one. Over the weekend I was surfing YouTube trying to put together a Trove playlist because I think the Trove...
EVE Online makes tweaks to ghost sites and exploration zones to help jumpstart in-game industry
There are certainly a lot of gears that lock together to make EVE Online tick, but a couple of those in-game activity connections are...
The Stream Team: Enjoying some lazy laser mining together in Elite Dangerous
Not everything in Elite: Dangerous has to be about combat; sometimes you just need to kick back and nibble on some space rocks. That's...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that transitioned their business models successfully
It was 2009 when Dungeons and Dragons Online transitioned to a free-to-play model, and everything changed. That was our "Fire Nation attacked" moment. I'm serious....
Star Trek Online’s new team talks radio silence, dev learning curve, and future content stories
Earlier this week we reported that the devs at DECA Games would finally be hosting an informational livestream that the studio promised many months...
Warframe is dropping some heavy teasers ahead of this weekend’s TennoCon
Warframe fans have spent some time bopping to excellent music, having a grand old time in 1999. You might even say that we've had...
EVE Online brings login rewards and shiny ship skin stuff during its week-long Solar Fest
We tend to presume that you don't want to draw a lot of attention to yourself in EVE Online lest you be tackled, exploded,...
Destiny 2’s Edge of Fate, live today, marks the start of Bungie’s new content cadence
After much teasing, The Edge of Fate is finally live in Destiny 2 this afternoon, delivering the first chunk of content to the Year...
Choose My Adventure: Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s old school design choices rear their head
I have attempted to clear the same single quest five times.
I appreciate that on the face of it that statement sounds alarmist or like...
The Daily Grind: What constitutes an ‘attention tax’ in MMORPGs?
Earlier this summer, MOP's Tyler casually dropped a term that leaped out at me. In describing gameplay in World of Warcraft, he wrote,
"It’s not like...
Star Trek Online invites players to meet DECA and hear about the MMO’s future in tomorrow’s stream
DECA Games, the new stewards for Star Trek Online and other Cryptic Games MMORPGs after Embracer effectively dissolved the studio last year, hasn't been...
The MOP Up: Nar Shadda’s nightlife spices up Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic's July isn't going to be dull, thanks to the return of the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife event. Currently running, this...
Star Citizen highlights the new Meteor combat ship arriving in alpha 4.2.1
What if the RSI Mantis removed its interdiction capabilities and instead clapped a whole slew of guns and missiles on its chassis? Then you'd...
EVE Online FedExes delivery jobs to players with its latest Legion patch
The common wisdom is that you shouldn't make MMORPGs your second job. Don't tell that to EVE Online, however, because "second job" is practically...
Destiny 2 disabled Lootapalooza handouts because players were cashing in with an exploit
Apparently there was a bit of a bug during Destiny 2's Lootapalooza event that was causing too much loot in the palooza. The freely...
The Daily Grind: Would you have played ZeniMax’s MMO Blackbird?
Over the last week, we've been regaled with leaks from devs on or associated with the Project Blackbird team that was laid off During...
World of Warcraft previews its housing system’s neighborhoods, charters, and community quests
Blizzard has released the fourth of its preview blogs on World of Warcraft's upcoming housing system, this one designed to finally make you fall...
Destiny 2 talks up Edge of Fate’s narrative and world tiers as prior expansions go temporarily F2P
"What can happen if the Emissary isn't around to stop something? What does quitting a four-dimensional job do to a three-dimensional brain?" These are...
PlanetSide 2 re-engages the Summer Directive event, DC Universe Online begins its Legendary Heroes event
It's summertime, and that means events! Well, it's summertime in PlanetSide 2 as of this week, while a new event in DC Universe Online...
The Stream Team: Turning internet spaceships into profitable explosions in Elite Dangerous
Sure, MOP's Chris isn't exactly hurting in the Elite: Dangerous credits department, but then it never hurts to have more credits on hand. After...