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Battle Bards Episode 106: Early access themes
Instead of looking back at MMORPGs this week, the crew of Battle Bards launches forward into early access! What would a show about music...
Pocket Legends studio Spacetime is working on another mobile MMO
Is it mobile MMO day or something? We'll have covered seven different mobile MMOs in one way or another just today, and that's without...
Blizzard releases a proper Battle.net mobile app for Android and iOS
What is going on with Battle.net these days -- if it is still being called that this week, that is? (It is.) It turns...
Hyperspace Beacon: Outside-the-box features to look for in a SWTOR guild (or any MMO guild)
On my server in Star Wars: The Old Republic, there are more guild advertisements than chatter in the general channel on the starter planets...
Elite: Dangerous players are putting together fragmented accounts of fighting the Thargoids
One of the first players to encounter the Thargoids in Elite: Dangerous provided a video of the encounter, and the bad news is that...
Perfect Ten: How MMORPGs become so darn complicated
MMOs are complicated. This seems like a fairly non-controversial statement; there are more or less complicated games, but they all tend to be complex...
PlanetSide 2 revamped continent locking in this week’s Critical Mass update
Daybreak went all-out in PlanetSide 2 this week with a massive new update, though you probably wouldn't know it unless you play the game....
Ex-World of Warcraft dev Stephan Frost snapped up by Nexon to head unannounced game
Last week we reported that World of Warcraft and WildStar design producer Stephan Frost had left Blizzard for another opportunity. Now we know what...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 137: Hotfooting down the Path of Fire
Justin, Bree, and Tina discuss Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire, Guardians of Ember, the EverQuest franchise, Villagers & Heroes' Starfall, Secret World Legends, Star Trek Online, and Ultima Online F2P, with mailbag questions on the best time to join a guild and deal-breaker MMO features.
EVE Valkyrie’s Warzone overhaul nukes VR requirement, adds capture-the-flag mode
EVE Valkyrie's Warzone overhaul is live today for those with $29.99 rattling around in their space piggybanks, unless you already own the game, in...
SWTOR plays the nerf-and-buff game with Assassins, Shadows, Sages, and Sorcs in 5.5
The latest set of class changes for Star Wars: The Old Republic are like the circle of life. Deception Assassins and Infiltration Shadows? You've...
Elite Dangerous’ 2.4 update today heralds ‘The Return’ of the Thargoids
When Frontier's servers return to service today, Elite Dangerous will have a shiny new update. Patch 2.4 The Return promises "more mysterious and exciting...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on the Fortnite-vs.-PUBG feud?
Ever since Bluehole threw down a gauntlet at Epic's feet over the similarities between PUBG and Fortnite's battle royale mode - or more specifically,...
PSA: Get your free Discovery uniforms in Star Trek Online
Did you get a chance to watch the debut of Star Trek: Discovery over the weekend? It is pretty exciting to see the first...
The Repopulation’s next patch is on the way, and so is more visual lore
Fans of The Repopulation have been waiting for the game's next patch for a little while, but it shouldn't be much longer now. A...
The MMO Book Club votes between Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, DCUO, EverQuest, RuneScape, ArcheAge, and WoW
Hey, remember the MMO Book Club? That's the Reddit-and-Discord group that allows members to vote on a game to play, then organizes a guild...
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on guilds, groups, and the social systems that make an MMORPG go ’round
Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPGÂ Camelot Unchained released a hefty chunk of its ongoing beta one document, revealing extensive insight into...
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs get rid of levels?
I would like to say that when I was a kid playing my first MMORPGs, I was impervious to the grind, that I embraced...
One Shots: Drop. Your. Sword.
"It's possible, pig, I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to...
