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DC Universe Online’s latest Day of Reckoning chapter, Aftershock, arrives with cross-faction leagues
The Day of Reckoning saga continues to play out in DC Universe Online, as the superhero MMO patches in Aftershock today.
"Prepare for the arrival...
Massively Overthinking: Are you tired of survival gameplay in MMORPGs?
When we were deep-diving Aloft earlier this year, MOP commenter Jon Wax said something that caught my attention. He thought the game looked neat,...
Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia recaps worldbuilding and MMO-inspired social systems
Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia is back with another development blog this week, this time recapping the last month of effort over at indie studio...
EverQuest II’s GU128, Lure of Darkness, begins open testing next week
If you can remember back to January, when Daybreak released full 2025 roadmaps for the EverQuest franchise, you might recall that EverQuest II set...
Wholesomeness alert: Sky Children of the Light has a spring-themed collab with The Little Prince
Now this is some transmedia synergy we can get behind because it doesn't get more wholesome than this: Cozy MMO Sky Children of the...
Perfect Ten: Short but mighty playable MMO races
I like short races in MMOs. Not exclusively, but if there is an option to go small or go home, you can bet that...
PlanetSide2 is finally merging its NA servers in April – here’s how to help pick the new names
Remember how PlanetSide 2 successfully merged its EU servers last year, prompting calls - begging, really - for a similar NA server merge? And...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends has rolled out a major update to the Marauder themepark on Endor
It's another patch week for Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends, and this week the denizens of Omega are being treated to a...
EverQuest lavishes buffs and gifts upon players for its 26th anniversary
Believe it or not, the 26th anniversary of EverQuest is upon us, celebrating the original launch of the MMORPG on March 16th, 1999. And...
Grab a free code for Throne & Liberty weapon and armor set in celebration of Wilds of Talandre
Wilds of Talandre, Throne & Liberty's first big expansion, officially released to players earlier this month in two stages, with a new region, level-cap...
The MOP Up: Blizzard adds five of its titles to GeForce NOW
Blizzard helped beef up GeForce NOW's library in March with Heroes of the Storm, Warcraft Rumble, and the three remastered versions of its Warcraft...
EverQuest doesn’t have a drinking problem – it has Brew Day!
Poor March, you really don't get the best of annual holidays, do you? The best that we can seem to do is slather you...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
DC Universe Online brings back Mister Mxyzptik’s Mischief to mark St. Patrick’s Day
It's not St. Patrick's Day until Mister Mxyzptik stirs up trouble for the players of DC Universe Online. Luckily this annual tradition in the...
EverQuest II’s Chronoportal Phenomenon event lets you time travel to the past
To mark and celebrate the 26th anniversary of the original EverQuest, its descendant is hosting the Chronoportal Phenomenon event this month once more. EverQuest II's time...
You can cosplay as Princess Leia in Stars Reach if it collects 5000 Kickstarter backers
While the major stretch goals of Stars Reach's Kickstarter have come thus far at predictable funding milestones, Playable Worlds is granting perks for smaller...
SWG Legends confirms Jedi Themepark 2.0 is coming this year as devs consider apartment tweaks
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends has released its winter newsletter this past week as the server celebrates its ninth birthday. But the...
Massively Overthinking: What should MMO corpse runs look like in 2025?
A couple of years ago - yeah, I save weird things in my "ideas bin" folder - MMO designer Damion Schubert tweeted about a...
PlanetSide 2 patches in a new base and a new related assault game mode
If you've been itching for server merges in PlanetSide 2, well, we still don't know what's happening on that front since Daybreak/Toadman's aka ToadBreak's...
The Daily Grind: Why are people reacting so strongly to Stars Reach?
Ever since Playable Worlds fully unveiled Stars Reach, we've seen a huge wave of conversation and interest rise around this sci-fi sandbox MMO. This...
