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MMO Week in Review: Going Elsweyr
Elder Scrolls Online launched its big annual campaign, Elsweyr, into its headstart early access for PC players this week, and while the official launch...
MMO Week in Review: A feast for MMOs in Guild Wars 2, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes
Not at all for the first time, Guild Wars 2 and World of Warcraft announcements clashed rather hard this week, as ArenaNet released the...
MMO Week in Review: The proposal to crack down on predatory video games
Lockboxes, lootboxes, gambleboxes: Whatever you wanna call 'em, they've been on a wild ride the last couple of years, elevated from something only MMORPG...
MMO Week in Review: Blizzard’s freezing financials
Yikes, Blizzard didn't have a great week: Its first quarter financials dropped, and they were brutal indeed, revealing that Blizzard's small stable of games...
MMO Week in Review: Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls.
What a week in MMOs, right? BlizzCon got dates, we explored Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming Necromancer class, EVE Online rescinded its accusations against a...
MMO Week in Review: People are going to an awful lot of trouble to play a 2004 MMO where the heroes don’t even have fingers
Did anybody read a damn thing other than City of Heroes rogue server news this week? Because so much happened! Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr...
MMO Week in Review: SWTOR’s Onslaught eclipses ‘Big Blizzard’
It'd be tempting to make this week's headline all about Big Blizzard since that was far and away the biggest comment thread of the...
MMO Week in Review: The myth of the BioWare magic
If you were hoping that if BioWare just kept its head down and buffed up Anthem, it could avoid the trainwrecks of some other...
MMO Week in Review: ‘The next evolution for EverQuest’
Raise your hand if you weren't expecting to see the words EverQuest Next pop up this week. Yeah, we're right there with you. But...
MMO Week in Review: Albion free-to-play, WoW Classic, EVEsterdam, and FFXIV Tokyo
'Twas another huge week for the MMO industry: Albion Online announced it's going free-to-play, Blizzard teased news for WoW Classic, Daybreak's Columbus Nova ties...
MMO Week in Review: The Division 2 is now a game *and* an athletics tier
The Division 2 joined the online gaming world's roster of looter-shooters this week, giving grumpy Anthem refugees something new to try. Meanwhile, Gamigo canceled RIFT's...
MMO Week in Review: The LOTRO and DDO tech team deserves a nap and a hug
Did anybody else let out a cheer when Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online finally came back up on Saturday...
MMO Week in Review: 143
This week I learned that in the '90s, the number "143" was used as code for "I love you." There was no way my...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 navigates its own straits of devastation
If you thought ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2 were immune to NCsoft's recent corporate tinkering, you were in for a rude awakening this week,...
MMO Week in Review: The week when EA looked like the good guy
Activision-Blizzard had a rough week of its own making, as it announced record-high revenue for the year and in the same moment began laying...
MMO Week in Review: So Apex Legends happened
So the bad news is that the gaming industry is having some issues.
The good news is that it's still apparently capable of pumping out...
MMO Week in Review: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ new class and race, Fortnite’s mega concert
Final Fantasy XIV stole the weekend if not the week by dropping a ton of new Shadowbringers info at the Paris Fan Festival. If...
MMO Week in Review: Daybreak’s Fan Faire, Anthem’s VIP demo
Blink and you'll have missed it: Daybreak actually hinted at the return of an official Fan Faire this year, something the studio hasn't done...
MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr chapter heralds five months of cat memes
I wouldn't go calling Elder Scrolls Online's Khajiit catgirls and catboys to their faces, but we're sure to be tempted this summer when as...
MMO Week in Review: Hold my beer, says Activision to Unity
Oh I sure am glad the first full week of 2019 was calm and gentle as we ease into the new year... hah just...
