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The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on difficulty modes in MMOs?
There's a meta discussion happening across games Twitter and elsewhere over the last week or so thanks to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. In a...
Ship of Heroes has been busy upgrading its main city – take a peek
Given that today is what it is, you're probably going to watch this whole Ship of Heroes video the way I did: waiting for...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ideas like the cottage rule and class fantasy in MMO design?
Who among our readers played City of Heroes and remembers the cottage rule? The idea was that developers were reluctant to change the fundamentals...
Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
SHAZAM! Justice League Dark has landed in DC Universe Online today
It's time for the anti-heroes to jump to the forefront. Daybreak added Episode 34: Justice League Dark to DC Universe Online. It's no accident...
April Fools’ Day 2019 has begun early in Guild Wars 2, Champions Online, and more
Happy April Fools' Day! Oh, wait, that's not how it works? And it's not actually April Fools' Day yet? Well, tell that to Gaijin...
Apple reveals Apple Arcade, yet another subscription service for games
File this one under things you probably didn't ask for: At its conference today, Apple announced Apple Arcade, a multi-platform sub service "that will...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMO to make you feel like a kid again?
Last month on /r/mmorpg, there was a thread about finding MMOs that will make you feel like a kid again. You can probably guess...
The MOP Up: Ring of Elysium gives out free adventure passes
Ever eye an adventurer or season pass in a shooter but feel too cheap to buy it? Reader Pasha tipped us off that the...
DC Universe Online launches Shazam movie tie-in lockboxes
Get your transmedia synergy tag out folks because DC Universe Online is literally built on it, and this week, it's launched a big ol'...
Into the Super-verse: Five reasons to be excited for City of Titans
When NCsoft closed City of Heroes' doors in 2012, it was anything but a normal MMO closure due to a lack of interest and...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Fear not this night – there is hope for Guild Wars 2’s future
The last two weeks of February were devastating to the Guild Wars 2 community. Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet announced the layoffs of nearly...
Justice League Dark teleports to the DC Universe Online test server
The DC Universe tells tales of gods among men and larger than life superheroes, but what about the arcane? What about those who work...
The MOP Up: Aion’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring
The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full bloom over at Aion Europe, with this spring festival offering a hero trial, a "topsy-turvy" laboratory, a...
Champions Online brings in hip new armor for the Circus Malvanum race
It's hip to wear armor in Champions Online. Wait, no, that's not quite what we're supposed to say, sorry; it's that there's a new...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that let you feel superheroic
So, hey, Captain Marvel is out now! And I'm writing this before having actually seen it, so I can't say word one about whether...
One Shots: Rack ’em up!
I have to say that I would be much more likely to take up the crimefighting life if there was a really hip rec...
Massively Overthinking: The paradox MMO
Back in February, the MMORPG subreddit offered up yet another fun thread: User Friendly_Fire told the MMO community that what it really wants is...
Perfect Ten: Totally rad ’80s cartoons that would make bodacious MMORPGs
In another reality where our passion for MMORPGs is matched only by the power of nostalgia for the greatest era of cartoons, we would...
