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MMO Mechanics: Three non-combat mechanics to love
The wheels in my head have been turning over non-combat mechanics in MMOs for a while now, perhaps because of the buzz surrounding Wander,...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
Defiance devs on the next season and the future of the game
The third season of the show Defiance starts up on June 12th, which is likely of particular interest to fans of Defiance the game....
Voxelbox Trove is officially launching on July 9
This is it, Trove fans. The finish line of beta and the starting line for the official live game. Trion Worlds announced that Trove...
Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying
How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...
The Stream Team: ArcheAge’s barrel racing
It can certainly be a stretch to come up with new seasonal events, but ArcheAge has added one for the summer that could either...
ArcheAge’s server merges will spark another land rush
When ArcheAge first announced that there would be some sort of server consolidation, players were understandably nervous. Merges can be a messy business at...
The Soapbox: Can MMOs eradicate pay-to-win?
You know what sucks about getting old? Apart from the adult diapers and the dying? Yeah, it's the seeing things you love retconned into...
Trion Worlds secures ‘Reactor’ trademark
No, it's not one of Tony Stark's inventions, but that doesn't mean this reactor is any less intriguing. Upon doing some sleuthing, RiftGrate discovered...
Inon Zur to compose Sword Coast Legends’ soundtrack
Sword Coast Legends is getting a musical boost from legendary video game composer Inon Zur. The upcoming coop RPG announced yesterday that it had...
ArcheAge’s ‘altogether different’ approach to server merges
Trion hasn't formally announced server merges for ArcheAge yet, but the publisher is at least thinking about it, judging by a forum post made by...
One Shots: My imaginary friends
Here's a fun thought: What if we aren't actually playing MMOs? What if we're just sitting in front of blank screens, creating fantasy worlds...
ArcheAge preps a barrel racing daily event
ArcheAge is gearing up for its annual Rum Runner Rapids event, which looks to involve drinking, whitewater rapids, and barrels out of bond.
More specifically,...
Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson on ArcheAge, community management, and her new role at Trion
Linda "Brasse" Carlson is one of the MMO industry's most beloved community specialists, and genre fans everywhere boggled just a bit when Daybreak laid...
ArcheAge subreddit clarifies P2W censorship; Trion bans exploiters
Another day, another Reddit drama, although the one swirling around ArcheAge appears to be coming to a middle. In a message titled Transparency is...
Trove’s monster bash update is a graveyard smash
Trove seems to be pulling a major update out of its brain voxels on a monthly basis now. Coming hot on the heels of...
ArcheAge spawns fresh Reddit drama over pay-to-win
Third time's a charm with Reddit! Remember back in March when a Skyforge moderator threatened to ban anyone using the term pay-to-win and was...
One Shots: Nothing to see here, move along
Do you ever stop to realize just how much weirdness we see and dismiss every day as MMO gamers? If a fraction of the...
Trove patches in the Golden Thread, now patches out the bugs
The most recent Trove patch added in the Golden Thread, which is pretty great for everyone playing the game. For the new player, it...
Watch Dota 2’s Red Bull Battle Grounds Grand Finals today
Dota 2's Red Bull Battle Grounds e-sports event draws to a close this weekend with the Grand Finals best-of-five finale in San Francisco's Warfield Theater.
China's Invictus...
