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The MOP Up: Shattersong Online binds a universe of worlds together
Here's an interesting 2-D MMO project that's being made by some former Starbound devs. It's called Shattersong Online, and it alleges that it can...
The Game Archaeologist: Tanarus, Sony Online Entertainment’s first online game
While EverQuest is perhaps thought of as Sony Online Entertainment's first online game, the truth of history tells us differently. Just as how Mythic...
Activision-Blizzard is now being investigated by four state and federal regulators as its top legal VP departs
Yesterday, we covered the news that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is now investigating Activision-Blizzard in the wake of its ongoing sexual harassment...
Trove asks players to side with fae or undead in latest event, releases the Bard class to Xbox and PlayStation
If you had to choose between undead horrors or trickster faefolk, which would you go for? That's the question being asked of Trove players...
Perfect Ten: Shapeshifting classes in MMOs
After my wife and I saw an X-Men movie a while back, we got into a discussion about what mutant power we'd pick for...
Massively Overthinking: Overcoming barriers-to-exit in MMOs
About a thousand years ago, I wrote an article on Old Massively called "but I already have that game" about barriers-to-exit: the difficulty of...
ArcheAge turns seven years old, offers cosmetics and consumables for coins
We must ask you to attempt to summon more enthusiasm for this event than the girl in the official anniversary screenshot. Yes, ArcheAge is...
Battle Bards Episode 200: Battle Bards Bicentennial!
Can you believe it? The Battle Bards have hit 200 amazing episodes! Join Steff, Syl, and Syp as they take a victory lap around...
Trove’s latest PC patch adds ‘Depth Stepper’ gates to elite delves
Gamigo has rolled out a fresh content patch for Trove, at least for PC. The studio's calling it the Depth Stepper update. What the...
Choose My Adventure: Club Worlds are the pinnacle of player creativity in Trove
Homestead who? Dungeons what? Player-made items? Don’t need ‘em. The pinnacle of player creativity in Trove, without any peer or equal, is the Club...
Considering the ‘housing crisis’ in MMOs like Ultima Online, FFXIV, and EVE Online
MMORPGs with limited digital real estate for player housing such as ArcheAge and Ultima Online may be hurting rather than helping the overall game,...
Choose My Adventure: A quick spot of building and crafting in Trove
I have to admit, this one didn't take long at all to get through. I sort of assumed that building things in Trove was...
ArcheAge Unchained links up former fresh start servers’ PvP, auction halls, and more
As we all know, that "fresh character" smell can't last forever -- and neither can a fresh start server. ArcheAge is famous for rolling...
Global Chat: Hitting that endgame wall in MMOs
MMO blogger Digital Visceral recently wrote about a situation that many of us encounter in our games: Hitting that max level and feeling at...
Choose My Adventure: Back to the basic joys of dungeon running in Trove
This is way more like it.
The bare bones, basic, simple delight of Trove continues to be running around the open world, heading to whatever...
The MOP Up: Warface’s Hidden War is revealed
This week, Warface kicked off its Hidden War season: "The season update adds a new PvP-map called Ruins for capture mode where players can...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite type of MMORPG raid?
Raiding is one of those very simple MMO concepts that has somehow become a contentious one in the broader discourse. A "raid" in MMO...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that would actually benefit from a Classic server
Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...
Galaxies of Eden is a new sandbox MMORPG with all the Star Wars Galaxies trappings
So here's a new MMO that just landed in our inbox: It's called Galaxies of Eden, and studio MIR Cybernetics Corporation is billing it...
Choose My Adventure: A sample platter of classes and a taste of Geode boredom in Trove
You know what the problem is with Trove in the beginning? It just throws so much stuff at you that when you do something...