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The Daily Grind: Will you sub to EA’s new ‘Origin Access Premier’ service?
During EA Play this weekend, EA announced Origin Access Premier, its attempt at a subscription service on PC. For $100 a year, you'll basically...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
ArcheAge’s fresh start servers snag the ‘Conquer’ update next week
Trion's pretty sure MMORPG gamers cannot get enough of starting over in ArcheAge, which is why it's whipping up yet another phase for the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 173: The Bless Mess
Justin and Bree discuss Bless Online's launch, EVE Online's Into the Abyss, Fallout 76, Elder Scrolls Online's spyware issue, Path of Exile's Incursion, H1Z1, Star Trek Online, Trove, DDO, and UO, with mailbag questions on the Bless Mess and on open-world immersion.
The Daily Grind: Do you feel pressure to play MMOs for daily bonuses or experience events?
On Wednesdays, we farm gems.
In Trove, that is. That's because ever since Trion revamped the daily login system, players get a daily bonus for...
Defiance 2050 gives you a quick overview of its four base classes
Assuming that you're both a freeloader and will be poking your head into Defiance 2050 this summer, you'll have exactly four options for classes...
The Stream Team: Time-traveling back to the great Trove bake-off
Trove doesn't want for holidays to have events -- it just pops them right in on any old ordinary day! The latest event was...
Trion makes summer plans to port Prime’s best ideas back to RIFT – here’s what both server types can look forward to
It's about to be summer in RIFT - Summerfest, that is. In Trion's latest developer letter, the team lays out what the season will...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 172: Delays and do-overs
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Dauntless, Trove, H1Z1, Bless, RuneScape, Echo of Soul, Wargaming, FFXIV, hyper-realism, wacky MMO jobs, and Solo (but no spoilers!)
The Daily Grind: When was the last time somebody recommended an MMO you actually wound up liking?
Across the MMORPG universe, gamers are always asking, what should I play? It's in our comments, on Reddit, in every guild and global chat...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best mount selection?
Lately my attention has been arrested by all of the news coming out about Battle for Azeroth's mounts. I know it's totally dorky, but...
RIFT increases experience and sells mounts for the long weekend
It's Memorial Day weekend here in the US, a time for people to... well, theoretically remember something, but in practice it's a long weekend...
Funcom Q1 2018 financials: Conan Exiles will be the studio’s ‘bestselling game of all time’
A year ago, MMO fans were thrilled to find out that Funcom had had its best quarter in ages thanks to the early access...
RIFT players datamine changes to the Prime XP curve and new item packs
The fine souls at the Ghar Station has once again turned to the latest RIFT patch to mine out relevant information, and the results...
With 17M registered players, Trion’s voxelbox Trove launches in Japan
Trion Worlds is in an expansionist mood of late. Earlier this week, we learned Atlas Reactor was porting to Steam in China. Today, the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 171: Bless you, my subscriber
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, Bless Online, Elder Scrolls Online Summerset, Worlds Adrift, Pantheon, Skull & Bones, and The Division 2, with mailbag questions on the Eastern MMO stigma and Sea of Thieves' new MMO paradigm.
Defiance’s got 99 problems, but you ain’t one
With the conclusion of Defiance 2050's closed beta last week, players might be at a loss for something to keep them occupied for the...
Atlas Reactor arrives in China via Steam
Atlas Reactor really needs to be given some credit for striking out in a different direction when the rest of the PvP scene was...
Global Chat: Dipping back into MMO underwater combat
Guild Wars 2's recent renovation of underwater combat has brought back some interest to this oft-neglected sphere of gameplay. Inventory Full's Bhagpuss used this...
Trove’s exploration-centric Geode expansion is launching June 26
Remember last week when Trion Worlds announced that its popular voxelbox Trove is getting a battle royale mode called Bomber Royale? The studio is on...
