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Perfect Ten: How MMOs explain away our infinite resurrections
Why? Why do we die in MMOs and keep coming back to life? Are we in a type of hell defined by endless combat...
Choose My Adventure: Avorion affirms that I am not a very good shipwright
Entering into Avorion for this month's Choose My Adventure column had me assuming a few things. First off, since this game was very much...
Elder Scrolls Online celebrates Skyrim’s 10th anniversary with a new video for the MMO
The Elder Scrolls franchise is having one hell of a week: Not only did Elder Scrolls Online just drop Deadlands, its last DLC of...
Not So Massively: Lost Ark is a promising MMOARPG with a poor first impression
Like many ARPG fans, I have long-awaited the Western release of Smilegate's MMOARPG, Lost Ark. Though the launch has been delayed to next year,...
First Impressions: Lost Ark’s beta version feels like the MMOARPG for folks who are bad at ARPGs
I’ve probably started and restarted this impressions piece about three different times now, primarily because I’m not entirely sure where to begin with Lost...
Albion Online’s Lands Awakened update launches November 24
My fellow Albion Online fans, we have a date for the game's next big thing: The Lands Awakened update is coming on November 24th....
Vitae Aeternum: The cold water splash of New World’s Amrine Excavation and early game dungeon mechanics
Could a single poorly designed dungeon encounter kill a whole-ass MMO for me? I didn't think it was possible, but then I entered the...
20 tips for getting a good start in Fallen Earth’s apocalypse
It's certainly not every day that one of your favorite MMOs of all time comes back from the dead. When that happens, friends, it's...
Lost Ark plots a course for beta, lays out its monetization and currency plans
Amazon-published Korean MMORPG Lost Ark published two documents for prospective players this week, addressing both how the upcoming closed beta will play out as...
New World player hits level cap without killing anything
The pacifist challenge. The challenge where a player tries to hit level cap in a game without fighting a single foe. It's a long-standing...
First Impressions: Book of Travels offers a beautiful yet baffling stroll
So far in my life, I have backed only three Kickstarter projects -- all of them MMORPGs. One was Project Gorgon, the next Ashes...
Lost Ark dates its closed beta for November 4 featuring new content and new level caps
We've still got a long way to go before Lost Ark decides to become a released thing here on our shores, but perhaps the...
EVE Online launches a new event, casts a spotlight on its community, and releases a new tutorial video
Usually you don't celebrate a subsuming alien invasion force in your game's world, but EVE Online is not a usual MMORPG. With that in...
Crowfall’s latest update adds preset archetypes and ‘substantial’ tutorial changes for new players
Players that are looking to get their start in Crowfall now have a number of new options as of the game's 7.200 update. Specifically,...
Frozen Flame’s Brave New World update adds new magic systems, combat updates, and progression trees
The multiplayer survival RPG Frozen Flame has taken some big new steps. Steps so big, the game's latest update has skipped ahead a couple...
Astroneer’s fall update invites you to plant ALL the space squash
We somehow managed to miss the fall Astroneer update, which is wild since my own kids have been playing it, but either way we're...
Choose My Adventure: It’s bear time in Lord of the Rings Online
It has been a few years since I made my way back to Lord of the Rings Online. I remember being around the game...
Mortal Online 2’s beta patch adds bear bags for the ursine on the go
Ever since Mortal Online 2 announced its solemn intentions to carve a bloody swath through the gaming space when it launches next January, there...
Not So Massively: Age of Empires IV is a thoughtful love letter to the past
Folks who grew up gamers probably all have a few games or franchises that just defined our childhoods. For me, one of those franchises...
Life Beyond shares a video tutorial all about its new weapon upgrade system
A couple of weeks ago, the survival sandbox Life Beyond added the ability to upgrade gear. If you're curious just how exactly that works...
