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Bless Online explains the reason for its delay
As we learned last month, Bless Online is being delayed into 2017 as the team continues to work on bringing the title over to the...
EVE Online demos Ascension features, rolls out EVE Portal mobile app
A week from today, one of the last bastions of the MMORPG subscription model goes free-to-play. I'm talking about EVE Online, of course, and...
EVE Vegas 2016: EVE Online is finally getting a real tutorial
One of EVE Online's developers once described the new player experience with the line "Welcome to EVE, here's a Rubik's cube, go f**k yourself," and he...
The Daily Grind: What kind of humor do you prefer in MMORPGs?
Humor has to be one of the most subjective elements (and a sadly neglected Captain Planet powerset). Most of us like humor, like to...
EVE Vegas 2016: Ascension expansion detailed, new trailer released
While the main event of the EVEÂ Online social calendar is unmistakably the annual EVE Fanfest convention in Iceland, smaller gatherings are held throughout the...
Gigantic plans new beta weekend, explains AI and summoning circles
Perfect World and Motiga have announced that they'll be running another closed beta weekend for Gigantic. Don't get too excited; it's not this weekend...
Perfect Ten: My demands to MMORPGs after 13 years
I've mentioned many times that my first MMO was Final Fantasy XI. It released in North America 13 years ago as of tomorrow. I...
Wurm Online roadmap outlines cooking, client, interface, and tutorial plans
Code Club has given Wurm Online players a rough outline today of what they can expect from the game over the next few months....
Elder Scrolls Online’s One Tamriel is live along with ‘Trip of a Lifetime’ sweepstakes
The Elder Scrolls Online's One Tamriel is live today on PC, introducing a revamped world where all the level-locking content gates have crumbled to dust...
EVE Evolved: What else is coming to EVE Online in November?
Recently I've been looking at how EVE Online will be affected by the introduction of free-to-play "alpha clone" accounts in its upcoming November expansion, but there's a...
Global Chat: Is casual raiding in MMORPGs an oxymoron?
Do you scoff, chortle, or sneer when you hear the phrase "casual raiding" among the MMO community? You might be laughing at your own ignorance...
Perfect Ten: My favorite memories from City of Heroes
I've noticed that some people get irritated when others repeatedly bring up long-dead MMORPGs. I think there's the mentality of, "What's done is done,...
Mounts trot into Villagers and Heroes
Tired of walking around like a chump to your destinations in Villagers & Heroes? The game's September update has fixed that, as the devs added...
Tamriel Infinium: Why I’m sold on Elder Scrolls Online’s One Tamriel
It hasn't taken me long to fall in love with One Tamriel. This Elder Scrolls Online team has a distinct understanding of what makes this...
A deep-dive into MMORPG housing: RIFT vs. WildStar
If you took a casual poll of the MMO community and asked which game's player housing system was the best and most robust, chances...
World of Warcraft lets players experiment with classes before boosting
Players paralyzed with indecision over which class to boost to level 100 in World of Warcraft now have a way to sort out their...
Otherland hits open beta today, launches free-to-play on September 8
The Tad Williams-inspired sci-fi MMO Otherland shuts down today for a week of open beta. When it returns for its planned September 8th launch, it...
SkySaga’s alpha 9 revamps its tutorial, buffs the City of First Light
Alpha 9 has descended upon British-born voxelbox SkySaga.
"We've made a lot of changes to SkySaga this Alpha and added some really awesome new features...
Perfect Ten: My favorite features in RIFT
RIFTÂ receives too little of the MMORPG community's attention, partially due to its age (six years now), contentious feelings toward Trion Worlds, or a perception...
DC Universe Online’s GU63 brings new Suicide Squad content, tutorial skipping, and lockboxes
Game Update 63 has landed on the DC Universe Online servers this week, and it's a smallish one, but that won't surprise longtime players,...
