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So many games have test servers of one form or another that we seldom even need to spell out the acronym PTS - and...

Earlier this week, we wrote about the launch of a new book that's right up MMORPG fans' alley. Dubbed Braving Britannia: Tales of Life,...

Old-school MMORPG players, heads-up for you: If you're a fan of Ultima Online or wanted to hear more about the seminal MMORPG after reading...

Over the weekend, my husband and I were chatting about playing on a Star Wars Galaxies emulator again, probably the Legends one that people...

The release of Raph Koster's monster book of game essays, Postmortems, was of high interest to Bree and me for different reasons. For her,...

By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...

There's exciting news for the 20-year-old Ultima Online this week, as the game's latest newsletter announced an account-wide bank storage system. "Between Publish 100 and...

On the prowl for an undiscovered indie MMORPG these days? You might want to check out Gran Skrea Online, as it just went into...

One hundred! Classic MMO Ultima Online has pushed out its 100th major update to the test server this week. It's primarily a bug-fixing update, riding...

I was a wide-eyed, naive kid when I first stepped into Ultima Online in 1997, and as it turns out, the developers were too. That's...

CCP Games rolled out a pretty sweet veteran reward for EVE Online vets this week ahead of the game's anniversary: Everybody who's been playing...

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...

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.

Raph Koster is certainly a well-known name in the MMORPG industry who has spent his career working on titles such as Ultima Online, Star...

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...

My only nephew is something of a math prodigy, and the fact that he wants to be a game designer when he grows up...

When it comes to notable years in the MMORPG genre's history, 2008 stands out as one of the most significant. World of Warcraft's debut...

I didn't know much about Eudemons Online before the folks at 99.com reached out to us about this giveaway, but apparently this game has...

Last week, in the comments under the Bless optional subscription brouhaha article, I made an offhand comment that apparently got MOP commenter Sally's gears...

Bugs, you better live it up, because your days are numbered. Ultima Online is preparing a big bug push (squash?) with June's Publish 100....