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Shroud of the Avatar plans on hosting official PvP events complete with unique new trophies
Shroud of the Avatar likes hosting its little events. Whether they're weekly fishing tournaments or official decoration contests (which will be coming back soon,...
Massively Overthinking: The more things change in MMOs, the more they stay the same
A while back, in the wake of our Desert Oasis column on Black Desert's guild system, Carlo and I were discussing guild wars -...
Shroud of the Avatar has made a female shopkeeper outfit and it is very proud of itself
Do you play a lady in Shroud of the Avatar? Does that lady own a shop? Have you ever wanted to make that shopkeeping...
The Daily Grind: If you had your way, what one MMO patch in history would you roll back?
Rollbacks are in the news lately, and not for great reasons - some Guild Wars 2 players did indeed lose hours of time played...
Shroud of the Avatar ramps up XP gains for regular and meticulous gathering
The reward for gathering something in an MMORPG isn't the sensation of a job well done, it's usually getting XP to get to the...
Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play
When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...
Vague Patch Notes: What causes the preponderance of disconnected MMO endgames?
Yesterday, I wrote a whole column about how WildStar had some really great stuff in it. I did not mention its endgame at all....
Shroud of the Avatar’s goes bunker busting in a galaxy far, far away
If you're the type to have compassion upon deer that claim to have been the subject of a curse, then you are the mark...
MMORPGs around the globe celebrate Star Wars day
May the 4th (as in, May the 4th be with you) is upon us, and plenty of MMOs would like you to know that...
Ultima Online teases July update, including new tools for storyteller event GMs
Ultima Online's latest newsletter has a bit of a tease for the summer update.
"We are currently working hard on Publish 109 which we are...
Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine
A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...
The Game Archaeologist: The history of play-by-email games
For most all of human history, people who wanted to play a game together usually had to be in physical proximity with each other....
First Impressions: Fractured’s alpha playtest begins to put the pieces together
As we reported at the end of last week, MMORPG sandbox Fractured opened up its alpha test to all backers. With this test phase,...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Red Stone, Euotopia, Ogre Island, Stendhal, and Astonia
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you’ve (probably) never heard of — or have totally forgotten about until now! If you're...
Massively Overthinking: What generates trust in MMO crowdfunding for you?
Last week, an anonymous game developer posted on the MMORPG Reddit about the broader MMO playerbase's frustrations with crowdfunding. See, this dev says he's...
Ultima Online’s next update will feature an overhaul to its quest system
With Publish 108 out the door, it's time for Ultima Online to look forward to Publish 109, which will feature an overhaul to the...
Shroud of the Avatar disables a big experience boost to get rid of shared experience pools
There was a 10x quest experience bonus in Shroud of the Avatar, but it has been disabled now. But the reason is actually somewhat...
Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?
Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
Shroud of the Avatar extends an olive branch to Chronicles of Elyria’s community
With this week's announcement of the collapse of Chronicles of Elyria's studio and development, you can bet that there are a whole lot of...
Ultima Online’s 108th update is live with housing decay overhaul and Treasures of Tokuno
Ultima Online may be a million years old, but it's still getting updates, and in fact, its 108th publish has officially dropped on the...
