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Shroud of the Avatar details continuing work on fishing, teases roleplay content stream
Halloween is over, and you know what that means: Yep, two whole months of Christmas. Shroud of the Avatar is already teasing its winter...
Ultima Online’s Raph Koster muses on the appeal of MMO experiences
A little weary of killing and nothing else in MMORPGs? You're not alone because Star Wars Galaxies and Ultima Online creator Raph Koster pines...
Working As Intended: The gamification of the workification of games
Last weekend, my husband made the bold choice to let our young son play The Stanley Parable. I am not entirely sure the kid...
Surprise! Shroud of the Avatar is now officially free-to-play
Have you taken advantage of the fact that Shroud of the Avatar has gone free-to-play yet? Or are you staring at that with some...
Legends of Aria custom server Legends of Ultima aims to bring the classic sandbox into the modern era
The big selling point of Citadel Studios's in-development MMO Legends of Aria is that it allows its players to run entirely moddable custom servers,...
New World leaks make it sound more and more like a real MMO sandbox, not a survival game
The weird thing - or clever thing - about Amazon Game Studios' New World alpha is that seemingly everyone is in it, so nobody...
Massively Overthinking: Is there too much negativity in the MMO genre?
MassivelyOP reader Threespeed posed us an interesting question for this week's Overthinking that I thought was particularly appropriate given the Trion Worlds situation.
"Everyone has...
Shroud of the Avatar’s release 59 is live with a heavily revamped newbie experience
Live as of this morning in Shroud of the Avatar is the October update, better known as Release 59. As we've been covering this...
Shroud of the Avatar’s R59 newbie experience, Travian Games, and Reddit’s pay-to-chat complaints
Shroud of the Avatar's latest newsletter homes in on the game's 59th release, due out at the end of the month and currently on...
Ultima Online kicks off Halloween but postpones vet rewards to next spring
Halloween comes to most MMOs, even to the 21-year-old ones. One. Yes, it's pumpkin spice season in Ultima Online.
"With Publish 101 Britannia is in...
Vague Patch Notes: How do you play MMOs when you know humans suffered to make them?
The original Star Wars film was a passion project for a then-young George Lucas, and it was a project that nearly killed Lucas from...
The MOP Up: Dark Age of Camelot allows name, gender, and race changes
Dark Age of Camelot is testing its next major patch, and it has a major surprise in store for its playerbase.
"Patch 1.125 is chock...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Richard Garriott sheds CEO title for Creative Director role
It looks as if some corporate reorganization is going on over at Shroud of the Avatar studio Portalarium, as Richard Garriott's CEO title has...
The Daily Grind: How important are minimaps to your MMORPG experience?
MMO minimaps became the topic of a weird debate this week, as multiple sites appeared to have misunderstood a Belgian magazine's interpretation of the...
Richard Garriott-signed copy of Shroud of the Avatar goes on sale
Have you ever wanted to get your hands on a piece of video game memorabilia that was signed by not only a designer but...
Shroud of the Avatar teases fishing overhaul, livestream, and really huge pumpkins
Happy weekend, y'all. Let's go fishing.
Not real fishing, mind you. I mean pretend fishing in Shroud of the Avatar. Though it might be better...
Legends of Aria plans Steam early access launch on December 4, preorders are live
Legends of Aria is headed to Steam early access, Citadel Studios announced this morning. The launch is set for December 4th. Preorders are live...
Perfect Ten: Failed MMOs that could have succeeded with more love
Hindsight is 20/20. Unless you're blind in one eye from nostalgia, in which case hindsight is 0/20. In any case, you understand that it's...
MMO Business Roundup: FIFA lockboxes, anti-swatting policy, Fortnite on SNL, Free Guy, UO postmortem
Whenever our newsroom gets overloaded with weird industry-related articles that nobody feels like writing, another edition of the MMO Business Roundup gets its wings!
FIFA...
Crowfall has reached 50,000 backers
Yes, Crowfall has fans. Somewhere on the order of 50,000 fans, in fact; the game has just hit 50,000 backers according to a new...