Official Site:Â Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (Wikipedia)
Studio:Â Sigil Games/Sony Online Entertainment
Launch Date:Â January 30, 2007
Sunset Date:Â July 31, 2014
Genre: Retro Fantasy Sandpark
Business Model:Â F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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EVE Online tweaks Havoc insurgencies, preps monthly EVE Vanguard tests for subbers
This week's EVE Online patch builds on the Havoc expansion CCP Games dropped before the turn of the new year, with both graphical and...
Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry
As you have probably noticed from the fact that I have been writing about City of Heroes nonstop since the Homecoming server got its...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v7.0
Once again we put a wrap on another year of MMORPG news, opinions, and -- most pertinent to this column -- history. In a...
Global Chat: What’s the best Wrath of the Lich King zone?
With Wrath Classic starting to wrap up, The Ancient Gaming Noob figured that this was the perfect time to rank the famous expansion's zones....
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023
This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...
The Survivalist: A toast to Conan Exiles’ new taverns, launching this week’s Age of War Chapter III
You know that feeling when you get something you really want? Something you've been waiting for? Conan Exiles is giving that to me --...
One Shots: Soft and squishy, yet fierce and determined
If MMORPGs, anime, and children's cartoons have taught me anything -- and really, it's where I get most of my learning these days --...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2023: Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light pulled PA out of its slump
MOP readers might recall that three months ago, the news for Pearl Abyss was looking a bit on the grim side, as the Korean...
Global Chat: EVE Vanguard has a lot to prove
Just because you're a huge EVE Online fan doesn't mean that you're instantly rallying to the cause of CCP's EVE Vanguard. The Ancient Gaming...
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes emulator continues to improve, but it’s still in alpha
It's been a year-plus since we last checked in with the Vanguard: Saga of Heroes rogue server project. Since it's been a while, there...
EVE Evolved: Is it too late to start playing EVE Online?
Sci-fi MMO EVE Online reached a special milestone this year with its 20th anniversary, and for many people, it raises an interesting question: Is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 438: EverQuest what’s next?
Justin and Bree discuss the potential for EverQuest 3, the LOTRO remaster's cancelation, EVE Fanfest's EVE Online Havoc and EVE Vanguard reveals, WoW Classic's about-face on LFD, Pantheon's new art style, and Marvel Heroes' code leak, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Glitch Odd Giants.
EVE Fanfest 2023: EVE players will help cure cancer with new Project Discovery minigame
Back in 2016, EVE Online developer CCP Games announced an unusual partnership with scientific research organisation MMOs and the Human Protein Atlas. They created...
EVE Fanfest 2023: EVE Online’s Havoc expansion will finally let you side with the pirates
Details of EVE Online's latest expansion have been revealed at EVE Fanfest 2023, and the word of the weekend is "chaos." The aptly named...
EVE Fanfest 2023: The EVE Online FPS is back as EVE Vanguard this December
It's safe to say that EVE Online has a complicated history with first person shooters. The idea of stepping foot on the planets of...
Destiny 2’s The Final Shape arrives February 27, 2024, as season 22 launches today
Bungie is pushing onward with Destiny 2's next chapter: This afternoon during its Twitch broadcast, the studio took the wraps off The Final Shape,...
The Soapbox: How Vanguard’s diplomacy system could be revived and improved
Once upon a time there was an MMORPG called Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. It wasn't the most popular MMO, but it did cultivate a...
Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
Avalon is the latest blockchain metaverse project from old-school MMO devs
I know, I know, another one of these metaverse-blockchain-Web3 startups, but this one is one that MMORPG fans will want to at least take...
Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance
I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...
