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The Stream Team: Hanging out and helping hands in Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Harbor
Although the D&D group is too low level to participate in the Halloween event in Dungeons & Dragons Online, they have left the tutorial...
Massively Overthinking: Are you boycotting Blizzard?
Tyler's piece this week about the Blizzard he loved being dead actually brought tears to my eyes. It hurts to lose a game and...
Citadel: Forged with Fire opens the doors to its three Crypts in its latest video
Greetings, boys and ghouls! I am the Crypt Keeper, and welcome to the frightmare that is the Forsaken Crypts of Citadel: Forged with Fire!...
DC Universe Online’s GU98 adds new items to the Second Chance Vendor and Resurgence Mega Capsules
If a resurgence returns, is it a re-resurgence? An ultrasurgence? A megasurgence? Instead of pondering portmanteaus, I'll instead just mention that Resurgence Mega Capsules...
Chronicles of Elyria shares another pre-alpha video that focuses on environmental sound
There are plenty of ways for MMOs to set a scene. Visuals are certainly one of the more important, but audio plays just as...
UK art studio accuses Kickstarted MMORPG Oath of incompetence and failure to pay for work
Last spring, we covered an incredibly ambitious new MMO called Oath. Developer Ready-Up Studios rolled out a $35,000-ask Kickstarter to build a free-to-play, action-combat...
World of Warcraft datamining hints at Death Knight additions as Blizzard postpones anniversary in Taiwan
It's been a rough week for fans of World of Warcraft as Blizzard has continued to be mired knee-deep in a problem of its own...
How Pokemon Go company Niantic is collecting (and using) your life’s data
We probably don't need to tell our audience this, given that while yes, you all have phones, you're also typically not obsessive about gaming...
Hyperspace Beacon: Is SWTOR prepared for the Onslaught?
Welcome back to the Hyperspace Beacon. I have taken a much-needed break over this summer to come back to the first expansion that Star...
Red Dead Redemption 2 marks its impending PC release with a 4K 60FPS trailer
One of the things that most PC gamers tend to hold over the heads of their console gaming brethren is the fact that PCs...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Minas Morgul expansion
As the saying goes, "One does not simply walk into Mordor. One repeatedly walks in and out of Mordor on a near-endless series of...
SWTOR does a fly-by of Onslaught’s key capital city
There is less than a week to go until Star Wars: The Old Republic players get their first expansion in years. That means that...
The Stream Team: Late Night with SWTOR on Dromund Kaas
It's Late Night with SWTOR! OK, no it isn't. This is as late as Massively OP's Larry and MJ want to get, however; they've...
Jukebox Heroes: Exploring World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s patch music
One of my favorite modern trends of MMORPGs is that studios are no longer saving the entirety of a soundtrack for the base game or expansion releases. Oh sure, those usually get a great album push -- especially if it's one of the bigger games -- but for a while now, many studios have also been releasing new music on a steady basis with significant content patches.
Book of Travels announces an October 24th launch date for its Kickstarter
The word "unique" gets swung about a lot by video game and MMO PR folks, but the upcoming Book of Travels certainly appears to...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s nonpology and the ethics of boycotting
Last time we were here, we discussed the intensely shoddy ethics of Blizzard's behavior surrounding the banning of Hearthstone professional Ng "Blitzchung" Wai Chang....
Into the Super-verse: Catching up with Valiance Online
So far in the Into the Super-verse column space, we have touched base with two of the three upcoming City of Heroes spiritual successors:...
TERA’s Skywatch update takes players to a ‘high-flying zone’
We all know that MMORPGs are strangely obsessed with floating islands. But the real question that I want answered is how do these massive,...
Riot announces team shooter, card game, fighting game, co-op game, and mobile League of Legends
If you felt a small earthquake last night, don't worry -- it was just the response of Riot Games' community at all of the...
The Stream Team: Launching into ArcheAge Unchained
ArcheAge just celebrated its fifth birthday (with an insane jumping puzzle!), but now a new AA is being born. As of today, ArcheAge Unchained...