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The Soapbox: The day my son lost his first online video game to a sunset
It was a few weeks back that I walked into our family room and saw my 14-year-old son crouched over the iPad with a...
Trove PC adds community voting to Luxion loot, Fiesta Online celebrates three weeks of summertime
It's a two-for-one news headline for a pair of the MMOs that still remain in Gamigo's portfolio: The PC version of Trove has gotten...
The Stream Team: Celebrating 8 years of Trove with party piñatas
Trove has just turned eight years old, and Massively OP's MJ wants to celebrate so she's throwing a piñata party. Then there's also an...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we wanted a decade ago
Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...
Daybreak job listing hints at ‘unannounced’ game with ‘high fantasy’ elements
Ever since Daybreak bailed on EverQuest Next back in the spring of 2016, it seemed to mark the end of its willingness to grow...
The Realm Online’s corporate buyer surfaces with a bizarre website and studio partner
Over the course of June, we learned the sad news that player-led developer Realm Worlds would be shutting down the current version of The...
Battle Bards Episode 226: Echoes of MMOs that never were
It’s always highly bittersweet when MMO fans sit back and consider the games that never were — the projects that got far along in...
Steam’s Summer Sale 2023 is live through July 13 with deals on FFXIV, GW2, New World, ESO, and more
Valve has revived the traditional Steam summer sale this afternoon, with gobs of good deals running well beyond the 4th of July. Perhaps the...
FTC uses Zenimax’s current exclusivity as a primary argument against Microsoft’s ActiBlizz buyout in court
The long-brewing legal battle between the US Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft has begun in earnest, as this week saw the FTC and Microsoft...
Perfect Ten: What good MMO logos say about their games
Back when I was taking a smattering of business classes in college, one of my favorite electives dealt with marketing. It wasn't that I...
SWGEmu’s Finalizer rogue server is apparently struggling to make its monthly budget
One of the topics that doesn't get talked about all that much in the MMORPG rogue server space is how old-school emulators get paid...
RuneScape’s Woodcutter’s Grove update is a ‘one-stop shop’ for your tree-chopping obsession
A teased last week, Jagex has released the Woodcutter's Grove to RuneScape today, unleashing every imaginable lumberjack meme on an unsuspecting internet.
"RuneScape’s Fort Forinthry...
Lord of the Rings Online announces River Hobbits, Mariner class, and stat squish
A Friday Q&A session with Lord of the Rings Online's executive producer turned into a treasure trove of exciting information for the MMO's fans....
WoW Factor: Age vs. World of Warcraft vs. player retention
In my time, I have gone from being a young man to an old man on the interwebs. I have gone from being a...
Vague Patch Notes: So why didn’t crowdfunded MMOs save the genre?
The past few weeks we've been following this freakin' thing because... well, obvious reasons. But that has me thinking about crowdfunding in general, because...
Trove celebrates Pride with a new event, skin, and a monorail in the Splendid Summer event
Gamigo continues to use Trove as a force for good in the world despite the shenanigans of its parent company: This week, Trove joins...
Trove joins the Green Game Jam with in-game initiative to clean up trash from land and sea
While Gamigo's reputation in the MMO world is... not great right about now, its charity efforts over the years are commendable. This year, it's...
Trove announces plans for a weekend network test intended to ‘help shape the future’ of the MMO
Psst. Hey, Trove player. Yeah, you. You wanna "help shape the future" of your colorful little voxelbox world? Then you should totally check out...
Cube World creator emerges from hibernation to announce Cube World Omega
I admit I did a double-take last night when Wolfram von Funck aka Wollay's Twitter account whirred to life after nearly four years of...
BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly large-scale team FPS headed to early access in June
If you've ever dreamed of playing a large-scale warfare FPS like PlanetSide 2 but wanted to experience it in a low-poly boxy visual style...
