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Trion Worlds entices players to support Extra Life charity with in-game rewards
If you haven't heard already, tomorrow marks the start of a massive gaming marathon called Extra Life that will help raise much-needed funds to...
Crowfall wraps up its launch lineup with the Centaur, Minotaur, and Guinecean races
Over the past month or so, Crowfall has been steadfastly working its way through the list of the dozen races that will be available...
Crowfall’s hour-long stream previews the game’s next big patch
Testing for Crowfall is still in full swing, and that means that when you watch something like the most recent hour-long stream, you do...
Virtual Earth Online looks like a Minecraft and Second Life mash-up
So you're tired of visiting far-flung post-apoc space stations, fantasy ghost castles, underground slime lairs, and zombie grottos on Mars. What's next? How about......
Crowfall devs on why they don’t make their soft launch production checklist public
Happy October: It's time for another Crowfall Q&A. ArtCraft's Thomas Blair and Mark Halash and sit down to answer questions from high-end Crowfall backers....
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
Indie space sandbox MMO Dual Universe launches pre-alpha with a fresh trailer
Happy pre-alpha, Dual Universe! The ambitious indie space sandbox MMORPG kicked off the pre-alpha over the weekend, bringing 2500 backers in to test. You'll...
The Daily Grind: Do dinosaurs help or hurt your immersion in MMOs?
My kids, being of a younger age, tend to find dinosaurs pretty darn awesome. They went bananas the other day when they saw a...
Crowfall goes over the history and perks of Humans and Elves
Even Crowfall, as progressive as it is with its racial choices, must bow to the ironclad law of MMOs that state, "Every fantasy game...
Crowfall’s Raph Koster explains why MMO systems stagnate and die
The man who pretty much wrote the book on many MMORPG systems shared another piece of keen insight about a pitfall in many competitive...
Crowfall details the obdurate Stoneborn race
The Stoneborn of Crowfall are not dwarves. They sometimes get referred to as dwarves, but it's a ridiculous name because they're as large as...
Raph Koster on how Ultima Online pushed the MMO industry forward
Game Designer Raph Koster continues to ponder the significance of Ultima Online on this, the 20th anniversary of the MMORPG's historic release. In a...
Crowfall clarifies Kickstarter ‘proof-of-concept’ statements
The folks at Procedural Worlds have a new interview-slash-testimonial from Crowfall Lead Environment Artist Jon O'Neal, in which he talks up that company's enviromental...
SkySaga locks down official site following development halt, posts ‘nothing can be said for certain’
Just in case you were wondering, it's still a puddle of sadness and despair over at SkySaga. Following the online game's abrupt development halt...
Battle Bards Episode 106: Early access themes
Instead of looking back at MMORPGs this week, the crew of Battle Bards launches forward into early access! What would a show about music...
Crowfall introduces the half-elf race, promises racial choices offer ‘significant gameplay elements’
Remember this lovely ranger lady from Crowfall's original concept art? We sure do, since we're pretty fond of using it. Turns out in the...
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
Crowfall’s action harvesting makes it ‘waaay more fun to run around and harvest’
Yesterday, ArtCraft posted a live Crowfall Q&A video showing off what the devs are calling "action harvesting" - and it caused a surprising amount...
Crowfall puts the ‘action’ in its harvesting system
With Patch 5.3 on the horizon, Crowfall is striving to add more than just race and class options. One feature that's going to be...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with playable fairies
Probably my greatest and most constant gripe about fantasy MMORPGs is that for all of the freedom and imagination that this genre supposedly boasts,...
