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Player-run Open Perpetuum builds its first ‘truly customized island and PvE experience’
If we are learning anything from observing what's happened to Perpetuum after the devs handed off the project to the community, it's that sometimes...
An Ashes of Creation player built a card game based on the MMO for the whole community
File this one under "extremely awesome things MMO players did": One Ashes of Creation player has created an entire card game based on the...
Genshin Impact fans have built a scale model of the city of Liyue Harbor
How much of a fan of Genshin Impact are you? Are you the sort of creative person that makes fanart of the game? Maybe...
Star Trek Online’s players and developers pay tribute to the late Christopher Plummer
The movie-watching world lost one of its greats when actor Christopher Plummer passed away on Friday, leaving behind a legacy of notable performances including...
Massively Uplifting: 2021 begins with Trove’s trees, Warframe’s Tennobaum, and Star Trek Online’s Tribbles for charity
Ready or not, here 2021 comes! And that's a relief to many. It's no stretch to say that we want 2021 to be a...
Trove is celebrating Hug Day with a mini community giveaway
Apparently, this coming Thursday is National Hug Day, a holiday that we really can't celebrate with the gusto that it deserves for rather obvious...
WoW Lore TLDR gets a major functionality and content upgrade for catching up on World of Warcraft lore
You really do want to follow the lore in World of Warcraft, honestly. But sometimes the storytelling and the overall quality of the game makes...
ArcheAge’s Oskmir ArchePass, Aura Kingdom update, and Gamigo’s charity extension
Gamigo's having a busy January across multiple games and initiatives. To wit:Â ArcheAge Unchained has released server transfers and its latest ArchePass to kick off...
Pirate101 players hope to save the game by flooding its servers starting January 24
While Pirate101 isn't being targeted for shutdown, it is effectively in maintenance mode, which probably makes some long-time fans of the MMO a bit...
Massively Uplifting: Niantic, ArenaNet, and more MMO studios end 2020 on charitable high notes
Do you know what one of the best things about Massively Uplifting is? Although the world focuses on giving good deeds and Joy to...
Let’s celebrate the history of the dance emote from EverQuest to Fortnite
"Slow day at the office, eh MOP?" Yes. Mercifully. I am very tired and working for a casino during New Year's Eve weekend is...
Virtual chorus of 144 singers performs a song from Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 4
The arts do not stop for a pandemic. Not entirely, anyway. Evidence of this can be found with thanks to the Virtual Video Game...
Holidays hugs to all the uplifting things that happened in MMOs, 2020 edition
On New Year's Eve, it's become tradition for us to roundup all the reasons we can't have nice things, and we did so again...
Roblox and online education site iD Tech team up for a holiday block party for charity
With the pandemic still making a meal of things around the US, digital holiday events perhaps take on a bigger meaning, especially for younger...
ArcheAge’s December update adds new quests and housing areas as Trove’s Snowfest gets underway
There's a lot going on in Gamigo's MMORPGs right now, so let's dig in. First, over in ArcheAge, the December Update may not have the...
Free character transfers for World of Warcraft are closing on Thursday
Some servers in World of Warcraft are just more populated than others. That's a simple reality. In the hopes of having some players move off...
New Dungeons & Dragons movie provokes teasing between Star Trek Online and Neverwinter
If you were, erm, pining for a new Dungeons & Dragons movie, then prepare your mind for the thrills that are to come with...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida pens heartfelt goodbye to the late Dad of Light blogger
Remember the Dad of Light TV drama that debuted on Netflix a few years ago? It told the story of Akio and his father...
World of Warcraft’s factionless panda DoubleAgent hits level 60
Pandaren were the first and thus far only race added to World of Warcraft not automatically signed onto a faction upon creation; you started on...
Fallout 76’s next season begins on December 15 as fans fight in-character wars and raise money for charity
The Game Awards have roared on by, leaving in its wake moments of cringe, reason for people to debate the award winners, and (perhaps...
