Gamers can be amazing when they try. Not everyone in MMOs is just another edgelord. “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Also check out Massively Uplifting for more feel-good stories from our genre!
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E3 2018: Fallout 76 partners with Habitat for Humanity for charity – you can contribute for a song (literally)
Still pumped for the full Fallout 76 reveal from last night? Or maybe concerned over the potential for PvP abuse? Regardless of your current...
EVE Fanfest 2018: Two EVE players were married by the space pope. Yep.
Of all the fascinating things the EVE Online community has embraced over the game's almost 15-year lifetime, perhaps the most bizarre is space pope...
GDC 2018: Games can help humanity, be profitable, and get support from gamers
Games alone won't make the world better. They won't even make gamers better. We publish some articles that certainly seem pretty pro-games, but we're...
Guild Wars 2 honors dearly departed MMO blogger Zach ‘Ravious’ Best with in-game quest
Last October, we were devastated to report that MMO blogger Zach "Ravious" Best had passed away at the young age of 36, taken by...
The gaming community rallies around EverQuest Next AI developer Dave Mark
A renowned game AI designer who worked on EverQuest Next and John Smedley's Hero's Song is the focal point of concern following an accident...
EVE Online, Star Trek Online, and Elite Dangerous players memorialize physicist Stephen Hawking
Multiple MMORPG communities are celebrating the life of internationally renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who passed away earlier this week.
In EVE Online, players came together...
Raph Koster on the ESA’s DMCA battle: ‘Preservation matters’
Remember last week when we covered how the Entertainment Software Association is fighting a proposal to amend the DMCA that would help preserve online...
Catching up with the Ultima Nostalgia project that’s rebuilding Ultima Online in Wurm
If you found last week's community discussion on whether (good) bots could help save dying MMORPGs fascinating, then the video hereunder will suit you...
Elite Dangerous community thwarts griefers’ attempt to ruin final in-game voyage of terminally ill player
Elite Dangerous has once again become the battleground between griefers and everybody else, this time with real-life stakes.
A few weeks ago, the Elite community...
ArenaNet donates $3500 to Guild Wars fan whose game copy survived a deadly housefire
Howasabout another feel-good story? Let's do it! This one comes from Kotaku, which covered a large donation Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet recently made...
VR Chat players aid seizure victim, shame trolls
Last year, we wrote about the extreme potential for griefing in virtual reality spaces as it's one of MMORPG developer Raph Koster's favorite talking...
EVE Online community donates 3.7 million PLEX to family of fallen developer
Last fall, one of EVE Online's senior software engieers passed away at the age of 35, leaving a hole in the team's heart. While...
RIFT devs add memorial for fallen player and dimensioneer
The sad and touching saga of a fallen RIFT player continues this week as the game's developers cement her legacy in the game itself.
You...
CCP honors fallen EVE Online developer with fundraiser ship skin
As if CCP Games isn't struggling enough right now, the studio announced today that it's lost one of its own: an EVE Online developer...
TERA goes on pink overload for breast cancer awareness
We are sure that you are one of the good ones that do not need any prompting to give to worthy causes, such as...
World of Warcraft’s pink Gnomes raise $16,000 for breast cancer vaccine
Pink Gnomes as far as the eye can see, a mass of hopping, big-haired lads and lasses all surging together as they run slipshod...
Warframe: New Plains of Eidolon trailer, players host 100-hour charity stream
Digital Extremes told Warframe players yesterday that the Plains of Eidolon expansion was planned to launch "within the next 10 days," and today's press...
World of Warships is offering charity bundles for donating to hurricane relief
If you've somehow missed the news, Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma have pretty well pounded the daylights out of the Caribbean, Florida, and eastern...
WoW sells charity pet for hurricane relief, plus more on Overwatch’s Junkertown & Hearthstone’s Oktoberbrawl
We've got a fun roundup of Blizzard's doings, so let's get started! The studio is selling a new "Shadow" fox pet with adorably huge...
Valiance Online puts out a call for hurricane heroes for charity event
When real-life tragedy occurs, it's perfectly OK to give priority to assistance over interest in video games. But what if you could do both?
Valiance...
