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MMO Week in Review: Lament for Elder Scrolls Online
The MMORPG genre is still reeling from Microsoft's financially absurd decision to nuke a large portion of the Elder Scrolls Online team - including,...
MMO Week in Review: 213
Elder Scrolls Online became the main character of the MMORPG genre this week after Microsoft took a massive axe to the live team after...
MMO Week in Review: EverQuest rising
The EverQuest franchise is having a heck of a moment right now: This week, EverQuest Legends went into paid beta and both EverQuest and...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars goes mobile, Bungie gets layoffs
As we head into what in what theoretically should be a celebratory week here in the United States, the games industry and MMO genre...
MMO Week in Review: ArcheAge’s revival, Guild Wars’ CCG
We're having a bit of a throwback moment in MMORPGs: Guild Wars is now getting a CCG (in China), ArcheAge is getting a revival...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars’ Orr, Elder Scrolls’ U50, and EVE’s Cradle of War
The Guild Wars 3 hype hasn't worn off this week: ArenaNet talked up the future MMORPG's monetization, teased its setting, and then confirmed Guild...
MMO Week in Review: Stop asking where the guild wars are
ArenaNet threw down one hell of a gauntlet this week, formally announcing what we already knew: that it's been working on Guild Wars 3....
MMO Week in Review: Star Citizen’s 1B bucks, LOTRO’s price hike
This week was so backloaded with big MMORPG news that I spent most of the week expecting the news that Star Citizen had finally...
MMO Week in Review: Your light fades away
MMO-adjacent fans are mourning Destiny 2 this week, thanks to Sony/Bungie's decision to put a halt to updates after one final release in June....
MMO Week in Review: The Only Way to the Cradle of War
This weekend, the sci-fi spaceship MMORPGs ran dueling announcements: EVE Online announced its Cradle of War expansion at EVE Fanfest, while Star Citizen unveiled...
MMO Week in Review: The big rebranding of CCP Games
EVE Online studio CCP Games capped off the week of MMORPG news by not just confirming the buyout but announcing a major rebrand to...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars in your pocket
ArenaNet is growing fond of stunning Guild Wars franchise fans this last year, isn't it? And so it did again this past week, when...
MMO Week in Review: Evercold, Aion 2, and EQ Legends
The genre had another packed week, capped off by the reveal of Final Fantasy XIV's Evercold expansion, though it won't be out until next...
MMO Week in Review: Gorgon’s drama, TurtleWoW’s demise, Ashes’ docs
If we had stopped counting on Friday, this week still would've been a wild one for the MMORPG, but it doubled with the drama...
MMO Week in Review: EQ Legends’ beta, Ashes of Creation’s drama
EverQuest Legends wasted no time this week setting a date for its first closed beta test, though whether you get into the April 24...
MMO Week in Review: Queen Devona
The week around Easter is often quiet in the MMO space, but we still got some big news: Guild Wars Reforged delivered another sweet...
MMO Week in Review: EverQuest’s legacy, Camelot out of chains
Daybreak stunned MMORPG players this week by announcing it is collaborating with a new studio stuffed with emulator fans to build a spinoff version...
MMO Week in Review: EverQuest celebrates 27 years and a lawsuit settlement in its favor
This past week was a very business-oriented one for the MMORPG industry, starting with the news that Daybreak and the EverQuest Heroes Journey emulator...
MMO Week in Review: Pre-seasoning Elder Scrolls Online
Elder Scrolls Online officially launched update 49 this week, the calm before the storm of the season content that kicks off in April. This...
MMO Week in Review: Midnight’s proper launch, Ashes of Creation’s legal battle
World of Warcraft Midnight officially launched this week - for everyone - following months of its slow rollout of features and perks. You may...
