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ArcheAge discusses plans for various gameplay and ArchePass fixes in its latest livestream
When I went looking for a summary for the latest developer livestream from ArcheAge, all I found was this low effort meme, but having...
One Shots: Our favorite MMORPG screenshots of 2019
Occasionally in the past, I've taken the last week or two of the year and featured my personal favorite screenshots that One Shots posters...
The Snowball Festival returns to ArcheAge – and now to ArcheAge Unchained too
Is winter the turning point for ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained? We'd surely like to think so. Today's update to both versions of Gamigo's MMO...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2019
When we sit back to look at the biggest headlines of the year, we don't have to look far. These are the stories that...
Gamigo’s taking another swing at getting ArcheAge Unchained’s ArchePass live today
We have a joke around the MOP offices that we are not an uptime monitor. Our site does not exist to chronicle the uptime...
Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2019
Everyone is healthy! Good news! Every game is super healthy and absolutely no one has a terminal playerbase disease that may result in the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 250: Blue Mage Christmas
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge Unchained, Temtem, Crowfall, Dual Universe, Elder Scrolls Online, plus the site awards, with mailbag topics on MMO controls and meaningful choices.
ArcheAge brings the ArchePass Compensation Box back after the ArchePass fails to launch a second time
There just doesn't seem to be any winning with ArcheAge Unchained and its ever-bellyflopping ArchePass. Readers will recall that it attempted to relaunch this...
ArcheAge Unchained’s ArchePass is back as XLGAMES reveals the next mega patch [Update: Aaaaaand it’s gone again]
You know what I would love to not have to type anymore? The word "ArchePass." The loyalty system that launched with ArcheAge's Unchained version...
Gamigo 3Q 2019 revenues are up thanks to ArcheAge Unchained and Trion acquisition
We're already in Q4 as far as the fiscal calendar goes, but it's never too late to peek back at the quarter passed, which...
Fight or Kite: Archeage Unchained’s leveling PvP is a test of resolve and avoidance
Welcome back everyone! For those of us in the US, the Monday after our Thanksgiving holiday can be a brutal one. Sleeping in (getting...
ArcheAge will not be replacing larders lost during an unscheduled maintenance
It's a day that ends in "y," which means it's another ArcheAge SNAFU, it seems. This time, the devs have run afoul of players...
Reading time is over: ArcheAge shutters its problematic library dungeon
Hope you got all of your overdue books turned in, because ArcheAge's Ayanad Library has closed its doors. Actually, the three-floor dungeon was causing...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the MMO genre
Thanksgiving conveniently falls on a Thursday every year, which means it's the perfect topic for our regular Thursday Massively Overthinking roundtable. I've asked our writers what they're grateful for in and around the MMO genre the last couple of years - and now we're gonna do it again.
ArcheAge discusses the ArchePass’ return, the Library shutdown, and goldseller bans in its latest devstream
Last Friday's livestream from the folks at ArcheAge seemed to be a bit of a mish-mash of various topics, but there are at...
ArcheAge Unchained offers an ArchePass update, keeps dishing out Crates every week in the meantime
We all know that the ArchePass in ArcheAge Unchained remains shut down and that a compensation plan has been offered after an initial SNAFU....
TERA 2 rumors resurface thanks to rediscovered character renders and a Project EXA interview
Even though TERA still seems to be going strong for developer Bluehole Studios, that certainly doesn't mean the studio can't keep working on something...
Fight or Kite: MMORPG PvP is about competition, not combat
Over the last month, Eliot has written a Daily Grind and Perfect Ten that really got me thinking about what PvP truly is. He...
Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow
For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...
ArcheAge Unchained has finally sorted out its ArchePass compensation – go claim yours
It's surely frustrating for players and devs alike that most of the conversation surrounding ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained for the last month has concentrated...