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MMO Year in Review: Second breakfast (May 2023)

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May brought interesting news for fans of Lord of the Rings, as Amazon and Embracer announced that they're working on yet another LOTR MMORPG,...

MMO Year in Review: Crisis maps (April 2023)

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Trouble continued brewing at Activision-Blizzard in April as UK regulators made clear their intent to impede Microsoft's acquisition, Blizzard MAUs and revenues sank in...

MMO Year in Review: Press F7 for E3 (March 2023)

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The bloodbath across the industry continued in March with layoffs at everything from EA and Disney to CCP Games and Twitch - and the...

MMO Year in Review: Amazon’s expanding empire (February 2023)

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Amazon Games continued expanding its games publishing arm in February of this year, owing to the anticipated announcement that it would be taking on...

MMO Year in Review: NetEase versus Blizzard (January 2023)

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The end of the year means time to look forward to where we're going - but also to look back at where our genre...
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MMO Year in Review: The FTC strikes back (December 2022)

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December used to be one of those months when nothing happened, but the last few years, companies have treated December like the after-business-hours-on-a-Friday dumping...

MMO Year in Review: Blizzard China (November 2022)

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At the tail end of this month, World of Warcraft released the Dragonflight expansion, the full weight of which wasn't really felt until December....
whoopsie-doo

MMO Year in Review: Embers and Brimstone (October 2022)

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New World picked October to launch its comeback with the Brimstone Sands launch that drove concurrency with a new leveling experience, zone, and weapon...

MMO Year in Review: The Lich King (September 2022)

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September was dominated by the ramp up of WoW Classic into its Wrath of the Lich King expansion launch, which was marred by entirely...

MMO Year in Review: DUNE, Neptune, and Island Sanctuaries (August 2022)

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Funcom took the wraps off DUNE Awakening at Gamescom in August as the studio returned to calling the game an "open world survival MMO." Meanwhile,...

MMO Year in Review: Smedleyfaire (July 2022)

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New World, which had been suffering playerbase losses all year, began its resurge in July of 2022, thanks to its Medleyfaire update and event,...
Boredom ensues.

The Daily Grind: What’s the biggest MMO thing you want to remember from 2022?

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Every year I go through the same cycle wherein I forget that eggnog doesn't sit well with me any more, so I buy eggnog...

MMO Year in Review: High Isle and Diablo Immoral (June 2022)

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Elder Scrolls Online's big High Isle chapter launched in June of this year, but you'd never know it because all MMO players - and...

MMO Year in Review: Press F for another Marvel MMO (May 2022)

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Daybreak canceled yet another MMO in the month of May; in fact, this one marked the second time it's canceled a Marvel MMO, and...
You knew this image was going to show up at some point during these articles. Be thankful it only happened at the end.

MMO Year in Review: Leaky Blizzard and Lord Blockchain (April 2022)

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Following a massive leak, Blizzard officially announced World of Warcraft Dragonflight and WoW Classic Wrath of the Lich King in April of 2022, all set...

MMO Year in Review: From Ukraine aid to Throne and Liberty (March 2022)

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The industry response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine exploded in March of 2022, as companies from Activision-Blizzard to EA donated money, rescued workers, ran...
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MMO Year in Review: End of Dragons, Lost Ark (February 2022)

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February is generally a quiet month in the MMORPG genre, but not in 2022. Not only did Guild Wars 2 launch its blockbuster End...
In a world of human wreckage.

MMO Year in Review: Microsoft has entered the chat (January 2022)

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It's that time again - the time when we look back over all the big stories of the year and round them up in...
It alters.

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you feel you missed out on in 2022?

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Between my job here and my job as a reviewer elsewhere, I play a lot of video games for work. I also play a...

MMO Year in Review: Endwalker, Cryptic, and Crowfall (December 2021)

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The final month of 2021 didn't let up. We had some great news, such as the launch of ArcheAge under Kakao and the release...

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