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Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points?
I suspect most MMO players are going to read that question and immediately balk at it. We think of MMOs as being defined in...
Massively Uplifting: Warframe fights cancer, Square Enix helps the Red Cross, and Extra Life 2021 looms
Summer has ended, school has started, and now the leaves have begun to fall as the air turns cooler. It's a time of coziness...
Elder Scrolls Online offers a free subscription trial for the next week
Have you ever wondered what life is like on the other side of the subscription barrier in Elder Scrolls Online but were too cheap...
Vitae Aeternum: Did New World’s morph to full MMORPG hamstring its PvP?
Leading up to New World’s original launch, I had virtually no interest in playing. Even after Amazon Games pulled the ol’ switcheroo and added...
The MOP Up: Profane pitches its ‘true sandbox’ design to you
Citing buzzwords like "true sandbox" and "player freedom," upcoming MMO Profane hopes that it can grab your attention long enough to read this Reddit...
Elder Scrolls Online throws a ghoulish gala for Halloween
Ready to go trick-or-treating in Tamriel? Instead of holding out your candy sack to NPCs in Elder Scrolls Online, you're going to have to...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?
Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...
Tamriel Infinium: Looking back at Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind
In 2002, the Elder Scrolls CRPG franchise took its biggest step forward to date with the release of its third game, Morrowind. While Arena...
Vitae Aeternum: New World excels and entertains despite uninspired gameplay design
After more than 20 levels’ worth of time in New World, you’d think I’d have a pretty good handle on why this game has...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s cranky priest
As all Elder Scrolls Online fans know, whenever a new chunk of content comes out, they'll be encountering some new figures in the game's...
Elder Scrolls Online’s creative director says New World’s success will ‘shake things up’ and ‘get the creative juices flowing’
A rising tide raises all ships, and nowhere is that more true than in the MMO genre, as new games succeeding can often mean...
One Shots: Looking down on the world
Do you ever get that feeling like someone else is looking down on you, but then you're like, nah, that's all in my head?...
The Daily Grind: Do you run a daily dungeon in your MMO?
Lately, I've been enjoying a return to Elder Scrolls Online and its bounty of worldbuilding and content. In addition to fully exploring and completing...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Deadlands DLC launches November 1 on PC, hits 19M players
During its big reveal stream this afternoon, ZeniMax Online took the wraps off off multiple content and event additions for The Elder Scrolls Online...
Working As Intended: Brute-forcing the MMO industry
If you're a music fan, and you probably are since you're a human, you've probably come to grips with the sense that somehow the...
The Daily Grind: When are ‘microtransactions’ too much in MMOs?
Two money-related topics crossed my desk the last couple of weeks. The first was a Reddit topic complaining about microtransactions in MMOs - not the...
Massively Overthinking: Initial impressions of New World
Amazon's Queue World - uh, I mean, New World - is finally upon us. In fact, I imagine that it's been hard to avoid...
Tamriel Infinium: Anatomy of Elder Scrolls Online’s quests
An amazing thing happened on my way to the MMO variety store: I got completely sucked back in to Elder Scrolls Online. It did...
The Elder Scrolls Online challenges players to earn community rewards in the Bounties of Blackwood event
Earning rewards in an MMORPG is well and good, but earning them in a larger communal effort is even better. It's in that spirit...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
