BlizzCon 2023 is still happening, Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra tells Twitter fans
Blizzard's fan-centered live event BlizzCon used to be one of the highlights of the year for the MMORPG genre - until COVID drove it...
The Daily Grind: Do you stop to watch player performances in MMOs?
Especially when you have limited time to game, it's hard to ignore that "go go go!" voice in your head that urges you to...
Choose My Adventure: Rocking my way to max level Bard play in Neverwinter
The journey in Neverwinter continues with pure, unadulterated focus on my Bard, as suggested by the voting public. And I promise, I won't ask...
Guild Wars 2’s ArenaNet named Extra Life Partner of the Year for its 2022 April quest and $253K fundraise
File this one under Massively Uplifting in the best way: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet was named as the 2022 Extra Life Partner of...
The Daily Grind: What are some demonstrably wrong things about old MMOs that people insist were true anyway?
A while back, there was a thread on the MMORPG subreddit arguing that "minmaxing an information abundance has ruined MMORPGs" and posited that devs...
The Cycle Frontier issues the Howlerbusters Challenge through April 30
One of the many features that Yager hyped for the third season of The Cycle: Frontier was the addition of a flying monster known...
Final Fantasy XIV brings the Moogle Treasure Trove around again on April 24
All right, by this point you know the drill. There's a new patch on the way for Final Fantasy XIV some time in late...
Leaderboard: Is an overlay map essential in OARPGs?
Is an overlay map critical to your experience in OARPGs? Blizzard apparently doesn't think so, as it's not planning on implementing one in Diablo...
Wisdom of Nym: Everything is broken – a tale of Final Fantasy XIV post-Calamity
"Marise? Are ye up there, girl?"
The answer was yes, but she didn't much feel like answering. Actually, she didn't feel much liked doing anything...
Embers Adrift defends its subscription monetization model in latest dev video
The most recent developer livestream from Embers Adrift began as most others, with the game's community manager Elloa reading patch notes for March's update...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique weapon in an MMO?
I'm sure we've done pieces on unusual weapons in MMOs over the years - we've done thousands of Daily Grinds, after all - but...
The Stream Team: The Klingon life in Star Trek Online
So far in his Star Trek Online career, MOP's Chris has managed to get to max level as a Starfleet character and gotten some...
One Shots: Martial yoga
It's not a very well-known fact that the most successful armies in fantasy worlds are the ones that take the time to limber up...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO music from an MMO where you like the music?
Music is important. Some MMOs do not have very good music, and as a result you don't actually notice when one piece is bad...
Bungie warns Destiny 2 players that it will be watching for cheating via the use of accessibility aides
Third-party peripherals and programs that are intended to make a game more accessible for certain players are a wonderful thing, but as usual, there...
WRUP: Football season was over a couple months ago and it won’t start again for a while edition
No more games. No more good games. No more bombs. No more heroes. No more walking. No more pencils. No more books. No more...
The Daily Grind: Are you a half-hearted MMO crafter?
Whenever we talk about crafting, I feel that we're too quick to divide all players into "crafters" and "non-crafters" without considering that there might...
Players cry foul over Call of Duty Warzone cash shop skins that offer unfair advantages
More often than not, the term "pay-to-win" is used as a weapon against almost anything, but in the case of some discovered premium skins...
Steam’s automodding of Counter-Strike skin-selling bots is catching legitimate players in its dragnet
Welcome back to another episode of We Don't Need to Fear the Singularity Because the People Writing AI Are Too Stupid for That to...
The Stream Team: Live fire training in MechWarrior Online aka MWO: Legends
Sometimes you learn by doing, and sometimes you learn how to fight by getting knocked down. A lot. MOP's Chris is nowhere close enough...
