Gamers can be amazing when they try. Not everyone in MMOs is just another edgelord. “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Also check out Massively Uplifting for more feel-good stories from our genre!
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Halo Infinite gets Skyrim’s Whiterun as a player-created map
Hey, you. You're finally awake. We thought we'd lost you in a horrible nightmare; you just kept rolling over and mumbling how Skyrim is...
Microsoft’s ZeniMax QA just formed the largest games industry union in the country
Just before the holiday break, workers at Microsoft's ZeniMax Media - including Elder Scrolls Online's ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda itself - announced their...
Happy New Year to all the uplifting things in MMOs, 2022 edition
It's our tradition to bundle all the reasons we can't have nice things - all the worst things that happened to the MMORPG genre over...
Blizzard-owned studio Proletariat announces plans to form a union
Workers at a third studio owned by Activision-Blizzard are planning to organize: Proletariat, which readers may recall was the studio behind battle royale game...
Massively Uplifting: A season of gains and losses in the MMO world
Where has the year gone? Fall has wrapped up, winter is beginning, and the end of the year draws nigh. Today, many will be...
See how Lord of the Rings Online’s map expanded over 15 years
How big does an MMORPG grow when you put 15 years of continual development into it? You can see for yourself, as a Lord...
Pirate101 and Wizard101 highlight a charity speedrunning event for the holidays
While the newsletters coming out of both Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be kind of thin in terms of new content is concerned, they both...
Fan creates an elaborate mod for building bases in No Man’s Sky
Building a base in No Man's Sky is important. It's inspiring. It's a moment of self-identification. It is complicated, too, because there are a...
Hundreds of QA workers at ZeniMax – including Elder Scrolls Online’s ZOS – are preparing to unionize
File this one under reasons we can have nice things: QA workers at ZeniMax have announced they aim to unionize under the Communication Workers...
Lord of the Rings Online’s community goes bonkers for a boulder nicknamed Dwayne Johnson
One would think that the arrival of a small Lord of the Rings Online expansion (or huge content update, take your pick) this past...
Ashes of Creation condenses the antics from its 24-hour Extra Life charity livestream in a video
Earlier this month, the developers of Ashes of Creation took 24 hours out of their day to come together and host a charity livestream...
DC Universe Online devs and fans honor the passing of Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy
Yesterday the world lost one of the greats of acting in gaming, comics media, and entertainment in general when Kevin Conroy passed away at...
EverQuest’s returning Raid Raid Raid event tasks players with slaying giants and dragons all month
What do players of EverQuest do when their world is under threat by legions of giants and dragons? They Raid, Raid, Raid! The annual...
Bungie will donate sales of its Destiny 2 pride pin to benefit a transgender charity all month
Bungie has declared the month of November the time to raise awareness of transgender issues and equality. The Destiny 2 developer is forwarding all...
Guild Wars 2 players raise over $100K for Extra Life and unlock all collection hints in the process
Yesterday saw ArenaNet kick off its 24-hour Guild Wars 2 charity stream and it has already been quite a success. At the time of...
Guild Wars 2 is about to kick off its Extra Life charity stream – and the patch with April!
Multiple MMO studios are preparing for a big weekend of raising charity funds for Extra Life today, but our eyes are on Guild Wars...
Black Desert is canceling its Halloween events and sales following Itaewon tragedy
Unless you skip international news on the weekends, you likely read about the devastating tragedy in the Itaewon neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea, as...
Epic Games MOBA Paragon is resurrected as Paragon The Overprime under Netmarble’s oversight
It's been a long, strange, and twisty-turny journey for Epic Games' Paragon. The third-person MOBA came out in 2016 but quickly found itself floundering...
Guild Wars 2 outlines the boosts and bundles being offered for this year’s Extra Life charity drive
Friday, November 4th, will see the devs of Guild Wars 2 come together for another charity stream to support Extra Life, and the event...
Jennifer Hale returns to Guild Wars 2 to voice a child character based on a real kid for Extra Life
As part of its Extra Life 2022 efforts, the Guild Wars 2 team is going all out to celebrate one of the children helped...
