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Perfect Ten: The MMO races that nobody ever seems to choose
Justin Olivetti - September 25, 2024 26
Just because an MMORPG offers a wide array of character options doesn't mean that player interest will be equally divided among them. We've long...
EverQuest II announces its fall expansion, Scars of Destruction, launching in November
Justin Olivetti - September 25, 2024 2
The final stretch of the "Year of Darkpaw" is underway for EverQuest II, and Head of Studio Jenn Chan is here to talk all...
DC Universe Online launches new Harley Quinn episode – and controversial paid currency
Chris Neal - September 25, 2024 8
This week's content release for DC Universe Online would normally be a nice thing to point out since, you know, it's adding new gameplay...
PlanetSide 2 studio Toadman was hit with some nasty layoffs and studio closures this month
Bree Royce - September 24, 2024 4
A few weeks back, Daybreak's Enad Global 7 announced that it was laying off a chunk of its subsidiary Toadman Interactive and closing down...
Palia’s Autumn Awakening update drops next week with fall trees and minigames
Bree Royce - September 20, 2024 1
Palia is continuing to truck along in beta post-Daybreak buyout with plans for another update next week. The Autumn Awakening patch brings the fall...
DC Universe Online debuts Harley Quinn vs Apokolips key art and teaser trailer ahead of September 24 launch
Chris Neal - September 18, 2024 0
Next week is bringing a bunch of new content to the superheroic world of DC Universe Online, which naturally means that Daybreak's Dimensional Ink...
The MOP Up: EverQuest II levels up its Roehn Theer raid
Justin Olivetti - September 15, 2024 0
An old favorite raid of EverQuest II is about to get an upgrade for the Year of Darkpaw. Daybreak announced that the Celebration Avatar Challenge:...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO overhauls were actually worse than the NGE?
Bree Royce - September 15, 2024 46
The NGE - that is, Star Wars Galaxies' New Game Enhancements, the patch that basically broke SWG, drove out most of the playerbase, and...
Storyboard: Who gets to be the hero of an MMORPG?
Eliot Lefebvre - September 13, 2024 9
When Guild Wars 2 launched, there was a contingent of people who were very, very annoyed about Trahearne. There were a lot of players...
DC Universe Online marks 85 years of Batman with another Batman Day mini-celebration
Chris Neal - September 10, 2024 8
Few comic book superheroes are as enduring as Batman, with the character still standing as an icon in multiple fandoms for 85 years. Naturally...
SWTOR and SWG Legends fans mourn the death of James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader
Bree Royce - September 10, 2024 8
Star Wars fans joined cinema and theater fans last night to mourn the loss of James Earl Jones, whom nerds knew best as the...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends teases housing packup, Halloween, droid engineer love, and Jedi Themepark p2
Bree Royce - September 6, 2024 0
"Star Wars Galaxies is not dead," says rogue server SWG Legends. "It is here and now, filled with our friends, family, and the fun...
The Daily Grind: Do you call your MMO characters toons, chars, alts, or something else?
Bree Royce - September 6, 2024 32
A few weeks back, the MMORPG sub erupted in a heated discussion about what to call, well, our characters. And it's a legit question...
You have one year to move your Skyforge account and characters to the new publisher, starting… now
Bree Royce - September 5, 2024 3
At the end of August, we were startled to learn that MY.GAMES had sold sci-fantasy MMORPG Skyforge to another company and was transferring publishing...
Star Wars Outlaws took inspiration from Star Wars Galaxies for the Tatooine city of Bestine
Bree Royce - September 5, 2024 1
If you can set aside the funky reviews and stock dips brought on by the launch of Ubisoft's Star Wars Outlaws, there's actually some...
The Daily Grind: Is there a place in an MMO that you’re sentimentally attached to?
Bree Royce - September 2, 2024 32
The Psychology of Games podcast recently did an episode on forming attachments to places in video games. "Have you ever become attached to a place...
The MOP Up: 2008’s Grand Fantasia relaunches with a classic Origin server
Justin Olivetti - September 1, 2024 0
Anime MMO Grand Fantasia is relaunching on September 3rd with a classic edition called Origin that harkens back to the title's 2008 era: "New engine,...
Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024
Justin Olivetti - August 29, 2024 24
We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...
Flameseeker Chronicles: 10 easy Guild Wars 2 builds for solo play in 2024’s Janthir Wilds
Colin Henry - August 28, 2024 16
While most MMORPGs offer a variety of ways to play a character, Guild Wars 2 offers a huge variety of builds for each of...
EverQuest II’s GU 126, aka The Immeasurable Menagerie, is live
Bree Royce - August 27, 2024 0
OK, I learned something today: When Daybreak uses the word menagerie, it is not, in fact, the same as the nickname I give to...