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Former Torchlight Frontiers aka Torchlight 3 studio Echtra Games has been shuttered by Zynga

One of the smoldering disappointments of the COVID era for me was the collapse of Torchlight Frontiers, the Torchlight MMORPG that Perfect World Enter

Bree Royce 2025-06-03 3
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Occult Crescent

So after a week of Final Fantasy XIVs latest field exploration area, I have to say that Im not really sure if this is, in fact, it, chief. Not because

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-06-02 5
The Daily Grind: What’s a universal MMO truth that everyone knows but nobody talks about?

Back in March, GamesRadar ran a GDC piece quoting game marketing researcher Chris Zukowski on the reality of Steam demos.
Heres the universal truth wi

Bree Royce 2025-06-02 3
World of Tanks discusses June’s upcoming events and incentivizes buying travel pillows (what)

This month is full of events and discounts for World of Tanks fans, particularly those who take long flights around the globe and need a new neck pill

Chris Neal 2025-06-02 3
Terraria asks players to ‘hang in there a little while longer’ for Patch 1.4.5 date

Dont expect a release date for Terrarias next big content patch this month, despite the devs acknowledging that players are desperately desiring infor

Justin Olivetti 2025-06-02 3
Fawkes Games’ Defiance releases another free DLC – this time, it’s Arkbreaker

Its time for some more DLC in the revivified Defiance once again, and just like the Castithan race DLC release from last month, this week brings back

Chris Neal 2025-06-02 3
MapleStory previews new character, new event, and boost worlds arriving June 11

Wednesday, June 11th, is going to be full of stars and the gazing upon them. Or at the very least its going to be full of content for MapleStory as th

Chris Neal 2025-06-02 3
Wuthering Waves preps more story content, new characters, a new region, and more for June 12

Mark your calendars, Waveheads! The next content update for the multiplayer gacha RPG Wuthering Waves known as Lightly We Toss the Crown has a calenda

Chris Neal 2025-06-02 5
‘Lots of leadership is gone’: Stewart Chisam and other Hi-Rez leadership have been ouste

The brutal turnover at SMITE 2 developer Hi-Rez this year saw one of its highest-profile departures as studio president Stewart Chisam is on his way o

Justin Olivetti 2025-06-02 3
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Delightful Days season starts with weekend-loaded June

Pokemon Gos finally in Scopelys hands now, just before we enter the summer Delightful Days season. Well talk more about the Scopely move later, but De

Andrew Ross 2025-06-01 3
The Daily Grind: How reliable is your luck in MMORPGs?

Its easy to think that individual luck isnt really a thing. We are not followed around by an invisible luck cloud that determines whether or not good

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-06-01 5
The MOP Up: World War II Online plays tug-o-war

Just because youre in the thick of a global war doesnt mean that you cant have some fun and games with it! Or so goes the logic of World War II Online

Justin Olivetti 2025-06-01 0
MMO Hype Train: I need Outbound’s cozy van life, and I need it now

I went through a jag a couple years back where I was downright obsessed with van life. This became really popular during the COVID years when YouTuber

Justin Olivetti 2025-05-31 4
The Daily Grind: Are MMO parties more engaging when thrown by devs or other players?

Who doesnt love a good party now and then? Well, maybe you dont if youre a grouch hermit who would rattle a stick at kids who dare cross your lawn bu

Justin Olivetti 2025-05-31 2
ZeniMax QA workers reach tentative contract agreement with Microsoft after nearly two years

Weve been periodically reporting in on the efforts of ZeniMax Workers United-CWA thats the union that represents QA workers who work on titles such a

Chris Neal 2025-05-31 4
Betawatch: Dune Awakening wakes up next week, Aion 2 just needs a few more minutes of sleep

So we all remember when Dune Awakening hit the snooze button, but its coming out next week and even has new trailers on deck to hopefully get people p

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-05-30 2
The Daily Grind: Which MMO (that you actually wanted to play) closed down before you ever got to pla

I promise you I did not wake up today and decide to give you a lesson in watercolors. This post is actually about MMORPGs.
If youre not an artist, you

Bree Royce 2025-05-30 2
Gachapwned: How gacha MMOs attract players with gameplay that’s calculated to be mid

This week in our Gachapwned column, were examining the three-pronged approach that gacha games use to attract players in the first place. Last week, w

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-05-30 3
Shroud of the Avatar revamps player dungeon rooms and prepares for Krampus in Release 131

Were literally just one day removed from Halloween, which means the Great Retail Calendar declares that its Christmas now (Thanksgiving never existed

Chris Neal 2025-05-29 7
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Wizard’s Wrath and A Wizard’s World

When I first saw mention of A Wizards World on Reddit this morning, I immediately confused it with another wizardy Kickstarter MMO, Wizards Wrath. Fig

Bree Royce 2025-05-29 10
New books about EVE Online, Second Life, and EverQuest are on the way

Youve played the game, now read the story. Or read the story out of curiosity about a game you would otherwise never play. Or collect game-related boo

Chris Neal 2025-05-29 7
Farm Together 2 has pumped out over 50 updates since its early access launch five months ago

Way back in May, we covered the launch of cozy multiplayer farming game Farm Together 2, the sequel to you guessed it Farm Together. Milkstone Studi

Bree Royce 2025-05-29 7
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is cracking down on shady game mods

Heads-up, folks who mod in ancient emulators: The Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is cracking down on mods, though hopefully not the mods

Bree Royce 2025-05-29 3
Polish survival game Tomorrow: MMO Nuclear Quest launches on mobile

Looking for a Fallout-like experience on mobile with a modicum of MMO design to it? Polish studio Rage Quit Games just launched Tomorrow: MMO Nuclear

Justin Olivetti 2025-05-29 9
Pantheon extends pre-early access testing through December 1, with ‘record numbers’ show

With under two months to go until Pantheon launches into early access, you would think that studio Visionary Realms would be going all-out with detail

Justin Olivetti 2025-05-29 2

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