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The Intergalactic Aerospace Expo event of Star Citizen – and by extension the newest Inside Star Citizen video – is revealing another two ships that are now available to fly in-game: the Reinforced Advanced Freight Transport (RAFT) and two variants of the Ares Starfighter, the Ion and Inferno. The RAFT is a smaller dedicated cargo … Read more

Remember when Mortal Online 2 declared that as a result of how its beta went, the game was not going to be entering into early access? Good times. Anyhow, the game just went into early access after all for the initial price of $40, with the promise that once the game fully launches on the … Read more

The words “beta” and “subscription” feel like very weird concepts to put in juxtaposition with one another. Like, you would think that while you’re still testing the game you shouldn’t be charging people to help with your quality assurance work? Isn’t that technically paying to do a job? Look, the important thing is that Dual … Read more

Citing a “tradition” to hold a test during the Thanksgiving holiday, Saga of Lucimia-turned-Embers Adrift is revving up its alpha server for a run from next Thursday through Sunday. “The team has worked very hard to get several novelties, improvements, and updates for this weekend! All information will be shared in the secrecy of our … Read more

I’m afraid this week was once again dominated by the dumpster fire still burning over at Activision-Blizzard HQ, as fresh accusations against Bobby Kotick and the ugly culture fostered inside the company from the top down prompted a walkout and reproach from stockholders, workers, and industry veterans alike. In the MMORPG corner of the genre, … Read more

So, life comes at you fast. When I originally planned this column out, this was going to be the week of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker entering early access, which would have made this week the perfect time to go all gaga for the next expansion that would be in our hands later this week. Then … Read more

The MMORPG smash hit of 2021 is now a soundtrack of far-off lands, dangerous vistas, and bewildering secrets. To navigate this New World, the Battle Bards have disembarked onto the shores of this score to see what wonders they can pillage. Battle Bards is the world’s first, best, and only MMO music podcast. Biweekly episodes … Read more

The devs at Round 8 Studio raked in several player questions related to Bless Unleashed on PC and shared the answers on Steam, discussing various high-level gameplay matters, PvP balance, crafting and enhancement, and other topics important to the playerbase. A few different answers were aimed in the direction of dungeons, outlining plans to make … Read more

Yesterday, we covered claims by the New World community that Amazon was banning players for using minimap mods – claims that Amazon strongly denied. But the studio also promised more elucidation on the topic, which arrived late last night. The team says it understands that some players want a minimap, while others don’t want to … Read more

This past summer, MMO dev Damion Schubert posted an epic tweet-thread about MMOs; in fact, we’ve already dipped into the part on “load-bearing” playerbases, and I said I would circle back to it later, and here we are. The chunk I want to look at today is about how different games, including MMOs, handled difficulty … Read more

Those of you who were lamenting that there might be some small portion of your gaming day spent not playing some version of Lineage II will be happy to know that another variant is coming to mobile devices. No, not Lineage W; we’re talking about Lineage 2M, which is launching in North America and Europe … Read more

Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV’s Endwalker delay, WoW’s financials and player council, ArcheAge’s new publisher, Gamigo’s new MMORPG, Lost Ark’s beta, New World’s state, DDO update 51, Elder Scrolls Online’s Deadlands, Harry Potter Wizard Unite’s sunset, and Crowfall’s freemium update, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallen Earth, City of Heroes, and Star Wars Galaxies, plus a … Read more

Recently the devs of Shroud of the Avatar came together in a livestream to talk up the game, give away prizes, and more importantly commemorate several members of the MMORPG’s community as they joined the Order of the New Britannia Empire (OBNE) for their contributions to the community as a whole. That final part is … Read more