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EVE Fanfest 2025: EVE Vanguard is leaning into full MMOFPS gameplay
EVE Online developer CCP Games has had a long and colourful history of trying to break into the first-person shooter genre. Since the launch...
Perfect Ten: 10 alternate travel options offered by MMORPGs
By default, in basically every MMORPG, your character is an eager co-worker in your objectives. You press W to go forward, and your character...
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.
"Here's the universal truth with...
Pax Dei is ‘rethinking the entire structure’ of its crafting system
When it comes to addressing its burgeoning crafting system, Pax Dei isn't taking a little screwdriver here or some WD-40 there to tune up...
Former Sony president blames the games industry implosion on ‘stupid money’ spent during COVID
They say that hindsight is 20/20, and admittedly former Sony Interactive Entertainment president Shuhei Yoshida risks little for speaking out about the actions of...
One Shots: Saving on electricity bills
Lucky Jinx's headlining World of Warcraft screenshot brings to mind an observation I've oft made in MMOs and RPGs over the years, which is...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2025: Black Desert Mobile’s Chinese endeavor is over
Last weekend, we ran the numbers on Black Desert and EVE Online, thanks to some gap-filling on Q4 2024 made possible by Pearl Abyss's...
Vague Patch Notes: What makes MMO monetization predatory?
I am really, really excited to be writing our limited series over in Gachapwned because I feel it's going to be an interesting deep-dive...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 518: Too much horsing around
Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Equinox Homecoming's early access, Dune Awakening's beta, Neverwinter's Red Harvest, the former Cryptic MMOs' journey to Discord, Pax Dei's layoffs, and SWTOR's 7.7, with adventures in Palia, Lost Skies, Tower United, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus a mailbag topic on emulators we don't talk about.
Pax Dei is finally talking about its incoming optional subscription model
When Mainframe Industries told Pax Dei players last week that it had undergone a round of significant layoffs but still intended to see the...
PAX East 2025: First Descendant brings new zone, gear, characters, and NieR Automata collab this summer
Multiplayer shooty-with-the-booty The First Descendant is preparing for its third season this summer, and with it comes a whole bunch of new things, according...
PAX East 2025: Final Fantasy XI and XIV crosses over into Magic the Gathering
It's perhaps one of the most significant crossovers to ever happen to Magic the Gathering, at least if you're an MMORPG player: This June,...
PAX East 2025: Warframe gets Yareli Prime May 21, Isleweaver update, new Frame, and Valkyr rework in June
Where Digital Extremes' in-development action RPG barely got any stage time, the studio's sci-fi looter shooter Warframe commanded much more attention on the PAX...
PAX East 2025: Soulframe debuts a new gameplay trailer and previews next pre-alpha features
If you've been keeping your fingers on the pulse of Soulframe, then you were probably keeping a close watch on the livestream from PAX...
PAX East 2025: World of Warcraft confirms the development of Legion Remix
Were you a fan of how Mists of Pandaria got remixed in World of Warcraft last year? Well then you're in luck because Blizzard...
Don’t worry, Pax Dei isn’t removing your tapeworms when it wipes early access
If you've been keeping an eye on Pax Dei over the last few weeks, you already knew that a full progression wipe was incoming,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 517: We are EVE Legion
On this week’s episode of the Massively OP Podcast, Bree and Justin talk about EVE Online's upcoming expansion, the return of Camelot Unchained, WoW's...
EVE Fanfest 2025: EVE Vanguard early access launches summer 2026
Upcoming MMOFPS EVE Vanguard was on display this week at EVE Fanfest 2025, with attendees getting a chance to get hands-on with the game...
Pax Dei studio lays off nearly 30% of its team but says the MMORPG is still on track
Well, bad news for Pax Dei fans: Studio Mainframe Industries announced this morning that it's restructuring - which means the layoff of nearly a...
Elden Ring Nightreign gets a lengthy trailer ahead of PAX East panel events
If you're somehow still unclear on what Elden Ring Nightreign is supposed to be... well, we can't totally blame you, since it does have Elden...
