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RuneScape discusses plans for level 110 Crafting mechanics and updates to high-tier weapons
There are 10 more levels coming to the Crafting skill line in RuneScape and that means that Jagex has plans for what will be...
The Stream Team: The beauty of colors and blueprints in Planet Crafter
Blue skies, green grass, clear lakes: MassivelyOP's surroundings are looking much better in Planet Crafter. The beauty of the colors really makes exploring much...
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you switched your MMO main character?
As we know, there are MMO mains and MMO alts. Mains are our bosom companions, there with us for the long haul as our...
Stars Reach adds sliding mechanics, XP refunds, and a plant harvesting overhaul
Playable Worlds' Stars Reach is continuing its march through pre-alpha, and its latest patch has quite a bit in it for testers, starting with...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the monsters and quests arriving with patch 7.25 next week
Ready to explore a crescent filled with enemies and jobs that are reminiscent of Final Fantasy V? Good news if the answer is yes...
Cozy ‘rogue-life RPG’ Lynked Banner of the Spark officially launches out of early access today
As promised, Lynked: Banner of the Spark is officially launched and live in the wild as of today as it departs early access for...
Fractured Online’s new owners are tinkering with everything from crafting to housing in their revamp
As Fractured Online prepares to go offline for the rest of the year and then some under its new ownership with big plans for...
Hands-on: Co-op roguelike Lynked Banner of the Spark is ready for launch and more fun than ever
I think all gamers have a dream game in their head that they wish somebody would make, a mashup of the best parts of...
Elder Scrolls Online’s new live-action trailer has a message for gamers: ‘You belong in ESO’
When ZeniMax Online Studios first revealed Elder Scrolls Online's new cadence plan and Seasons of the Worm Cult to press back in April, ZOS...
The Stream Team: Pouncing on public dungeon bosses for ESO’s Golden Pursuits
While she's managed to complete half of the tasks, MassivelyOP's MJ is running out of time to complete Elder Scrolls Online's latest Golden Pursuits....
Wisdom of Nym: So what might the Final Fantasy XIV follow-up look like?
A couple weeks ago, I got a fun letter from a reader sharing his personal experiences with Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI and...
The MOP Up: Squirreled Away gives into player demands to create an unlimited treehouse mode
Co-op treetop survival sim Squirreled Away said that it's listened to player demands and is preparing a full-on creative mode for tree houses for...
Pax Dei explains how Verse 3’s map changes will result in ‘a more dynamic, interconnected world’
Pax Dei's Verse 3 update will be changing the game in a big way, and one of those major changes will be related to...
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...
First Impressions: Cubic Odyssey smothers its potential under too much progression
A survival sandbox having too much progression might sound like an odd complaint. After all, don't you want a lot of things to work...
Choose My Adventure: Navigating a custom airship and the rising challenges of Lost Skies
So yeah, I went hard into Lost Skies again. And it's all my fault because the voting public almost immediately decided on what should...
Massively Overthinking: Are you a random reward disliker in MMOs?
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us via a phrase MOP's Eliot dropped back in April that leaped out at me. He was discussing...
Stars Reach game director Dave Georgeson talks material density, XP rates, and skill trees
The top of this month brought another update to the playtest build of Stars Reach, and in it there are some big top, big...
Vague Patch Notes: Challenge and rewards in MMOs are made up
All right, folks, pop quiz. I want you to name for me the first major raid in Ultima Online. That was the first game...
Tinkerlands is a cute new multiplayer survivalbox sailing into early access May 23
Retro survival sandbox fans, we've got a new contender for your attention this week with the impending arrival of Tinkerlands, a multiplayer title that...
