We knew it was coming this fall thanks to investor calls, but now it’s official: Aion 2 launches globally in September, according to the launch reveal at Summer Game Fest earlier this evening. “First launched in Korea and Taiwan in November 2025 to critical and commercial success, NC’s hit MMORPG will become playable for a […]

Who’s ready for a Cryptic MMO round-up? Let’s kick off this hootenanny in Champions Online, where a pair of events are running in June: the Nightmare Invasion (with new rewards) and a smaller Qliphothic Bonus Event. Both of these are active through the first two weeks this month. Then over in Star Trek Online, Cryptic […]

So in the last entry in this Warframe frame guide series, I expressed joy that we had reached a point where all of our frames were at least reasonably good. This time, sadly, we are in misery. I’m not going to bury the lede here: Even though I quite like two of these frames, none […]

It’s Pride month, and that means those of us in the Alphabet Gang are suddenly marketable again! Facetiousness aside, it’s a time when lots of MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer titles highlight and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community within their playerbases, so obviously we’re going to raise a glass and raise awareness. Wizard101 and Pirate101 have both […]

What is it about WoW Classic that hits the spot for some players – including me? It’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer, mostly because I think that a lot of it comes down to nebulous feelings rather than hard, data-driven facts. There’s something about the feel of this legacy MMO that strongly resonates in […]

It’s time to start another Dungeons & Dragons Online quest arc: Keep on the Borderlands. And while it has many quests, many of them are shorter, allowing Massively OP’s MJ to finish up to three in a single go. Tonight kicks the saga off with MJ and her team clearing out an alliance of bugbears, […]

In the wake of Destiny 2’s imminent collapse, MOP’s Chris and I were musing on which games would benefit most from the exodus of players who will eventually leave when given no fresh content or even seasons on a loop (a bizarre choice, but Sony clearly enjoys leaving money on the table or we wouldn’t […]

Long-time fans of RIFT know that the game has a peculiar preoccupation with corgis — which is, in part, due to former Trion Worlds’ Scott Hartsman guidance and his passion for the dogs. Well, now the little doggos are all over the place in the game, thanks to Corgi Month this June. “It’s once again […]

The terror is real — but so is the anticipation for Dungeons and Dragons Online’s big summer expansion. The second round of testing for Terror of Demogorgon is happening from now through Friday afternoon as SSG puts Update 80 through its paces. While it doesn’t look as though this test includes playable adventures, it does […]

Not to be outdone by the reveals from its elder brother, RuneScape has delivered a taste of what’s to come this month as Jagex has published another monthly roadmap with dates and details for upcoming releases. We’ll start with what’s out this week specifically, which is headlined by a new quest at Havenhythe known as Secrets of […]

February is a time for lovers, a time for cuddling, and of course a time for Mabinogi players to take stock of their wings and whether or not they are enchanted optimally. That last one might not feel like it is quite traditional, but the quality-of-life patch that the game has just dropped adds a number of […]

Star Trek Online’s Chimerans prove to be more adaptive foes after this past week’s patch: “You will now see them gaining resistance to all damage types, once per damage type they receive.” Yeah, good luck with that you non-adapting space captains! And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a […]

RuneScape is once again continuing to outline its series of overhauls and updates that are couched in its Road to Restoration efforts, and this time it’s talking about auras. Or more specifically, the elimination of them in the MMORPG’s next update. According to feedback from players, auras create more problems than they’re worth, imposing time pressure […]

Maybe a poetry recitation is a pretty dull affair if you stumble into one at a coffeehouse in real life, but in Project Gorgon, it’s the social event of the week that draws all the partiers — and giant glowing green bears — to slam down some lyrics and boost some skills. There once was […]

This past August, we reported on the VR MMORPG Ilysia, which transitioned to a free-to-play business model while still maintaining its early access development. It’s been a few months since that update went live, so it’s time to provide a quick check in. In terms of updates, those have kept on coming, even if sporadically, with a primary […]

In the Venn diagram comparing WoW Classic and Lord of the Rings Online, there’s a large overlapping section that simply says “chill gameplay.” And that’s probably why I appreciate both titles: because they feed that need I have to slow down, drink in the game world, and focus on a long leveling journey with no […]

Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! We’ve got quite a bit to cover today, so let’s not waste too much time with a preamble and hop right into this list of headlines. Regime change at Microsoft Gaming and Xbox: According to reporting at IGN this afternoon, Microsoft Gaming CEO […]

While Massively OP’s MJ already celebrated on Star Trek Online’s 16th anniversary, the actual event had not started yet. Now that it is running, she obviously has to celebrate again! But this party won’t be all fun and games (despite Q’s meddling). Starting with the new episode Curse of Phrygia then moving on to The […]

Time to kick up your feet and listen to a classic MMO tune! This week’s pick is We All Lift Together, a popular shanty from, oddly enough, Warframe and written by Keith Power. Give it a listen and see if you’re not whistling it for the rest of the day! And if you have any […]

Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken was published in August of 1915, and it has endured an immense popularity since then. Many people can quote the last couplet of the poem (“I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference”), and for years the title alone conjures images of […]