Shareholder or Chump: Developer-Player Relations For MMOs
What do MMO companies owe their subscribers? Niklas explores developer and player relationships, especially in the context of Dark Age of Camelot's developer Broadsword and its subscribers.
New World Preview: Outpost Rush And The Lazarus Instrumentality
This past week we had the chance to go hands on with New World's endgane activities: Outpost Rush and one of the late-game Expeditions, the Lazarus Instrumentality. How do these fare as New World transitions to Closed Beta this week? Read on for our thoughts!
Indie MMO Spotlight: AMAs, Rough Launches And Blockchains
In this week's Indie MMO spotlight, Mitch takes a look at Project Gorgon's town hall, Villagers & Heroes, the Tiny MORPG Book of Travels and much more.
Opinion: MMOs Really Aren't As Dead As People Think
The MMO is dead. This is a mantra we hear constantly in the MMO-space, whether from community members thinking back to yesteryear or games media trying to find a unique angle to cover. However, Bradford argues that they aren't dead, in fact far from it, especially if this week is any indication.
What is Blockchain Gaming? Plus More Questions Answered with Infinite Fleet's Samson Mow
What is a Blockchain? How will utilizing it affect gamers? Is it the future of MMORPGs or are all Blockchain games a scam? The creator of Infinite Fleet and CEO of the development studio Pixelmatic, Samson Mow, joined us to explain everything that gamers need to know about blockchain gaming, and how the premiere sci-fi MMO Infinite Fleet is so much more than "just a blockchain game".
Why Final Fantasy 14 Is So Popular Now
Final Fantasy 14 has been picking up major steam, but there's no singular reason why so many new players have joined - just a perfect storm of circumstances.
SoulWorker Welcomes Lee Nabi (SPONSORED)
The excitement continues in Lion Games' anime action MMORPG, SoulWorker, as it introduces its ninth playable character, Lee Nabi. (SPONSORED)
While this year's TennoCon was not "exciting" in the way of adding new worlds to Warframe, was exciting to see the lore expanded upon. Aaron recaps the weekend's events and major announcements to come out of TennoCon 2021.
Wireless freedom: that's the goal of Roccat Syn Pro Air gaming headset. A light design with an impressive 24 hours of use on a single charge. Is it worth a buy? Find out in our review!
If you've been following Final Fantasy 14 even within just the last month, you might notice that the MMO's common areas feel a little bit...crowded. This is thanks to a multitude of factors, but FFXIV is seeing great population growth in the wake of it. Today, Naoki Yoshida, the MMO's producer, took to the official website to address this trend.
To say people have been excited for New World has been an understatement as the MMO officially hit its long-awaited closed beta today. As a result, thousands upon thousands of players descended upon the MMO, with SteamDB showing nearly 200K people jumping into Aeternum as the floodgates opened this morning.
In case you missed it, Star Citizen developers Cloud Imperium Games outlined what you can expect in Alpha 3.14 in their Patch Watch series. This community update was all about thrusters tuning, ships, and Power Triangle.
The Blue Salt festival is underway in ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained bringing about several activities and a bunch of rewards. Here are the details.
The Head of the Snake is this week's Living World story in Guild Wars 2 if you check it out between today and July 26. Here are some additional details.
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced XDefiant, their take on free to play multiplayer shooter based on their Tom Clancy IP. The first test is set for August, and here's how you can sign up.
What do MMO companies owe their subscribers? Niklas explores developer and player relationships, especially in the context of Dark Age of Camelot's developer Broadsword and its subscribers.
Keen Games, the developers of Portal Knight, is going indie after a $10 million investment from Hiro Capital and Tencent to drive development of their upcoming multiplayer sandbox RPG.
We got hands-on with Neverwinter's new Bard Class in the Jewel of the North module and spoke with Randy Mosiondz, Lead Designer, on some of the changes coming soon.
Weatherstock XIII took place over the weekend (We even streamed a little bit of it!) and one aspect Bradford could not shake was just how cool the Lord of the Rings Online community has been over the course of the game's life.
EVE Online's latest event centers around The Grand Heist, seeing players fight over large ESS reserve banks holding trillions of ISK for hungry players to loot. Players can take part in the heist right now on the test server, with the event coming to Tranquility late July.
Ship of Heroes' upcoming beta is slated to begin on August 7th, and the team behind the MMO is giving a glimpse into what players can expect from the three-week long event.
Swords of Legends Online launched back on July 9th, and the team has been hard at work getting their first post launch content drop, including a new raid as well as the upcoming summer festival.
It's been a little over a month since Robin first stepped through the Dark Portal and took her first steps into The Burning Crusade Classic. While there have been some changes, for the most part everything is as she remembered. But how does it stack up in 2021? Here is our full review of the Classic Expansion experience.
For fans of the Forgotten Realms series, the chance to go hands on with Drizzt and his pals is an enticing proposition. However, how does the latest Co-op Dungeons & Dragons adventure game hold up?
Like death, Thanos, and Sephiroth following Cloud into every game he appears in, PlayStation was always going to give Final Fantasy VII REMAKE the PS5 upgrade love it deserved. But just how is that upgrade? Jason is here with his thoughts.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood is a return to form for the ZeniMax team, but how does the expansion, including the major additions of companions and a return to Oblivion hold up?
Having now played Funcom's Conan Exiles: Isle of Siptah DLC up to max level and explored the new features, did the developers improve the experience compared to early access? What issues are still cropping up? Read about Kevin's adventures in Part II of our review.
Chivalry 2 is a game of chaos. But is there more than that? Brian took the medieval battle game for a spin in our review.
This is an urgent message to all ARKS Operatives, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis officially released globally June 9th 2021, and has transitioned SEGA's popular Phantasy Star series into uncharted territory. With the introduction of features, such as Battle Power, Region Mags and an open world to adventure in, does Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis' new additions bring the series one thousand years into the future as the story suggests?
Robin has been diligently playing Solasta: Crown of the Magister since even before its full 1.0 launch. Now we're finally ready to assign a verdict to this epic D&D adventure. How does Solasta fare? Read on in our review!
Mass Effect Legendary Edition has finally arrived. As a Mass Effect series veteran, Shank had been awaiting its release for some time. Here's our review of Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
Set in a post-human apocalyptic world, Biomutant puts you in the shoes of a humainoid rat-creature to build a new society from ashes. But how does the new open-world RPG from THQ Nordic stack up? Here is our review of Biomutant.
t's been a little over two years since the last time I took Deacon St. John for a joyride in the freaker filled mountains of a post Zombie-apocalyptic Oregon. Originally released on the PlayStation 4 in 2019, Days Gone returns for a second ride by becoming the second first party PlayStation exclusive released for PC. How does the experience hold up?
Hood Outlaws & Legends can be a fun game. Can be is the operative phrase here, as the "fun factor" is heavily dependent on a number of variables, most important being simply who you are playing with. A fantastic concept on paper, Hood stumbles a bit with its execution. Couple this with a subpar PC port and Hood feels just a little half baked in the end.
Rome: Total War is one of Bradford's favorite Total War games of all time, so jumping back in with its remastered version brought back a lot of memories. However, how does the experience, built originally in 2004 hold up here in 2021, even with the new improvements brough by Feral? Surprisingly well, actually.
Resident Evil Village is a fun reminder of what Resident Evil used to be. Fighting off Lycans and exploring the Village captivated me in a way that I haven't felt in Resident Evil for a long time.
At first glance, you can easily mistake Outriders as a forgettable looter-shooter RPG. Tread carefully Outrider, there is much more than what the mere demo showed, and you may want to think twice before you knock Enoch.
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced XDefiant, their take on free to play multiplayer shooter based on their Tom Clancy IP. The first test is set for August, and here's how you can sign up.
Described as a true sandbox MMORPG, Profane is a game that has unbridled ambition when it comes to the breadth of its features. Hot on the heels of their updated 2021 Roadmap, Brazilian developer Insane released a video detailing the pace of their progress on several features in a developer progress compilation of May and June's accomplishments.
Path of Exile's next expansion has been revealed. Called Expedition, the ARPG brings with it new gameplay, NPC traders, base item types and more.
The Silence & The Fury is the latest DLC for Total War: Warhammer 2, live now bringing new units, unique powers, and a brand-new campaign.
World of Warships has received Dutch Cruisers which you can find available in Early Access. Read on to find out how you can command them on the high seas.
Chernobylite, that survival horror RPG, has received a new lore trailer ahead of its launch later this month.
Feast your eyes on the latest story trailer for Shin Megami Tensei V as time ticks down to its November launch.
Round8 Studios is ramping up their push for players to get ready for the PC release of its MMORPG, Bless Unleashed. Today, a few weeks ahead of time, the team has dropped a Steam Launch Trailer, celebrating the upcoming August 6th launch date.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister is receiving the Sorcerer in its latest update today in addition to a new Iron Man mode, new dungeon maker environments, and more.
Neverwinter's next update is called Jewel in the North and arrives on PC on July 27, with PS4 and Xbox One set to receive it later this Fall. Read on for all the details.
Digital Extremes is setting up this weekend's upcoming TennoCon coming this Saturday, July 17th, in a big way. Viewers will be able to see their first glimpse at the next expansion in Warframe's library, The New War, which will see a world reveal on Twitch at 5pm ET/2pm PT during the event.
Swords of Legends Online is launching today across the Gameforge client, Steam, and Epic Games Store. If you plan on diving in today, here's what you need to know.
Dauntless is receiving a new update today called Wild Thunder which brings sub-classes, a new Hunt pass, and more.
Rockstar is bringing its next update to Red Dead Online next week, when Blood Money makes its debut across PC, Xbox and PlayStation platforms. The new update brings more story to the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2, as well as Nvidia's DLSS update to the PC version.
New World is continuing its ramp towards its beta later on this month, this time showing off its PvPvE mode, Outpost Rush. This mode sees teams of 20 go head to head to fight over outposts, seeking to crush your enemies for total victory.
Gameforge has partnered with MMORPG.com to provide codes for one of the most popular pets in Metin 2 right now: the football pet. You can grab your code here, as well as check out the latest update to hit Metin2: Legend of the White Dragon.
Amazon Games has partnered with MMORPG.com to giveaway keys to the technical alpha for its upcoming MMOARPG, Lost Ark, which releases (finally!) in the West this fall. The technical alpha runs from now until June 16th, 2021 at Noon PDT.
ArtCraft Entertainment has partnered with MMORPG.com to give away codes for the ongoing Crowfall beta test ahead of the July 6th launch. Get your code here!
Gameforge has partnered with MMORPG.com to giveaway 1500 codes for their upcoming beta test phases for the MMORPG, Swords of Legends Online. These codes will give you access to both phases of beta test, starting on May 21st.
Enlisted, the WW2 MMOFPS, has partnered with MMORPG.com a stack of keys for premium currency and account game time for new players to jump into the action!
Kakao has given MMORPG.com codes for its first Western beta test of Elyon! Come grab a code to check out the upcoming MMORPG when the Closed beta begins on May 6th, running through May 10th.
Fractured is giving away access to its ongoing alpha test and MMORPG.com has been given 1000 keys to give away to our readers!
MMORPG.com has been given a number of Crusader Armor packs for Magic: Legends, for players to don while romping through the Magic Multiverse. This pack gives exclusive armor only available through the giveaway, as well as boosts to help speed you along your Planeswalker journey.
The developers at Nexon is giving away a Xenon-themed package to one lucky fan! The giveaway includes a MapleStory M-Themed Battery pack, charging cable and case, as well as a Stainless Steel tumbler, notebook and pen.
It’s time to take a step back in time and relive the original Lineage II experience as it was in the beginning. Create a classic hero from the original 5 races and 31 class options and jump into the nostalgic hardcore level grind where the rewards can outweigh the risks. Players can experience the game the way it was when "hardcore" meant something!
MMORPG.com has been given keys for Echo of Soul to celebrate its latest The Blue update. Get your Blue Ciskai pet key now!
MMORPG.com has been given beta test keys for Mercenary Assault Recon Squad (M.A.R.S). This beta will begin on December 17th @ 2PM EST. Get your key now!
MMORPG.com has been given beta keys for the all new Mortal Online 2! These keys will let you join in the massive stress test starting today (Nov 27, 2020). Help them in trying to set a new world record! Get your key now while they last!
MMORPG.com has been given 25 gift keys for Neverwinter to give out to our community. These keys will give players the Pack of the Carmine Bulette which will unlock the Retint Carmine Bulette Mount and the Ghost Companion! These packs are valued at $25 each. Enter for a chance to win now!
MMORPG.com has been given a limited number of alpha test keys for Fractured. These keys will give access to only the Fall Alpha phase that is currently underway and will end sometime near December 6, 2020. Get your key now while supplies last!
