Not So MMO: Rainbow Six Extraction
What happens when you take the gameplay of the Rainbow Six titles and throw in an unpredictable parasitic threat? Rainbow Six Extraction is here to answer that question. But how does it stack up? Check out our review for more.
Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Preview
Last week Robin had the opportunity to preview a couple of End of Dragons maps. Although she was limited on what she could talk about, check out her preview and dive into some of the exciting things she learned and experienced while participating in the preview.
13 PvP MMORPGs To Test Your Skill In 2022
MMORPGs with PVP is nothing new, with many MMOs in the early days of the genre making their bones on hardcore, full-loot player combat. Nowadays PvP is just one aspect of what makes a good MMO, though some take it a bit more seriously than others. Here are 13 MMOs to test your skill against each other this year.
Interview: EVE Online's Fanfest, Blockchain And Doctor Who
EVE Online is kicking 2022 off with a bang with its first major cross over event in the MMO's history. But there is so much more going on at developer CCP Games as 2022 starts to deepen, and we sat down with the team to talk about what's on the horizon.
Indie MMO Spotlight: Roadmaps, Roleplay, And VR Launches
With a flurry of updates, patches, and announcements, it looks like all of our favorite indie devs are back from holiday and hard at work. It's not just the Indie MMO Spotlight regulars, either, with several of our lesser-seen devs finding their way into the news this week. So let's quit wasting time and get right to the news with this week's Indie MMO Spotlight.
Ashes of Creation Interview with Steven Sharif: 'This Will Be One of the Largest and Most Successful MMOs'
The past 6 years have been pretty wild for Intrepid Studios, with their flagship title, Ashes of Creation, pushing through the different stages of development. With Alpha 2 on the horizon, and their recent transition from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5, there is plenty to get excited about when it comes to Ashes of Creation. Shortly after the announcement of the UE5 transition, we sat down with creative director, Steven Sharif, to talk about the advancements the game has made, how the outloo
10 Mobile MMORPGs To Dive Into On The Go In 2022
The mobile gaming industry has a bit of a reputation-and sure, games like Candy Crush Saga do exist-but outside of the gacha and match-3 apps there are some pretty robust MMOs that are looking for new players. You might want to scoff at the prospect of a "mobile MMO," but give these games a try; we suspect you'll change your mind.
The news that Activision Blizzard King has been sold to Microsoft for nearly $70 billion dollars is still reverberating through the community. Blizzard's Mike Ybarra has released a statement about the deal and what it means for the company going forward.
Kael Drakkel, the new Lore and Legend server, will be released for EverQuest II on February 22, 2022.
In a new interview, Inflexion's Aaryn Flynn talks how Nightingale's concept changed from an MMO to more of a survival crafting multiplayer sandbox with optimism and interdependence.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has achieved meme status thanks to many of its iconic lines as well as Todd Howard's insitence it live on literally any device able to run a game. However, one of the most defining features of the fifth installment of the RPG series wasn't originally supposed to exist.
In Book of Travels, death is "essential" to have risk and reward, so the Might and Delight team is considering a deep system involving mourning, closure, and ghosts.
EverQuest II Visions of Vetrovia is the latest expansion, launched on December 2nd, 2021. For a game released in 2004, EQ2 is still looking pretty good. But how have the developers at Darkpaw Games done with recent additions/changes to the game, and is the expansion a success? Find out in Kevin's review.
EverQuest's roadmap shows a full year of planned content updates, balance changes, new 64-bit clients, and the 29th expansion release.
Albion Online holds its final Invasion Day of season 14 this weekend, setting up what the end of the season will be like.
MapleStory M has added several high level dungeons, class rebalances, and quality of life fixes in its latest update.
Broken Ranks is out next week, and Whitemoon Games details more on monetization and launch servers as they release the client for download.
The January Producer's Letter and updates for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen show progress as the team grows and progresses towards alpha.
What happens when you take the gameplay of the Rainbow Six titles and throw in an unpredictable parasitic threat? Rainbow Six Extraction is here to answer that question. But how does it stack up? Check out our review for more.
The latest World of Warcraft Classic update brings The Black Temple and Mount Hyjal raids, Epic Gems, and a slew of fixes.
The Lord of the Rings Online has a new beta update on Bullroarer, and there's Dwarvish housing to test out. While the Legendary Item Reward Track has been tentatively pushed to the next build for now.
Jade Audio is all about delivering high-quality audio at affordable prices. The JH3 is one of its very first products. At $39.99, do they deliver?
EverQuest II Visions of Vetrovia is the latest expansion, launched on December 2nd, 2021. For a game released in 2004, EQ2 is still looking pretty good. But how have the developers at Darkpaw Games done with recent additions/changes to the game, and is the expansion a success? Find out in Kevin's review.
What happens when you take the gameplay of the Rainbow Six titles and throw in an unpredictable parasitic threat? Rainbow Six Extraction is here to answer that question. But how does it stack up? Check out our review for more.
Coming to us from indie developer Han-Squirrel Studio, open-world strategy ARPG Sands of Salzaar created some buzz when it received an English localization update last year. Now, a little over a year later, Sands of Salzaar has launched out of Early Access. Choosing from one of eight classes (or build your own), can you build an army capable of ruling the Sands of Salzaar?Â
The Lord of the Rings Online's latest expansion, Fate of Gundabad, sees players retaking the legendary home of the Dwarves themselves. But how does this hold up, and does Durin's quest to reclaim Mountain-home do enough? We take a look at the story, new features and more in our review of the expansion.
Century: Age of Ashes aims to be an aerial arena shooter that sees players fly around on giant dragons. These dogfights can be intense, requiring cunning and strategy to prove victorious. How does it hold up, though? Here's our review.
Endwalker concludes FFXIV's decade-long narrative with a lofty, risky, and ambitious story. But is it worth forging ahead?
Ubisoft's love letter to Steep fans manages to provide an MMORPG unlike any we've seen before. There is no question that Ubisoft Annecy knows how to make an exciting extreme sports game, but after dozens of hours of playing, one question beckons. Does an extreme sports game need to be massively multiplayer?
Elyon, the MMORPG formerly known as Ascent: Infinite Realm, has been out for little over a month now and Mitch has finished putting it through its paces. How does the Steampunk work though? Check out our review.
New World has been out for a little over a month now, and we're finally ready for our final thoughts on Amazon's MMORPG. How does it stack up? Read our full review for our thoughts!
With Pathfinder: Kingmaker, developer Owlcat Games gave us our first taste of a cRPG based on the Pathfinder role-playing system. The isometric RPG was a huge hit even before it launched, with over 18,000 backers pledging almost one million dollars on the Kickstarter project. With their standalone follow-up, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Owlcat Games isn't taking the easy path by continuing the original story of Kingmaker.So how does it stack up?
Now that Medieval Dynasty is out of Early Access, we're starting to get a clearer picture of Toplitz Production's vision for the open-world survival RPG. So how does it fare? Emily is here with our review.
Robin has been looking forward to Diablo II: Resurrected ever since it was announced as it was the one game in the series she had missed. Now, a few decades later, Robin has set out to fill that gap - here is her review of the remastered version of Blizzard's legendary ARPG.
Imagine a future where game developers make house calls, no different than when you call a plumber to your home to check the pipes. These devs assess, diagnose, and fix problems with gaming chairs where people lay back, throw on a virtual reality headset, and transport to an entirely new plane of existence. This is the basic premise of Gamedec, a futuristic mystery novel infused with RPG elements that eschews combat for fact-gathering and puzzle solving. Mixing the world aesthetic of The Ascent
Being a guerrilla is exhausting work. Jason took up the mantle in the latest Far Cry entry for our Not So MMO review series. But how does Far Cry 6 fare? Here is our review.
Originally released in March 2018, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is now on the Nintendo Switch in its full glory. The Prince's Edition includes the base game and all 3 DLC including: The Adventure Pack, The Lair of the Lost Lord, and The Tale of a Timeless Tome. However, is the aging title worth full retail price, and how does it handle on the Switch's hardware?
New World devs have released another video highlighting the January update and talking about the state of the MMO thus far.
The past 6 years have been pretty wild for Intrepid Studios, with their flagship title, Ashes of Creation, pushing through the different stages of development. With Alpha 2 on the horizon, and their recent transition from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5, there is plenty to get excited about when it comes to Ashes of Creation. Shortly after the announcement of the UE5 transition, we sat down with creative director, Steven Sharif, to talk about the advancements the game has made, how the outloo
Zenith: The Last City is set to launch on January 27th across all major VR platforms, Ramen VR stated today in a press release. This, however, does have the caveat with the titles pending their final QA verification, however. To start to prep for the release later this month, the VR MMORPG is hosting its next closed beta test starting tomorrow, January 13th.
With new blockchain games materializing almost out of nowhere every week, and news outlets struggling to keep up with the emerging trends, there is a growing unsettling factor that needs to be addressed when it comes to how blockchain, and most especially games, are handled in the media. In the age of blockchain games, who can you really trust when popular opinion could directly correlate to personal wealth?
Yesterday, The Elder Scrolls Online teased the upcoming year-long story announcement with a simple, yet effective, video of a stormy sea. Well, today we know a bit more about what lies beyond that sea thanks to the full teaser trailer being released this morning.
In the last video update of the year, Ashes of Creation's Creative Director Steven Sharif showcased one of the largest changes coming to the MMORPG: migrating the MMO from Unreal Engine 4 to the latest iteration, Unreal Engine 5.
Mobile App Stores are saturated with so many MMORPG's these days that it's hard to find those that stand out, to others that are just clones of one another. Here's a short list of 5 Mobile MMORPGs that are actually worth your time.
In a ninety-minute long video devblog late Friday evening, New World's developers sat down and discussed a multitude of topics, from the state of the game and where it's going, as well as addressing some future plans and updates coming to Aeternum.
War of Dragnorox is an upcoming Dynamic Warfare MMO developed by Oregon based developer Triune Studios. Triune plans to provide features like raids, dungeons, and special events that will be controlled by live dungeon masters - and much more.
Neverwinter is launching its next module taking players back to the iconic Dungeons & Dragons location of the Sword Coast in Dragonbone Vale, set to release on PC January 11th. Console players will be waiting until February 8th.
Open-world Vampire game V Rising is showing off some of the combat players can expect when diving into the world created by Stunlock Studios. The new trailer shows off melee and ranged combat, as well as some of the magic you'll get to use.
During the CalpheON Ball, Pearl Abyss released a new trailer for Black Desert Mobile related to the next class headed to the game. The Eclipse will arrive December 14th for all players looking to awaken their Nova.
Mad World: Age of Darkness, the upcoming, hand drawn, isometric fantasy MMORPG is heading into their Alpha 4.0 build and they want you to be a part of testing. The new trailer depicts some of the crazy, (mad, some would say) battles that players will encounter as the team at Jandisoft Co. continues their climb towards a beta version.
For gamers like us, even when times are hard, and even when things get rough, games still manage to make us smile, inspire us, and bring us happiness, however we define it. Hear about whhich games, new or old, got our staff through 2021, then hop into the comments and tell us a little about the games that got you through 2021.
In most MMOs, end game consists of a gear treadmill where players continuously pick up new and more powerful gear, but in Ember Sword the most sought-after gear is all on the blockchain and has no competitive advantage. How will players stay invested in Ember Swords end game without a stat-based gear grind?
To celebrate the PC launch of Neverwinter's Dragonbone Vale, Perfect World and Cryptic and MMORPG.com have teamed up to give away 15 Nightmare of Neverwinter packs for PC.
Wargaming has teamed up with MMORPG.com to give away codes for the new Warhammer 40K content in World of Warships Blitz! Command the Naval Battleship Ignis Purgatio or the Naval Battleship Ragnarok to dominate your opponents, activate unique skills and perks, and wrap you ship to show your allegiance.
Gameforge has teamed up with MMORPG.com to giveaway 200 copies of their MMORPG Swords of Legends Online. These are full copies of the MMO, giving complete access to the game.
Smilegate RPG, Amazon and MMORPG.com have teamed up to give away access to the upcoming closed beta test of the MMOARPG, Lost Ark!
Aeria Games has partnered with MMORPG.com to give away 5000 codes for its Autumn Fashion Pack in the Anime F2P MMORPG.
World Makers has partnered with MMORPG.com to giveaway a Trick or Treat grab bag of keys. Win either a Werewolf DLC Pack, Vampire DLC Pack, Spider DLC Pack, or the Halloween Mega Bundle in this randomized giveaway!
Kakao Games has partnered with MMORPG.com to celebrate the release of Elyon in the West. As such we've been given 1000 keys for a Red Parrot Mount in Elyon for lucky readers to claim to put to use once the MMO releases on October 20th
Conqueror's Blade has teamed up with MMORPG to give fans a Siren's Sons game pack, which includes premium account access and in-game items to use while you plunder and lead your soldiers to glory!
NeoWiz and Round8 Studio have partnered with MMORPG.com to give 15 lucky winners a Frontier Pack of Bless Unleashed on PC! This $30 prize gives players a leg up on their journey, including currency, mounts and more.
Gamigo have teamed up with MMORPG.com to give away codes for an in-game mount and costume to celebrate its Realm of the Gods expansion, which hit back in August. The codes are good for 30 days and the giveaway runs through the end of October (or when we run out of keys!)
Kakao Games has partnered with MMORPG.com to give away 3000 keys to the MMORPG's upcoming second closed beta test.
Cryptic Studios has teamed up with MMORPG.com to giveaway Neverwinter gear to one lucky winner. In addition, readers can enter the chance to win some in-game loot to help along your journey in the new Neverwinter Module.
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!