Emilien Lecoffre

So many MMOs on the market are games from yesteryear, with Legacy MMOs still chugging along decades after their launch. Emilien looks at how these MMOs manage their aging and stay relevant over time.

Brighter Shores will combine episodic combat professions for a more cohesive experience, add endgame content, and further overhaul progression.

The gap that can exist between player stated feedback and their genuine expectations is sometimes difficult to balance. Final Fantasy XIV illustrates this calibration through the evolution of its battle design.

In 2024, the MMORPG genre teetered between bold reinventions, unexpected resurrections, and the weight of unmet expectations.

2025 is upon us and Emilien takes a look at one of the year's most anticipated MMOs on the horizon: Funcom's Dune: Awakening.

Discover the biggest MMORPGs to be launched in 2025 and beyond. This includes confirmed launches, speculative launches, long-term projects and early development works.

Emilien takes a look at how storytelling is typically handled in MMORPGs in a new column series, Design Diary.

In a recent AMA on Reddit, Brighter shores developer Fen Research revealed plans around PvP, combat, raids and much more.

Marvel Rivals, NetEase's new hero shooter, has been making waves. Released on December 6th, it quickly peaked at nearly 450,000 concurrent players on Steam over opening weekend. It's a historic moment for Chinese game developers in the worldwide industry.

Freedom for some, frustration for others: Delves spark a PvE divide in WoW.

The evolution of leveling has turned a core MMORPG experience into a routine chore. Emilien talks about how the leveling experience and turned from the journey into just a speedbump on your way to endgame in his latest.

Light of Motiram has seen a lot of controversy realted to their marketing and overall development. Here's a look at what's happening and what the reaction has been so far.

Will New World: Aeternum be able to capitalize on the dynamics of the console population before it's too late?

Online games straddle a fine line between players' insatiable desire for innovation and the coziness of well-known worlds. But does the genre really need to invent itself, or at least try to, with each release? Emilien explores this in his most recent editorial.

Brighter Shores is a new MMO from Andrew Gower, one of the founders of Runescape. Emilien takes this new MMO for a spin to see if it's worth your time in its current early access state, or if you should hold off for future updates.