Vague Patch Notes: Why we drift away from MMORPGs we still love
Why did I stop playing Star Trek Online? Was it because there was some change made to the game that made it no longer...
Final Fantasy XIV sets its annual Valentione’s Event for February 7
What the world of Etheirys needs is a summer vacation, but that's not happening until Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail arrives this summer. Until then,...
The Daily Grind: What gets you to start a new character in an MMO?
I like making alts. It's just a thing I do. But before I'm going to make a new alt, I have to have something...
Wayfinder studio Airship Syndicate is laying off a dozen staff as execs reduce their own pay
If you've seen the rumors on Twitter this afternoon that Wayfinder's team is suffering layoffs, well, I'm sorry to report that they're true, and...
Embers Adrift adds more solo content and bulletin board system with its January update
So Embers Adrift has a bit of a situation. The game is very decidedly focused around having people group up and take on challenges...
The Stream Team: Previewing City of Heroes Homecoming’s new Arsenal powersets
MOP's Chris is back on Brainstorm! That's right, today he'll be heading to the test server of City of Heroes: Homecoming to check out...
Valheim’s Discord server is finally back up after a nasty hack of its dev team
On Monday, we covered an emerging fiasco happening over in the Valheim community: The game's Discord and multiple developer Discord accounts had been hacked,...
Tencent-backed Chimeraland is shutting down at the end of March
Back in September of last year, we checked in on Tencent's strange survival sandbox Chimeraland only to find that very little had happened... followed...
The Daily Grind: What are some of the prettiest high-level zones in MMOs?
Back in the day, it used to be common for the early game in MMO to be nothing but verdant forests, lush meadows, and...
A Blizzard dev cleverly yoinked a decade of WoW sub time before layoffs
It's one thing to leverage a whole mountain of in-game gold into being able to play World of Warcraft for free, but it's another...
Choose My Adventure: Genshin Impact is a perfectly lovely single-player RPG
Before I begin, I want to point out that I promise I didn't write that headline just to get anger clicks. I don't want...
The Daily Grind: What do you think the next viral MMO will look like?
I am the first to admit that I didn't see Palworld coming. Oh, I knew about Palworld; we'd covered Palworld. We'd also been covering...
Johanna Faries is the new president of Blizzard following Mike Ybarra’s ouster
Following last week's layoffs, it didn't seem likely that the potentially frozen throne at the head of Blizzard Entertainment would remain vacant for long....
MapleStory KR begins beta testing adjustments to the meso economy that stir worries among NA fans
Mesos make the MapleStory world go 'round being the primary in-game currency that they are, but apparently a few faucets for those shiny gold...
City of Heroes players filled Homecoming’s latest $8.6K monthly donation round in three hours
When NCsoft granted Homecoming LLC a license to operate City of Heroes at the top of January, one of the questions a lot of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG have you played the longest without reaching the level cap?
For someone who spent a whole lot of time playing Final Fantasy XI back in the day, I sure as heck didn't reach the...
The Stream Team: Leading a first-timer through Final Fantasy XIV’s Pandaemonium raids
MOP's Chris and his husband are once again helping out their new friend through existing Final Fantasy XIV content! This time around, our intrepid...
One Shot: Surveying my domain
Good day, captain! Now that you've been beamed down by your mutinous crew and marooned on an ice planet, you might as well enjoy...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best book and paper features?
A while back, I casually mentioned that I make paper journals for fun. I am an extremely online person, mind you. I work online....
WRUP: Chuweo edition
Hey everyone, I know that generally speaking these entries for What Are You Playing are just ridiculous and you can totally ignore them if...
