MMORPG News

World of Warcraft: The Adventure Continues Beginning Tomorrow
EverQuest Next: Consoles Possible in the Future, Storybricks Ties Cut
Shards Online: Random Events and the Shape of Many Worlds
General: The Daily Quest - What Could Make Crafting Interesting?
General: Is P2P Doomed?
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen: State of the Game Update
Skyforge: Producer Talks Transitioning to Closed Beta
Pathfinder Online: Early Enrollment = New Base Camps and Smallholdings
General: AD2460 - Aiming to Revolutionize Web-Based Gaming
Tales Runner: Expanding Onto Steam

World of Warcraft: The Adventure Continues Beginning Tomorrow

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:09 AM PST

The World of Warcraft site has been updated with a new blog post called "The Adventure Continues" that is a nice little write up of some of the additional features coming in tomorrow's v6.1 update. The post is designed to introduce players to some of the new content for their followers and themselves.

EverQuest Next: Consoles Possible in the Future, Storybricks Ties Cut

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:01 AM PST

In last Friday's EverQuest Next / Landmark live stream, Terry Michaels revealed that, while the team is currently focused on the PC version of the game, there is the possibility it will be delivered to consoles at some point in the future. "It's really in our heads to see it on consoles." Michaels said.

Shards Online: Random Events and the Shape of Many Worlds

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 03:02 PM PST

Since their successful Kickstarter last year, Citadel Studios' Shards Online has largely gone dark in terms of PR and outreach. Contrary to other KS games with multi-million dollar budgets, they've been focused more on making the game that adding pledges, because their staff and budget dictate as much. I caught up with Citadel's Derek Brinkman to chat about the state of Shards and their plans for Alpha and Beta this year.

General: The Daily Quest - What Could Make Crafting Interesting?

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 04:42 AM PST

It's an age-old discussion, or at least as old as the MMO itself. Some players love crafting, others tolerate it, while others still ignore the act entirely. But everyone agrees that it's a necessary feature in the MMORPG. So today's quest is a simple one... what could or would make crafting more interesting for you as a player?

General: Is P2P Doomed?

Posted: 21 Feb 2015 04:25 PM PST

Welcome to Player Versus Player, the bi-weekly column that throws two writers in a cage in a battle of faction warfare. We debate the topics nearest and dearest to your heart and then throw it in the comments to you to decide the victor. This week, we cast our gaze to business models and ask whether it's time for Pay to Play to go the way of the Dodo.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen: State of the Game Update

Posted: 22 Feb 2015 10:55 PM PST

This weekend, Visionary Realms Inc. posted an extensive update on its Facebook page regarding where the upcoming MMO is headed. At this point, the main developments are about the new version of the Unity engine and related graphic upgrades.

Skyforge: Producer Talks Transitioning to Closed Beta

Posted: 20 Feb 2015 06:25 PM PST

With the release of fantasy MMO Skyforge looming, the game's development director, Eric DeMilt took to the web this week to talk about the effort Obsidian's gone to recently to transition to closed beta.

Pathfinder Online: Early Enrollment = New Base Camps and Smallholdings

Posted: 20 Feb 2015 06:36 PM PST

As of February 21, Pathfinder Online released the Early Enrollment 4.1 and along with that update, a range of new deployable structures.

General: AD2460 - Aiming to Revolutionize Web-Based Gaming

Posted: 20 Feb 2015 06:54 PM PST

A new sci-fi MMO has emerged from the Norwegian development company, Fifth Season AS - a game that hopes to change the way MMO players look at web-based games.