character creation
MMO Hype Train: Dune Awakening stumbles, trips, and sometimes sprints in its early experience
It does seem appropriate that for a series about the fight over a planet filled with a rare resource, Dune Awakening has played tug-o'-war...
First Impressions: Chrono Odyssey feels like a jankier New World
Ahead of its publicly available beta on June 20th, MassivelyOP was granted an early peak at Chrono Odyssey's current by the folks Kakao Games,...
Not So Massively: Vindictus Defying Fate’s alpha promises a highly polished Soulslike
Right now, Nexon is offering a free Steam demo of its upcoming solo/co-op action RPG Vindictus: Defying Fate, but before the devs opened the...
Dune Awakening promises lots of fresh servers for the launch tomorrow
We're now down to just one more sleep until Dune Awakening officially launches, and Funcom CEO Rui Casais has one final address for headstart...
Blade & Soul NEO will launch on Steam ‘soon’ as NCsoft confirms summer updates
NC America is really going all-in on its revitalization of its western MMORPG catalogue: Today, it's announced that it's putting Blade & Soul Neo...
Here’s how Ashes of Creation’s 64-class character system will work in from start to finish
Any class-based game boasting of 64 different classes is making quite a flex, but it can also make playing the game and choosing your...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
The Stream Team: Checking out character creation in Dune Awakening
It has been joked that Massively OP's MJ could make character creation a game in itself. With over 17 GB to install, Dune Awakening...
Choose My Adventure: Aion Live, not Classic, is much more like the MMORPG I played at launch
After dipping some of my toe into the Aion Classic pool last week, the polls basically said to do the same thing, only with...
Funcom has already patched Dune Awakening’s demo and character creation
Last week, we covered the news that Dune Awakening was both targeting May 20th for its launch and opening up a free-to-try demo that...
Dune Awakening opens character creator tool today with launch now set for May 20
We'll leave up to you whether you think May 20th constitutes "early 2025," given that it'll be nearly summer by that point and well...
Lord of the Rings Online targets March 3 to 5 for its new 64-bit servers and mass migration
"The date is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great server migration of our time." Those memorable words...
Pre-release character creation for Blade & Soul NEO is now live
For many MMO fans, character creation can eat up a lot of time as they fuss over race, class, and cosmetic choices in order...
Choose My Adventure: Aion Classic is nothing like I remember
I mentioned in last week's Choose My Adventure column that OG Aion created no deep memories for me, even as I was around during...
Monster Hunter Wilds shares first post-release plans as it extends its open beta post-PSN outage
We are now two weeks away from the full release of Monster Hunter Wilds, which means that Capcom is stepping on the gas of...
Lord of the Rings Online continues to test its new raid and clarify server transfer questions
February is shaping up to be a very busy month for Lord of the Rings Online, starting with the coming of Update 43 and...
LOTRO Legendarium: How well does Lord of the Rings Online fulfill class fantasy?
It was several World of Warcraft expansions ago -- Legion, most likely -- that the development team at Blizzard really got worked up over...
Myth of Empires’ Persia DLC will let players ride ostriches and customize their horses
Myth of Empires is putting out yet another preview about its upcoming (and undated) Persia DLC, but this time it isn't about woodcutting mechs,...
Blade & Soul NEO is launching February 25 following a week-long character creation event
Just two weeks ago, NCsoft America announced that not only is Blade & Soul NEO launching in the west but the game is opening...
First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery
Cozy survival sandbox Aloft has been on our radar since last year, and as of tomorrow, it's officially moving from its public demo stage...