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Vitae Aeternum: New World’s latest seasonal server is anything but hardcore
One of my biggest frustrations with the current state of New World is that the open world has lost most of the challenge that...
New World’s new hardcore season server is live today with its soft-permadeath leveling scenario
New World fans, today is your day to finally jump into the hardcore seasonal server that Amazon has been teasing since even before the...
New World previews its upcoming hardcore seasonal world with its accessible permadeath-ish mechanics
While New World's eighth season - Season of the Divide - has already been live for a couple of weeks, but as we pointed...
WoW Classic continues to resurrect hardcore characters, WoW Retail embraces Timewalking dungeoneering
As The Princess Bride taught us, there's dead... and there's mostly dead. This is especially true on WoW Classic's hardcore realms, where permadeath isn't...
New World’s Season of the Divide launches today with the new OPR map and the barbershop
New World fans are preparing for the launch of Season of the Divide this morning as the servers went down at 8 a.m. EDT...
WoW Factor: Six player-created challenges to spice up your World of Warcraft leveling
It seems almost impossible to play video games for extended periods of time and not fall into some sort of rut or routine. We...
Vague Patch Notes: How long do online games truly get to live?
I'm going to start this article by asking a question I don't actually want an answer to: How long has Minecraft been popular?
Objectively there...
MMO Hype Train: The odd allure of Eternal Tombs’ live game masters
For a lot of MMORPG players, there are certain keywords that prove to be deal-breakers if we hear them in conjunction to an upcoming...
Co-op looter-shooter Wayfinder has finally launched on Xbox – and introduced a hardcore mode
When Wayfinder launched on PC and PS5 last October, it did so with a big caveat: that the Xbox version had been indefinitely delayed....
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives, 2024 edition
While MMORPGs constitute a shifting, ever-evolving market, their history remains surprisingly evergreen. That's what history is: Facts and stories stamped and preserved for our...
Homestead Online is an indie MMO that embraces character persistence, permadeath, and base building
An indie MMORPG developer is asking for help to test out a brand-new title that's still in its early days. This would be Homestead...
Global Chat: Tarisland’s controls, WoW Classic permadeath, and Dawntrail tips
The Ancient Gaming Noob doesn't mince words in a recent essay: He found Tarisland pretty annoying right from the start. One key complaint? The...
Perfect Ten: 10 favorite features that pairs of popular MMOs share
Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....
Realm of the Mad God begins testing a sweeping ‘Rework’ overhaul
Deca Games' Realm of the Mad God is that game you forget exists until someone reminds you about it, then you go "oh YEAH"...
EverQuest II devs address everything from hardcore servers and Player Studio to Isle of Refuge and Legends of Norrath
Back in February, Daybreak's Darkpaw Games opened up an ask-me-anything thread on the EverQuest II official forums - and now the dev team is...
The MOP Up: Co-op RPG Stolen Realm launches with ‘frictionless’ multiplayer
Turn-based RPG Stolen Realm launched on Steam, Xbox, and Switch: "Play Stolen Realm solo, or in co-op with up to six heroes, as you...
WoW Classic Hardcore schedules self-found mode for Leap Day
It's not every year that you get a Leap Day, so why not make that bonus day a little extra special? WoW Classic is...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Flatty, Starbreak, Discovery Freelancer
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time around, we're pretty much going...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v7.0
Once again we put a wrap on another year of MMORPG news, opinions, and -- most pertinent to this column -- history. In a...
Casually Classic: Analyzing WoW Classic’s 2024 roadmap
With another year debuting this week, Blizzard was more on the ball than some MMO studios by already publishing its roadmap for 2024. Two...
