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Fight or Kite: Super Battle Golf is an insane multiplayer Mario Golf, Mario Cart, and Fall Guys mash-up
18+ hour, 53+ min ago (582+ words) Absolute chaos. That's the only way to describe a typical round of play in Super Battle Golf. It is absolute insanity in the best possible way. The game is quick, it's snappy, and (for my part) golfing is only about…...
Matt Firor laments Project Blackbird's cancellation as 'a number on a ledger' to Microsoft
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (286+ words) That's right, MMO gamers, we're all once again seeing the scab of Project Blackbird's cancellation by Microsoft getting picked. Former Zeni Max Online Studios president Matt Firor, who readers will recall'left the studio over the'axing of the shooter MMO, has…...
Vague Patch Notes: Stories in MMOs have always been here
20+ hour, 53+ min ago (363+ words) It's the presentation and intentions that have changed Seriously, the amount of implication that Karazhan is something entirely different from what it ended up being is shot through Duskwood from start to finish, and if you play the classic zone,…...
Smed's MMOFPS Reaper Actual is still alive and just hauled a fresh pile of venture capital cash
22+ hour, 53+ min ago (243+ words) Earlier this week I put in note in our newsroom that we should check in on whatever happened to Smed's game, but as it happens, Smed's gonna do it for us. "We're excited to announce we just closed another round…...
Aion NA brings the new 'true hybrid' Dread Blade class to its Classic and Ascend servers
13+ hour, 53+ min ago (313+ words) Let's be honest, there are few things more fun in MMORPG class design than someone who wields a sword and magic at the same time. Sure, you could make a class that, say, performs motorcycle tricks in combat or dual…...
Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs reward players for content they were gonna do anyway?
12+ hour, 53+ min ago (900+ words) I wanna talk about this for Massively Overthinking this week. Should MMOs reward players for content they were gonna do anyway? Have you ever found that MMO rewards or bonuses or incentives actually reduce your interest in doing the content…...
Bungie promises changes for Marathon's Ares, the WSTR, and grenade spam
14+ hour, 53+ min ago (147+ words) Moving forward, the Bungie developers are also noting that the Ares railgun is not supposed to be one-shot runners who have purple or gold shields, and the WSTR damage nerf was meant to be temporary and has been replaced with…...
World of Warcraft brings Overlords of Outland to Wo W Classic Burning Crusade on May 14
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (278+ words) World of Warcraft fans who are playing Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition: Turbo World Warrior Fighters Alpha Plus have a new calendar date to jot down. Thursday, May 14th, will be when the server'brings its Overlords of Outland patch online with…...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that indulge in character multiclassing and subclassing
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (576+ words) With both the recently revealed Ever Quest Legends and Hollowed Oath making multiclassing a core feature of their game designs, it seemed like the perfect time to look around the rest of the MMORPG industry to see where multiclassing also…...
Gacha MMO Neverness to Everness officially releases globally today on PC, PS5, and mobile
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (314+ words) Another baby gacha game turtle has made it to the waters of full release. Hotta Studios" confoundingly named Neverness to Everness has made'its official global launch as promised, bringing the urban setting of anime waifus and anomalous threats to PC…...