MMO Week in Review: ArcheAge’s revival, Guild Wars’ CCG
We’re having a bit of a throwback moment in MMORPGs: Guild Wars is now getting a CCG (in China), ArcheAge is getting a revival (in China), and Richard Garriott is once again trying to claw…
Day: June 21, 2026
Path of Exile 2 beefs up its endgame with Patch 0.5.3
If you’ve been waiting for Path of Exile 2 to bake a little while longer in the oven before consumption, now might be a good time to visit the game in early access. That’s because…
The MOP Up: Albion Online teases a new July event
Hope your competitive genes are fired up, because Albion Online has a new event coming your way next month: “Starting July 4, the Keeper Uprising will unfold throughout Guild Season 33 in a season-long live…
World of Warships celebrates Independence Day with a spectacularly dreadful MURICA battleship
With America’s 250th birthday firmly in view, World of Warships wants to celebrate. And is there anything more American than having early access to Italian submarines? Probably yes. There are probably a few things more American…
MMO Business Roundup: Stop Killing Games’ setback, Sony’s PC games, and Amazon’s cloud service aspirations
Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! This time around, we’re not sure that we can class any of this as bad news or good news. It’s just news about…
Obituary: Claude Guillemot, one of Ubisoft’s original founders, was killed in a plane crash
However you may feel about the Guillemot family in terms of their business decisions, it’s still sad to have to report on tragic news. Claude Guillemot, one of the company’s original founders, died in a…
One Shots: Yet another MMO without handrails
I get that MMOs love their impossible vantage points and photo ops, but would it kill the safety teams to put in handrails in these places? We can’t count on invisible walls to keep us…
The Daily Grind: How do you pick your mounts in MMOs?
Sometimes, it’s really easy to pick which mount you use for a specific goal. If you need to fly and you have one specific mount that flies, well, that’s the mount you’re using. But if…
Sea of Remnants Is Like a Puppet-Punk Persona at Sea | IGN Preview
Sea of Remnants has come a long way since we first looked at it last year. High on style, but short on details at the time, we praised the aesthetics, even if we needed to…
Out of Words Is an Artistic, Handmade Breath of Fresh Air | IGN Preview
In a time where AI is insidiously seeping into almost everything around us, even our video games, completely 100% handmade art made with heart (side note: can we get that on a t-shirt?) is becoming…