by Bree Royce on June 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM

A few weeks back, we covered a new-to-us strategy MMO, Lionhearts – a game effectively spun out of a Roblox game by indie studio Credenzio. And now, the game has officially rolled into a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. The buy-ins start fairly low, mind you; you can get pre-alpha demo access for just 10 bucks, though

by Eliot Lefebvre on June 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Recently, we got a very fun podcast question from Merp asking if control/debuff archetypes in MMORPGs were dead. This is a good question! It’s such a good question that I immediately stole it for a column because it ties into so many different aspects of design, and it was followed up by a question about

by Bree Royce on June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM

According to reporting on Korean financial news site Money Today, CCP Games – and therefore EVE Online – are back on the market. Readers will surely recall that Korean games company Pearl Abyss, then best known for the massive “big five” MMORPG Black Desert, bought CCP Games all the way back in 2018, stunning players

by Eliot Lefebvre on June 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM

With World of Warcraft having just deployed its most recent update, you might assume that the game is going to kick back and let everyone enjoy the patch for a bit… but no. It’s time to look forward to the next major update, The Ghosts of K’aresh, with a whole video as well as a news article detailing

by Justin Olivetti on June 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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 with the interest of MMO gamers ever since it was announced. Funcom’s already a divisive studio with plenty of fans and critics, and the studio’s waffling over whether or not this