What's old is new again. Remastered versions, enhanced editions, remakes, you name it. Nostalgia sells. MMORPGs are no exception. Just this week Warp Portal, Nexon's global publishing arm announced plans to launch a classic Ragnarok Online server. Yesterday saw the launch of Secret World Legends, a tightened up re-work of the 2012 MMORPG The Secret World. Reboots can even cross [...]
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You would think after decades of experience, MMORPG launches would go off without a hitch. Not so. Friday, June 16 2017 saw the Early Access launch of Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood and with it a host of headaches. Long queue times, frequent disconnects, and even secondary queues for those who did manage to get in and wanted to enter certain [...]
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E3, perhaps the best known video gaming conference took place this week June 13-15. While the event was dominated by the big three console, there was something for everyone. What are you most excited for from this year's E3. Is it the new $499 Xbox One X? How about Bethesda's paid mod platform Creation Club? For me its twofold. First, [...]
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Few MMORPGs have had as rough a time as Neowiz's Bless Online. Despite a development budget of over $60 million, making it one of the most expensive MMORPGs ever, the game suffered a series of server mergers in its home market leaving it with a single Korean server. But its not just in the home front that Bless is reeling. [...]
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We try to cover every MMORPG release here at MMOs.com. Sometimes that involves shiny new games or expansions. But too often these days the MMORPGs that "launch" are years old and are on their second, third, of even forth re-release. Its almost like a game of MMO hot potato with old games bouncing from one publisher to the next. Most [...]
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The first half of 2017 turned out to be a bit slow with the only major MMORPG release being Revelation Online. But so far the second half is shaping up to be very different. The much anticipated Morrowind expansion for Elder Scrolls Online launched for PC today and Destiny 2 reveal just a few weeks ago. Final Fantasy 14 Stormblood [...]
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Lineage was one of the defining games of the MMORPG genre. Released way back in 1998, it is still NCsoft's main money maker nearly 20 years later. It continues to see regular updates along with its sequel, Lineage 2 which also is still performing well. Both games have inspired separate mobile spin-offs that have themselves gone on to attract huge [...]
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One necromancer to rule them all! The art of MMORPG Resurrection used to be a niche occupation. Small companies like Suba Games and Red Fox Games dominated the unholy arts. That all changed when Steam loosened its listing standards a few years ago. A flood of MMORPGs, old and new, came crashing onto the shores of the Steam Store. For [...]
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The Unreal Engine 4 powered MMORPG Ashes of Creation launched its Kickstarter campaign yesterday (May 1st, 2017) and surpassed its initial $750,000 ask in less than 12 hours. That makes it one of fastest large-scale campaigns to hit its target in crowdfunding history. Hype and interest in the MMORPG genre is certainly alive and well! Ashes of Creation, unlike most [...]
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Everyone has experienced it: that moment when you know you're done: donzeo, badabing, badaboom—time for the next game. It's hard to figure out exactly what that moment is, or if its even the same from game to game. Though I think you can nail down some similar experiences that nudge at you and say, "Yeah, you're going to be done [...]
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