Tag: MMO

Guild Wars’ devs tried to escape the MMO branding in 2005, citing all the things that would become genre staples 20 years later

Guild Wars’ devs tried…

Guild Wars 3‘s on the horizon—and as part of that release, developer ArenaNet got a little nostalgic in a…
New World developers address server transfers, full servers, economy and more hot topics

New World developers address…

Double Helix and Amazon Game Studios have posted a new blog going into depth on various subjects including character…
Lost Ark Hands-on Preview – an MMORPG in a ARPG’s body

Lost Ark Hands-on Preview…

Lost Ark is an MMO ARPG from korean developers Smilegate that’s created a massive buzz around the world for…
Final Fantasy 14 says screw it, you want healers in platemail, you can have them—promises to remove all class and level restrictions on glamour

Final Fantasy 14 says…

Final Fantasy 14 just had its most recent live letter, which went into its upcoming variant dungeon, showed snippets…
Hot off the Guild Wars 3 reveal, the long-running MMO series is getting its first-ever CCG in Mistbound

Hot off the Guild…

Guild Wars, the legendary MMO series from ArenaNet, somehow never expanded into the collectible card game (CCG) genre. This…
While players are still adjusting to its most controversial changes, World of Warcraft: Midnight is already jumping straight to beta after only a month of alpha testing

While players are still…

Apparently a single month of alpha testing was enough for Blizzard to transition World of Warcraft’s next expansion into…
WoW’s got the right to close private servers—but in this industry layoff hellscape, I also feel like I’m watching the MMO genre’s future get snuffed out

WoW’s got the right…

Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every other week, I’ll…
Former Amazon dev suggests Lord of the Rings MMO cancelled following recent studio “gutting”

Former Amazon dev suggests…

Amid reports Amazon has ‘gutted’ its video games division as part of 14,000 company wide job cuts earlier this…
‘We did it all for you’: New World’s final expansion contains a hidden goodbye from the developers

‘We did it all…

While Amazon’s announcement that it would be ending updates for its MMO New World: Aeternum came as a surprise…
Guild Wars 3 is ‘significantly more’ of an MMO than the first game, but that doesn’t mean it’s like GW2: ‘All three of our games can coexist as different experiences’

Guild Wars 3 is…

Guild Wars 2 is one of the biggest MMOs going, but it’s a sequel to a game that’s just…