Warlords of Draenor: Story Elements Review in Progress #4 Warlords of Draenor is World of Warcraft’s first expansion that offers no new class or race to players but it has managed to reinvigorate older players and instill a sense of wonder for new players despite that. Why is that? Surely some updated graphics and fancy garrisons can’t
Wizard101 Interview With Producer Leah Ruben . Greetings Spiral inhabitants! We’ve got quite the treat for you here today as we sit down with Leah Ruben, the producer of Wizard101! You might know her as Professor Falmea, and today she’s going to be answering questions about the past, present, and future of your favorite gamed, Wizard101!
Best Memories in Gaming: A Chaos Axe in Guild Wars . We’re beginning our short series featuring some of our writer’s favorite memories from their MMO playing past. Some of us at MMOGames ave been playing MMOs since their inception, some of us haven’t played World of Warcraft, and some of us are newbies to the genre. We all ha
Haven’t We Been Here Before? - Things in Every MMORPG . Until someone thinks up a more practical way for MMORPGs to function we are always going to see many of the same features over and over again. There are a few MMORPGs out there that broke the mold, though you hardly hear of them anymore as they have faded into obscurity. The truth is, these
Beta Data: December 12, 2014 . The big news this week is that the zombies are coming. H1Z1 will launch into Early Access in mid January. Shards Online’s Kickstarter campaign is quickly coming to an end with just a few hours left as of writing this. And they’re sitting comfortably at 200% funded! Congratulation
Winter Holiday Events 2014 . Snow is in the air, fires are roaring, and Christmas trees are going up. That means it is time once again for a batch of holiday events in MMOs! We’re compiling a fantastic list of all the events right here. Know of one we’re missing? Let us know in the comments! We’ll be u
Top MOBA News Of 2014 . Taking a look back over the past 12 months there has been a lot of movement in the video game industry and particularly when it comes to MOBAs. Whether its new Beta tests, releases, cancellations or massive tournaments there’s always something to talk about. A lot of big names have made chan
MOBA Monday: Holiday Updates for League of Legends and DotA 2 It’s the Holidays again, and with the holidays, come special events in each of our favorite MOBAs. League of Legends is celebrating Snowdown with a massive winter sale, and DotA 2 is (not) celebrating Frostivus. Here is a complete summary of the winter events.
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Eorzean Evening Post: Starlight Celebration . I’m going to be honest with you – I’m not a big fan of seasonal events in MMOs. I guess it comes down to this stubborn idea of immersion, where the sudden appearance of things that look like they’ve been taken from real life kinda breaks it for me. I get enough Christmas decorations ou
WoW Wednesday: Winter (Veil) is Coming! . It’s almost Christmas time! As the season’s snow and magic elf dust settle around the globe, MMOs of all shapes and sizes come bearing gifts of lovely and outlandish prizes! The World of Warcraft is no different; no stranger to the festivities, and it comes with its usual round o
Beta Data: December 19, 2014 . Only a couple of weeks left in 2014 which means time is running out for some of the promised deadlines on our list. The sad news was released this week that Transformers Universe would be shutting down before ever leaving beta. While a few new games have been announced. On Kickstarter this w
Top Expansions of 2014 . Here we are at the end of 2014, that was a wild ride wasn’t it? While everyone else was busy looking at politics and other major world events, we’ve been looking at what really matters: Games. In particular, we’ve been looking at a few of the more popular MMORPG expansions and we’ve even co
MOBA Monday: More Holiday Events in League of Legends and DotA 2 . In my last article, I discussed holiday events in each of our favorite MOBA games, highlighting updates for League of Legends and DotA 2. In the last week, both League and DotA have released major updates, expanding upon their winter festivities. Here is a continued synopsis of everything go
ArcheAge Hasla Herald Winter Maiden Festival . Winter has finally arrived. With the changing of the seasons come cold weather and warm tidings. Some of us may absolutely love the season while others downright dread it. No matter how you feel about the holidays, one thing is for certain… there will be a plethora of MMO Holiday Events. Arc
The Final Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest of 2015 . This weekend we saw the finale to the trilogy of Final Fantasy XIV Fanfests in Tokyo, following the two in Las Vegas and London, and wow, Square Enix really had saved some of the best stuff for last. Not only did we get new cool information about the game’s first expansion, Heavensward, but
Top Upcoming MOBAs Of 2015 . It would appear that during the past few years almost every major studio, and a few indie ones as well, has caught MOBA fever. Who can blame them? Just look at the success of giants like League of Legends and Dota 2. While these two IPs have dominated the MOBA scene for the past decade, ther
Warlords of Draenor Review Segue: WoW's 10th Anniversary . It’s no secret that World of Warcraft has been the top dog of the MMO industry for the longest time, but I’m sure many of us had not expected it to last an entire decade. Other MMOs of both ambitious designs and designs of attrition have tried to take it down, but it still stands
MMOGames' Best of 2014 Awards .
Biggest News Story of 2014: SOE 4 Game Shutdown
We’re starting off our look at the biggest and best of the year with some sad and, at the time unexpected news. In late January SOE announced they were shutting down an unprecedented four games! This was of course very sad news for f
A Hive Of Scum And Villainy: Sex in MMOs . You know the place I’m talking about.
No, not Mos Eisley. Star Wars Galaxies has been shut down. Though I wonder if that protohive in our consciousness eventually came to represent what wise old Master Kenobi said of it.
Not This Hive Of Scum And Villainy
I’m talking about those
Eorzean Evening Post: Play With Me... Please? . I need to start this week’s column with an errata – last week I called the new healer class/job “Astrologist”, when it’s in fact “Astrologian”. Sorry about that, folks.
With that out of the way, I hope you’re all having a good Starlight Celebration! I have to say that I’m of two minds
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WoW Wednesday: So, What Happens Now? .
