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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about new games (not necessarily MMOs) that we're personally looking forward to playing when they launch in 2026.

This fall I've been easing back into playing some CRPGs on the side as a palate cleanser for MMORPGs. And I was struck by one really handy feature in many modern CRPGs that would make a great addition to MMOs, which is how dialogue screens offer the ...

Sometimes when the weather is bad, you just want to beat the snow and ice into submission (to make up for all the times it beats you!). Thanks to the new challenge, AQ3D is giving Massively OP's MJ the chance to release some of that pent-up winter ...

It's the final well, open test before early access for Past Fate. It is not the final countdown, not really. It is adjacent to the final countdown. It is also not the final time I will refer to the game as "Paste Fat" because it's right there. That's ...

It's been effectively a year since we last checked in on Magic: The Gathering Online, and while updates to the digital CCG over the last several months could effectively be boiled down to "more stuff was added," things are a little bit more granular ...

This past September we first caught word of Soloria, a self-described "fake massively multiplayer offline roleplaying game" from Skylark Studios, which is headed by former Dungeons & Dragons Online dev Tonquin. The game promises a "perfect replica of ...

This week in Black Desert is a little bit jumbled around across the sandbox's three versions. With the year ending and the way this year has been, perhaps that shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, but regardless we're once again raking in all of ...

Hey, you! How would you like to own your own slice of murder fields? Isn't that the Pax Dei dream, after all? Well, dream no more, friend, because the Verse 5: Battle for Lyonesse update is now live with the much-disseminated sovereignty feature that ...

It's just about time to head into the mist in Final Fantasy XIV. No, that doesn't mean the town of Silent Hill; it means the latest update, whose preliminary patch notes are now up along with one last batch of screenshots. And if you've been paying ...

The next update to Monster Hunter Wilds continues to loom closer, and MOP's Chris is once again seeking to help his best friend Britarnya climb up the hunter ranks in the hopes of joining in for some of the more recent and upcoming additions. Either ...