Shroud of the Avatar: Player Towns, Pet Taming, and Story Time

Player Towns, Pet Taming, and Story Time

Custom placements in Player-Owned Towns and over a hundred new towns in the game gives Release 20 more new places to explore than any release to date for Shroud of the Avatar. Though, that’s hardly all they’ve done over the last month of work on this game that’s rapidly approaching its more persistent state.

General: The Top 5 Most Disappointing MMOs of 2015…So Far

The Top 5 Most Disappointing MMOs of 2015…So Far

A couple weeks ago I wrote about some of the best MMOs we’ve had in 2015 so far. That list included stuff like new releases, games that saw big improvements, and some of the most promising ones to keep your eye on for the next half of 2015. This list, on the other hand, is going to focus on the exact opposite.

World of Warcraft: Speculating on the Next Expansion

Speculating on the Next Expansion

World of Warcraft has reached the end of the Warlords of Draenor expansion with the deployment of the v6.2 update, and now that players have voiced their concerns (to put it kindly) with what has been felt to be a rather lackluster expansion to date, it seems a good time to begin thinking about what could possibly come next for World of Warcraft.

General: Star Citizen and Revealing Games Too Early

Star Citizen and Revealing Games Too Early

Players Versus Player is MMORPG’s bi-weekly debate column, where two columnists sound off on each side of the issues you care about. This week, Chris and Ryan are hot on the heels of the controversy surrounding Star Citizen. It all comes down to one question: Are games being revealed too early?

Guild Wars 2: How Ready Is Ready?

How Ready Is Ready?

"When it’s ready" is the ArenaNet mantra when it comes to showing off new features of Guild Wars 2. But how ready does something have to be for it to be viewable by the public?

Project Gorgon: Open Letter About the Future

Open Letter About the Future

My name is Ryan, known in the Project Gorgon world as "Silvonis", and I am a member of the Project Gorgon Development team. My official title is Producer, but in a small development team I am involved in several aspects of development. I wanted to take a moment to write an open letter to discuss the future of Project Gorgon.