Elder Scrolls Online: The Banned Accounts Highlight Industry Issues

The Banned Accounts Highlight Industry Issues

As we get closer to the console release of The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, it has been predictably slow on the significant changes to the game front on PC, but there have been a few recent moves that bring certain digital goods matters to the forefront. Zenimax alerted some players that their keys weren’t legitimate and decided to end their access to the game as of this week.

General: What About a Native American MMO?

What About a Native American MMO?

Native American culture is often imitated in MMORPGs. I can name several MMOs that feature races or cultures that are obviously inspired by Native cultures. Unfortunately, this often means that players are met only with tepees, totem poles and other classic Hollywood imagery inside these games, and never does any MMO get down to the realities of native life.

Firefall: The Future of Red 5 with Chris Whiteside

The Future of Red 5 with Chris Whiteside

Chris Whiteside is best known in the gaming industry as the former Lead Producer of ArenaNet on Guild Wars, then the Design Director for Guild Wars 2. After roughly five years, Chris decided to part with the Bellevue, Washington developer. He went into consultancy, but that only lasted a little bit as one of the companies he consulted for was Red 5 Studios, makers of hardpressed but excellent MMO Firefall.

World of Warcraft: A Look at Itemization in WoW 6.2

A Look at Itemization in WoW 6.2

In an official post on the World of Warcraft site the team outlined new improvements coming in Patch 6.2 to how itemization will work. Essentially the two biggest changes are coming to the Personal Loot system and itemization improvements from bosses in the new Hellfire Citadel raid.

Guild Wars 2: Lion’s Arch, The NEW City of Hope

Lion

It’s been awhile since we last saw an installment to the living story, and the HoT expansion is still a good bit further down the road, we expect. Still, we can see how our past actions continue change, and evolve the world of Tyria. Scarlet left Lion’s Arch in a mess, but now is the time to repair, rebuild, and look towards the future.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 5 Things MMOs Could Learn from The Witcher 3

5 Things MMOs Could Learn from The Witcher 3

Like most things, it seems like we go through phases of getting big, sprawling single-player RPGs to sink our teeth into. It’s a totally different genre than the MMO game, for rightful reasons, but there are a lot of overlaps as well. Most people that enjoy MMOs probably enjoy single-player RPGs as well and I’d wager to say that the majority of the people that read this are either playing currently or at least have an interest in playing, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

TERA: Free Crown of Gold Gift Key!

Free Crown of Gold Gift Key!

MMORPG.com has partnered with En Masse Entertainment to bring our community a special in game gift offer! If you redeem one of our special gift keys you will receive the cosmetic item "Crown of Gold" in game! Get your key now while supplies last!