
If you had to make some changes to MMORPGs of today, what features would you add to create a game where players would want to build lasting relationships with each other?

If you had to make some changes to MMORPGs of today, what features would you add to create a game where players would want to build lasting relationships with each other?

This week’s news, farmers can now grow animals alongside their crops, Prospectors are getting a new map to explore, and several alpha and beta tests have been slated for next month.

Character creation in MMORPG’s can be a big deal to some people. In this week’s One Good Roll, we take a look at some character creation strategies. Which one are you?

Mike BC (AKA CMDR Erek Sprax) has been a bit pessimistic about Humanity’s chances in Elite Dangerous’ latest episode with the Thargoids. So, instead, he set out to explore.

This week, Past Fate has Alpha troubles, Dual Universe gets a release date, and you won’t be catching them all (or getting a refund) in Untamed Isles. There’s plenty of other stuff going on as well, so let’s quit wasting time and get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.

Grats! You leveled up! Do you remember when you would log into the game and grind out that level, and as soon as your XP bar would *ding* you would get a wave of support from the community of fellow gamers around you? What happened to celebrating your achievements and the achievements of others?

In a recent interview, Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida stated he’d like to make at least one more MMORPG from scratch before he died. It got Bradford thinking: who would I want helming the next great MMO?

Final Fantasy XIV’s new post-Endwalker patch has the usual bulk of content, which we might as well talk about for a second before you all go farming.

It doesn’t seem like the Dragonflight alpha has been up for five weeks already, but we’ll be closing out the fifth week when this column is posted. Robin talks about the latest zone, as well as recapping the alpha over the course of the last five weeks.

This week, several of the lesser heard devs poke their heads up to say a few words, while the more common entries have videos full of information for all you indie lovers.