
Bradford is doing the impossible: he’s learning how to play Final Fantasy 14 on controller.

MMORPGs with PVP is nothing new, with many MMOs in the early days of the genre making their bones on hardcore, full-loot player combat. Nowadays PvP is just one aspect of what makes a good MMO, though some take it a bit more seriously than others. Here are 13 MMOs to test your skill against each other this year.

With a flurry of updates, patches, and announcements, it looks like all of our favorite indie devs are back from holiday and hard at work. It’s not just the Indie MMO Spotlight regulars, either, with several of our lesser-seen devs finding their way into the news this week. So let’s quit wasting time and get right to the news with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.

With last year’s release of Elite Dangerous Odyssey, the space MMO has seen its fair share of issues. However, we turn our attention to the combat this time, as the addition of on-foot missions and action has added a new element to the MMO. How does it fare, especially compared to ship-based combat almost a year after its release?

The mobile gaming industry has a bit of a reputation-and sure, games like Candy Crush Saga do exist-but outside of the gacha and match-3 apps there are some pretty robust MMOs that are looking for new players. You might want to scoff at the prospect of a "mobile MMO," but give these games a try; we suspect you’ll change your mind.

Bradford has been thinking about his MMO history, and one aspect of his time with MMOs that doesn’t mirror his time with single player games came to mind this week: starting over from scratch. While RPGs themselves aren’t persistent, the idea of an MMO is that things continue for years. Do you ever feel the urge to start fresh, and if so do you follow up that urge by doing so?

Every year the list of important dates for upcoming MMOs gets harder and harder to track, especially with so many changes happening throughout Alpha, Beta, and Launch cycles. This list will be an easy-to-reference list of important dates and what state an upcoming MMO is in. We’ll keep it updated throughout the year as a handy reference.

January can be a slow month for the gaming industry. That doesn’t seem to be the case with indie MMO development, though. We’re only a week into the new year and we’ve already had our first indie MMO release with a second coming before month’s end. With so much activity, there is a lot to cover, so let’s get started with this week’s Indie MMO Spotlight.