MMORPG News

General: 5 Reasons We Love the Rise Survival Games
Path of Exile: Ascendancy to Launch on March 4th
Guild Wars 2: After a Decade, Jeff Grubb to Leave ANet
DC Universe Online: Love Conquers All Event Arrives
Black Desert Online: Release Coming March 3, Second CBT Sign Ups Begin Today
Darkest Dungeon: Short & Long Term Road Maps Revealed
Elder Scrolls Online: Thieves Guild Locations Revealed
General: Ant Simulator - The Sad Tale of Wine, Woman & (Maybe?) Song
World of Warcraft: With Legion's Launch Seven Months Out, Will Blizzard Make It?
General: Assassin's Creed Identiy ARPG Announced for iOS
Livelock: PAX South - Hands-On

General: 5 Reasons We Love the Rise Survival Games

Posted: 31 Jan 2016 04:58 PM PST

The evolution of the "massive online game" has been an interesting one to track over the last decade plus, never more so than in the last few years as traditional MMORPGs became bogged down in the theme park mentality and seemed unable to get out from under the looming shadow of World of Warcraft. We have witnessed the rise of the MOBA, the MMOFPS, the MMORTS and more.

Path of Exile: Ascendancy to Launch on March 4th

Posted: 02 Feb 2016 05:06 AM PST

March is shaping up to be a great month for gamers, no less so than for today's announcement that Path of Exile: Ascendancy will be launching on March 4, 2016 at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. Ascendancy features the Lord's Labyrinth with daily quests that are designed to test player skills to the maximum.

Guild Wars 2: After a Decade, Jeff Grubb to Leave ANet

Posted: 02 Feb 2016 02:57 AM PST

Jeff Grubb has announced that he is leaving ArenaNet after ten years with the company. Grubb will exit the company on February 12th and begin working at Amazon Game Studios on February 15th. Grubb joins Eric Flannum, Jon Peters, and Stephen Fowler at Amazon Game Studios.

DC Universe Online: Love Conquers All Event Arrives

Posted: 31 Jan 2016 04:52 PM PST

With the dawn of February comes the many Valentine's Day game celebrations. First off the bat is DC Universe Online and Love Conquers All. The event brings new feats, quests, events, base items, style rewards and auras to players choosing to participate.

Black Desert Online: Release Coming March 3, Second CBT Sign Ups Begin Today

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:50 PM PST

Daum has a pair of great news items for fans of the forthcoming game. Black Desert Online is set to be released on March 3rd and players have until February 26th to secure preorders that will expire after that date. In addition, today is the start of the registration period for the second closed beta that will begin on February 18th and end on February 22nd. Explorer and Conqueror package owners will be automatically granted access.

Darkest Dungeon: Short & Long Term Road Maps Revealed

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 12:27 PM PST

The Darkest Dungeon team is reminding fans that today is the last day to get hold of a copy of the game for the launch price of $19.99. After today, the price will jump to $24.99. In addition, both the long- and short-term road maps have been detailed.

Elder Scrolls Online: Thieves Guild Locations Revealed

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 11:17 AM PST

The Elder Scrolls Online site has been updated with a first-look at the new locations that will arrive with the Thieves Guild update set to launch later this month. You can find out a bit about such areas as Hew's Bane, Abah's Landing, Shark's Teeth Grotto and others.

General: Ant Simulator - The Sad Tale of Wine, Woman & (Maybe?) Song

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 11:11 AM PST

While not precisely MMO or RPG related, mismanagement of funds raised through crowd-sourcing is a hot topic. In one of the more inglorious tales of epic malfeasance, Ant Simulator is now dead in the water due to two of three company founders using money raised for restaurants, alcohol and exotic dancers.

World of Warcraft: With Legion's Launch Seven Months Out, Will Blizzard Make It?

Posted: 31 Jan 2016 03:07 PM PST

With the World of Warcraft: Legion alpha back in service, we had the chance to hit the ground running in the newest build. Three areas are open and we took a trip through two of them: Highmountain and Stormheim with Suramar yet to go. Taking into account Blizzard's projected release of "summer 2016" which can mean any day up to September 21st, and with the alpha in its current state, one has to wonder, "Will Blizzard make it?"

General: Assassin's Creed Identiy ARPG Announced for iOS

Posted: 01 Feb 2016 09:27 AM PST

Mobile game users with a love of both action-RPGs and the Assassin's Creed IP will be pleased by today's announcement of Assassin's Creed Identity. Players will create and customize their own Assassin's through a robust storyline and questing.