Vague Patch Notes: The problem with numbers in MMORPGs
I recently saw a post on the official World of Warcraft forums noting that if not for the game’s almost infamous level squish, players would be at level 150 at this point. That in and of itself doesn’t really mean anything, but people did point out that the main reason for the original item squish […]04 Oct 2024LOTRO sweetens Legacy of Morgoth pre-orders with level boosts, defends lack of ‘special system’MassivelyOp ︎04 Oct 2024Hotfixes: October 3, 2024Official ︎03 Oct 2024Update 41.3 Release NotesSteam ︎03 Oct 2024Casually Classic: World of Warcraft’s delves have real evergreen potentialMassivelyOp ︎03 Oct 2024Hotfixes: October 2, 2024Official ︎02 Oct 2024Lord of the Rings Online’s update 41.3 tweaks Nazgul attacks, dragon dungeon, and crafting eventMassivelyOp ︎02 Oct 2024LOTRO: Legacy of Morgoth opens expansion pre-orders, aims for November 6 launchMassivelyOp ︎02 Oct 2024Hotfixes: October 1, 2024Official ︎01 Oct 2024Google’s Waze app adds World of Warcraft’s Thrall voice for road navigationMassivelyOp ︎01 Oct 2024Hotfixes: September 30, 2024Official ︎30 Sep 2024Microsoft’s latest game division layoffs affect nearly 400 Activision-Blizzard employeesMassivelyOp ︎29 Sep 2024LOTRO previews Legacy of Morgoth’s Imhûlar while DDO tests its new 64-bit serverMassivelyOp ︎28 Sep 2024LOTRO Legendarium: Five ways to fully fix LOTRO’s virtue systemMassivelyOp ︎28 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 27, 2024Official ︎27 Sep 2024Nerub-ar Palace Raid Finder Wing 3 and Season of Discovery Phase 5 Are Now Live, October Trading Post, and More!Official ︎27 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 26, 2024Official ︎26 Sep 2024Season of Discovery Phase 5 is Now Live!Official ︎26 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 25, 2024Official ︎25 Sep 2024Nerub-ar Palace Raid Finder Wing 3 Now Live!Official ︎25 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 24, 2024Official ︎24 Sep 2024World of Warcraft player accidentally sells extremely rare pet for 1/10th of its value: 'That's like my entire game savings over the last 17 years, gone'PC Gamer ︎24 Sep 2024Lord of the Rings Online talks about ‘boat pants’ and the lost Drearspire dungeonMassivelyOp ︎24 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 23, 2024Official ︎23 Sep 2024World of Warcraft data loss fiasco deletes items out of guild banks – and Blizzard can’t fully restore themMassivelyOp ︎21 Sep 2024LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s five least-played classes – and why you should play themMassivelyOp ︎21 Sep 2024WoW Classic returns to Blackwing Lair and Zul’Gurub for Season of Discovery Phase 5MassivelyOp ︎20 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 19, 2024Official ︎19 Sep 2024Dungeons and Dragons Online gets ready to test its own subscription-only 64-bit serverMassivelyOp ︎19 Sep 2024Season of Discovery Phase 5 Arrives 26 SeptemberOfficial ︎19 Sep 2024LOTRO gives a development update on kinship revamp delay, 4K resolution, and Elf avatarsMassivelyOp ︎19 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 18, 2024Official ︎18 Sep 2024Nerub-ar Palace Mythic, Story Mode, Raid Finder Wing 2 Now Live!Official ︎18 Sep 2024Cataclysm Classic: The Molten Front Now Live!Official ︎17 Sep 2024Hotfixes: September 17, 2024Official ︎17 Sep 2024For the first time in 20 years, World of Warcraft will let solo players fight its hardest boss in a new 'Story Mode' raid difficultyPC Gamer ︎