Article
World of Warcraft has ideas for the next 7 expansions
The fantasy MMO World of Warcraft still has enough creative material left to fill ten years. The next expansion Warlords of Draenor is due in November, and work is already underway on the expansion af...
ArcheAge: Unauthorized charges frighten users
The Sandpark MMO ArcheAge is currently alarming some users with charges of 150 dollars or 135 euros, which they did not authorize. Does ArcheAge have a hacker problem? As the site ign.com cites a foru...
Hearthstone: Dreamhack winner Rdu still struggles with cheating accusations
The winner of the Hearthstone tournament at DreamHack, Rdu, is still grappling with the cheating allegations surrounding his victory against the crowd favorite Amaz. Rdu is now trying to use this crit...
Destiny: Hope is the most important principle in world-building
The MMO shooter Destiny breaks all dimensions. At the Halo maker Bungie, 500 developers are working on the game. In an interview, environment designer Jason Sussman talks about details in the design. ...
World of Warcraft: Ex-Lead Designer criticizes casual WoW, happy to be at League of Legends
Greg Street, the former lead system designer of World of Warcraft, is now at League of Legends and is mocking a bit about the casualization of World of Warcraft. Greg Street, known in forums and socia...
State of Play: WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2
What is the state of the major MMO titles WildStar, The Elder Scrolls Online, and Guild Wars 2 by the end of August? Last time we wrote the “State of Play” column about these three titles ...
The Lord of the Rings Online: Fan takes on Remodeling themselves
A fan of the somewhat outdated Free2Play MMO Lord of the Rings Online has given the characters a makeover. World of Warcraft, even older than Lord of the Rings Online, has shown how to do it...
Guild Wars 2 addresses mega server issues
In Guild Wars 2, the major September patch is supposed to solve some of the difficulties that Europeans in particular have been struggling with since April. With global guilds, better algorithms, and ...
Destiny comes without a trading system
In the MMO shooter Destiny, there will be no trading between players. Every item must be earned with sweat and tears, the developers write. In the Q&A from the last blog post, the designers from ...
WildStar is taking care of servers with low population
The SF-MMO WildStar is likely to address one of the most pressing issues: servers with too low population. Especially in an MMO that relies heavily on group and raid content like WildStar, well-popula...