Elder Scrolls Online: Guilds inactive until early Thursday +Update+
In The Elder Scrolls Online, the guild features that have been disabled will return to the game with a hotfix early Thursday morning. Update Thursday 12 PM: The...
World of Warcraft: Player numbers at WoW at their lowest level in eight years
Blizzard’s MMO World of Warcraft loses 800,000 players in the ongoing content drought and is now down to 6.8 million subscribers. This marks WoW’s l...
Star Trek Online: The Janeway – Rumors about Expansion
The rumor mill for the SF-MMO Star Trek Online is bubbling – and apparently, colleague Neelix is cooking there. Because the expansion is said to lead into the D...
Future plans for WildStar, patch issues with TESO & No Man’s Sky gets PC version – Update!
At the end of last week, the second major content patch for WildStar was released. “Sabotage” offers players of the sci-fi MMO a new 15v15 battlegro...
The Lord of the Rings Online provides material for university seminar
The free fantasy MMO Lord of the Rings Online has made it to university curriculum. At Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee, an English seminar is dealing with it...
ArcheAge: First impression from the beta: “Overwhelming”
Last weekend, our tester Schuhmann had the opportunity to try out the sandbox MMO “ArcheAge” in beta. Warning, opinion: This report reflects the sub...
Planetside 2: Directives give newcomers direction and veterans something to brag about
In the Free2Play MMO shooter Planetside 2, there is a large content update available starting today. The new patch brings, in addition to bug fixes and minor ad...
Elder Scrolls Online: New Patch – New Problems +Update+
Since last night, the new patch for The Elder Scrolls Online, TESO, is live on the US server; European players will get it only today. Once again, American...
Maexxna Heroic in 200 seconds (Hearthstone)
In the Arachnid quarter, you face Maexxna, a “large spider” and the third boss in this wing. She must return 2 enemy minions from the field to the h...
World of Warcraft announces major announcement
Blizzard announces that on August 14th, it wants to reveal the release date of Warlords of Draenor. The next expansion of their MMO flagship World of Warcraft i...
Skyforge: Class system inspired by League of Legends
In the god MMO Skyforge, the class system has now been explained in more detail. Apparently, the free class system was inspired by MOBAs like League of Legends,...
MMO and eSport: A Bad Combination?
The eSports management platform “Battlefly” has now released statistics on the top 10 most popular eSports games for 2013. Even though MMOs have rec...
H1Z1: When is it going into Early Access, SOE?
The survival MMO H1Z1 from Sony Online Entertainment has been on the verge of launching into Early Access for months. Fan interest peaked in April and May, but ...
Hearthstone: These cards will be available at midnight in the Military Wing
In Blizzard’s free card game Hearthstone, new wings of the terror necropolis Naxxramas open every week. This brings new cards into the game. On Tuesday ni...
Rift brings the pre-expansion patch on Wednesday
In the free fantasy MMO Rift, Patch 2.8 is coming on Wednesday, which is set to prepare for the next expansion. Trion Worlds teases with a short banner the Pre-...
Hearthstone: What to Expect in the Military Wing: Razuvious, Gothic and the Four Horsemen
This week, a new wing in Naxxramas will open in Blizzard’s free online card game Hearthstone. This time, the military wing awaits brave adventurers. Famil...
WildStar: Third content patch fully PvE
In the SF-MMO WildStar, the third content patch has appeared on the test server. After the second patch addressed the PvP issues of the game, the third will ful...
Guild Wars 2: Fan Trailer Sets New Standards in GW2
A talented fan has created two atmospheric trailers for the fantasy MMO Guild Wars 2. In his opinion, GW2 has a potential to engage the masses that is not tappe...
Hearthstone: Blizzard removes feminism joke
A gag that was winking at feminism has now been removed from Hearthstone. It has been replaced with a more neutral joke. The sexism issue somehow does not let B...
H1Z1 is set to launch with four types of zombies
The zombie survival MMO “H1Z1” is set to launch with four different types of zombies. This is revealed in a new developer blog that focuses on the d...
Elder Scrolls Online: Third major update comes on Tuesday +including patch notes+
In the fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, TESO, players will enjoy the next content patch early Tuesday morning. 1.3.3. is known internally as the “Gui...
ArcheAge: German servers confirmed and excluded
In the sandbox MMO ArcheAge, there are communication issues. Are German servers coming or not? Trion Worlds CEO Scott Hartsman confirmed in an interview with ou...
Hearthstone: Problems overshadow new card back
In Blizzard’s free card game Hearthstone, the fifth season has started. As a reward for reaching rank 20, players receive an Ice Crown card back. However,...
Sexismus in MMORPGs – Absurdität in Entscheidungen und Körperproportionen
After what feels like an eternity, I turn to you again in a column. The last push for this came from this Hearthstone news from Schuhmann, because I am a bit ti...
Defiance: In the TV show there is talk, in the MMO there is shooting
The MMO Shooter Defiance is closely linked with the eponymous TV series. Both take place in a shared universe and cooperate. But what would happen if the show w...
Final Fantasy XIV: Now available for free play
The MMO Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn now has a trial access and a “Recruit-a-friend” program. That was quick. On July 23, we had an article sta...
World of Warcraft: Blood Elves – old face, new world
The new animations of the races of World of Warcraft are progressing well. Only the Blood Elves probably won’t make it by the launch of the expansion R...
WildStar: Shock turns to Joy – Carbine resolves World-Boss Bug
In the SF-MMO WildStar, some players were horrified to find that their progress in a strenuous quest was deleted. Carbine is now sparing them this quest step. T...
Black Desert: Publisher hires reinforcements from the West
The Korean MMO Black Desert has found a publisher for the West in Daum, who is now recruiting veterans from the gaming industry. In an interview with mmoculture...
Hearthstone: Cheap Trick Defeats Naxxramas Bosses
In Blizzard’s free card game Hearthstone, a flaw in the artificial intelligence of the opponents in Naxxramas leads to cheap victories. A 2-mana combinati...
