4 MMO Games That Were Supposed to Be World of Warcraft Killers (and What Happened to Them)

These four ambitious MMOs were once hyped as “WoW Killers,” but their rise and fall tell the real story of how hard it is to challenge World of Warcraft.

PC Gamer's Top 100 didn't have a single MMO in it this year—here are my 3 theories as to why we did that

This year's scoring system was not kind to MMOs. In 2024, we had four measures of success: Quality, Importance, Hotness, and ...

This Free Halloween MMO Is Wonderful, But Only Around For A Limited Time

This free online Halloween-themed mini-MMO features pumpkin carving, spooky places to explore, and much more. And it’s available to play now on PC and Mac. But don’t wait too long, as the servers shut ...
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Free-to-play pirate survival MMO Crosswind announced for PC

Crosswind is a free-to-play survival massively multiplayer online game set in an alternative Age of Piracy. It features the classic “build, craft, survive” formula and challenging boss fights, ...

A new co-op RPG is coming for World of Warcraft fans by offering endless MMO dungeons without the MMO grind

Imagine a typical MMO party—one healer, one tank, and some damage-dealers—and then give them names and characteristics that resemble MOBA heroes. That's Fellowship, a hero-based co-op RPG where ...
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Break open a dead MMO and find what goofs and horrors await in Gorgon's Garden

Gorgon's Garden is about a fictitious, dead MMO, and the horrors that await you when you play it again for the first time in ...
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4 years later, the League of Legends MMO remains a major project for Riot Games' co-founder who says it's "exactly the type of company" that should be making MMOs

League of Legends League of Legends' very bad year continues as Riot pulls sloppy AI video offline amid fan criticism: "WTF how is this real" League of Legends The League of Legends Balatro homage I ...

Xbox Game Pass Has a New Day One Game and It’s a Fantasy MMO

Yesterday, BALL x PIT was released and made available with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Xbox Game Pass PC the moment it did. And this game has been seeing glowing user reviews, as evidenced by its ...