MMO player isn't what they used to be, games shifted to short sessions and instant access to core hooks 🔁

Modern MMOs favor modular progression, fast onboarding and return bonuses so folks can jump back in without feeling lost. A player-driven economy plus timed events makes the loop: players generate real value via trade, crafting and territory fights, while events create engagement peaks and reasons to RETURN. HARDCORE remains, just not...

#SteamAndEpic #RETURN #HARDCORE #Modern #MMOs #MMO

Windrose: Yo ho ho, it’s the pirate life for me

The new Age of Piracy game from Kraken Express and Pocketpair adds ship combat to the familiar post-Valheim survival-crafting genre.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/04/21/windrose-yo-ho-ho-its-the-pirate-life-for-me/

#MMOs #SteamGames #Survival #EarlyAccess #windrose

Dune Awakening: Packing up the base for good.

The weird thing is, I'm not considering leaving because of the game. The game itself, is pretty good.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/04/12/dune-awakening-packing-up-the-base-for-good/

#DuneAwakening #MMOs

Recently watched old #gametrailers for #Funcom's now defunct #TheSecretWorld, and in the comments there this weird flame war about why the game should have gender locked character classes, because it was partly set in #SouthKorea and that's how they do #mmos there.

Every time I wonder why some people make #nonbinary a thing, stuff like this reminds me.

https://youtu.be/SThR6GPwPM4?si=E3b5idqhd8th2cL_

EverQuest 3 is officially dead.

There's no way they'd be developing TWO new EverQuest games, right? Game Jawn's "EverQuest Legends" just might be the EQ for the rest of us.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/03/25/everquest-3-is-officially-dead/

#EverQuest #MMOs #EverQuestLegends

Dune Awakening: Finished Chapter 3

I'm at the end of the current story content, and I am a little upset.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/03/11/dune-awakening-finished-chapter-3/

#DuneAwakening #MMOs #Chapter3