Eliot Lefebvre
Vague Patch Notes: Why the social penalty for open PvP in MMOs never works
One of the most important things to have when you're thinking about games and their design is reference material. It's one of the things...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the biggest homogeneity problem with outfits?
Every MMO has a certain upper limit on how many different outfits you can come up with. That's just the reality. And some games...
Fortnite’s newest patch adds in bottle rockets, campfires, and the wild west
Do you have a deep and unsatisfied need to tell your opponents in Fortnite that this municipal collection of residents lacks sufficient size for both...
Sea of Thieves kicks off the Friends Play Free event today
The old aphorism is that there's no honor among thieves. But there can be honor, companionship, and even just good old-fashioned friendship in Sea of Thieves....
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers page on Steam accidentally reveals an additional zone
It's the day when everyone gets to buy the third Final Fantasy XIV expansion, or at least pre-order it. And it turns out that there...
Final Fantasy XIV opens up pre-orders for Shadowbringers
The third expansion for Final Fantasy XIV launches on July 2nd, but if you're a player for the game you are likely already hyped for...
Apex Legends passed 600,000 concurrent players in 24 hours
Amidst the bad news for Electronic Arts yesterday, there was a note of positivity when it comes to Apex Legends. You may remember the battle...
Crowfall examines the issues of changing scoring rules mid-campaign
The nature of time-limited Campaigns in Crowfall has given rise to an interesting question of whether or not it's a good idea to patch the...
World of Warcraft recaps the process of hunting down the Hivemind mount
If your enjoyment of World of Warcraft partly relies upon hunting down the puzzles full of obscure notes for individual mounts, you would probably do...
The Division 2 shares more story and endgame details ahead of its February 7 beta
The first real beta test for The Division 2 kicks off on February 7th, but fans have got some new compiled information about the game...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida shares more details about the reasoning behind Shadowbringers revelations
The second part of the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival trilogy has wrapped up, and Japanese gaming site Game Watch has sat down for an...
H1Z1 adds ranked leaderboards for PlayStation 4 with its season 3 update
Are you tracking your progress as well as you could in H1Z1 on PlayStation 4? Sure, you think you're doing better now, but are you really doing...
Final Fantasy XIV’s basic edition is free for Twitch Prime users until May
With a new expansion on the way in July and a continual schedule of content updates, you may very well be tempted to try...
Anthem explains its Alliance and Guild systems following its second demo, with hints about something more in the sky
While Anthem is not a game that will force you to play with others, it certainly wants you to, and part of that is down to the...
Composer Jeff Kurtenacker is working on making the WildStar soundtrack available again
You might not think that WildStar's soundtrack is one of the greatest MMO soundtracks of all time, but that's not the consensus opinion. It's legitimately...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions from the second Final Fantasy XIV fan festival
The experience of a Final Fantasy XIV fan festival is a distinct one, a strange beast that sort of creeps into your existence even...
Final Fantasy XIV’s collaboration event with Final Fantasy XV arrives in mid-April
If you're one of the people who has been waiting eagerly for the crossover event between Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XV, you will have...
The Daily Grind: Have any of your MMO accounts ever been hacked?
For all I know, all of my authenticators are just placebos; I've never actually had an account get hacked. There are accounts I've lost...
WRUP: Superpositional mockery edition
Good morning, dear readers. At this time, one of two things has happened. The first possibility is that I was up to watch the...
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers launches July 2 with Gunbreaker job and playable Viera
We still don't know where we're going for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. The keynote from the stage at the Paris Fan Festival didn't tell...