The Daily Grind: Do you take part in absurd general chat in MMOs?
For all that Barrens Chat in classic World of Warcraft has long been considered vile enough to break out the capital letters, it's easy...
H1Z1 extends its PlayStation 4 season by two weeks while cycling in new Arcade challenges
Maybe you can't remember which name it's going by at this point, but H1Z1 is still trucking along on the PlayStation 4, and it...
Black Desert boosts rewards, adds new systems; Black Desert Mobile goes to a secret place
There's a bunch of new stuff in the latest patch to Black Desert. New reusable consumable items? Sure thing, you can assemble some concentrated...
World of Warcraft will remove Pathfinder requirements for Draenor and Broken Isles flight in Shadowlands
So if you've just managed to gain your Draenor Pathfinder achievement last week, this news might come at an inopportune time, but it's officially...
Warframe is taking submissions to expand its test server population
Well, that was quick. Mere days after the game's lead designer talked about expanding the test server in an interview, the devs of Warframe...
Perfect Ten: The categories of all MMO achievements
I remember when achievements were first getting a pop in the MMO space, or at least when I first noticed it concurrent with World...
Check out Cosmonaut, a fan-created monthly Star Citizen magazine
Fan creativity is always one of the cooler things to see, and the fanbase of Star Citizen looks to have some similarly creative folks....
Fallout 76 NPCs can (and will) loot your corpse and take your shiny weapon
With the addition of NPCs to Fallout 76, things in the multiplayer game have certainly shifted for the better, but it also doesn't seem...
Blade & Soul launches the Steel Uprising patch today
Bad news, Blade & Soul players, you are going to once again be fighting robots. This is a challenge. Reports indicate that robots are...
PAX West 2020 is still tentatively on amid COVID-19 while GameStop re-opens
Just yesterday on the podcast we were saying that there was no way PAX West was going to happen this year, at least not in...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO cosmetic pet?
Yeah, this is the very definition of a fluffy post! I'm just a big proponent of cosmetic pets in MMOs, partially because it adds...
Star Trek Online serves up three weeks of doubled experience starting on April 24
What a year this past month has been. That's not just us being poetic, either; the latest news post on Star Trek Online opens...
COVID-19 roundup: Teaching disease prevention in WoW Elysium, more sports turn to esports
It's time once again to gather up a swath of gaming news that has sprung up due to the ongoing novel coronavirus epidemic, and...
World of Tanks begins early 10th birthday festivities, celebrates 160M registered players
Damn, somehow I hadn't internalized quite how old World of Tanks is, but it's true: It's been just about nine years since the game...
Last Oasis declares that cheaters will not be tolerated within the game
If you decide to cheat in Last Oasis, the developers do not like you. No, not if you're just testing it out. No, not...
More World of Warcraft: Shadowlands covenant abilities unveiled as Classic returns layering for population issues
As the testing for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues, players continue to datamine the game and find new information about what's coming with the...
The Daily Grind: Does ESRB’s and PEGI’s new lockbox label go far enough?
Last week, ESRB in the US and PEGI in the EU announced they would both be amending their video game rating systems to use...
Twin Saga updates for spring with a pirate invasion of Alfenheim
It turns out that pirates can kinda be jerks sometimes. The newest storyline in Twin Saga is all about how a bunch of pirates...
Pokemon Go home options expand to cover a refreshed Community Day
Niantic has already been shaking up Pokemon Go so it can function better at home, but changes to coming to the usual monthly Community Day...
RuneScape calls the curtain on the race to 120 Archaeology while updating the new skill
There's a certain irony in the fact that RuneScape's newest skill is Archaeology, which itself is tied to nothing more than old stuff. But...