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Q2 2019 financials: Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss rakes in huge profits, builds six new games

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You read that headline right. Six. Pearl Abyss has had an absolute banger of a second quarter according to its most recent financial earnings...

First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Moongrave Fane dungeon, launching with Scalebreaker today

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Moongrave Fane is the name of an ancient Khajiit temple ruin - and it's also one of the dungeons releasing with The Elder Scrolls...

The MOP Up: FFXIV hits play on Shadowbringers’ soundtrack

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Have your ears been slathered with the luxurious music of Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers this summer? Then good news for you, as Square Enix...

One Shots: The secret life of NPCs

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What goes on with NPCs when you're not looking? Egocentric adventurers think that they're sitting around, sharpening blades, and preparing their spellbooks for encounters,...

Battle Bards Episode 150: The great plains

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It may not be the most sexy or exotic of biomes, but plains tend to pop up in pretty much every MMORPG — and...

The Stream Team: Warframe water fights

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Who said 'Frames can't have fun? Just because they are big metal machines doesn't mean they can't enjoy some summer shenanigans. Massively OP is...
If this went away, I would be pissed.

Secret World Legends and Trove offer compensation to players for recent bungles

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For those of us who weathered the early days of MMOs when downtime and rollbacks were a daily occurrence, the idea of compensation might...
Sir.

Elder Scrolls Online is offering free sub access and perks for everyone until Tuesday

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Moonsugar? No... no moonsugar here. Just some Elder Scrolls Online. Yep, if you've ever wanted to know what the paying customers in ESO get that...
Classy.

Final Fantasy XI’s newest login campaign offers three special limited items

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Do you need to ride on a turtle in Final Fantasy XI? Do you need to place a fake treasure chest in your home?...
Looking closer.

WoW Factor: WoW’s anniversary editions and event speculation

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Blizzard has really been pushing the whole anniversary thing for World of Warcraft hard and early this year. On the one hand, I get...
Town.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a new free login campaign through August 16

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If you've heard people ranting and raving about Final Fantasy XIV's current expansion but haven't yet checked the game out, well, your chance to...

Black Desert just hit open beta for PlayStation 4 – check out the new trailer

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PlayStation 4 gamers are in for a treat today as one of the top MMORPGs on the planet rolls into open beta on the...

Massively Overthinking: Morality and compelling choices in MMOs

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The most recent episode of The Psychology of Video Games podcast touches on a subject we don't tackle very much: moral choices. It's an...

The Enclave Interstellar Initiative wraps up in Elite: Dangerous

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The latest Elite: Dangerous Interstellar Initiative, which are those strings of in-game events that end up with some sort of promised galaxy-affecting change, has...

Studio Wildcard announces Genesis DLC and season pass for ARK Survival Evolved

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The Sony leaks earlier today have now been proven true: ARK Survival Evolved is getting new DLC called Genesis, bundled up in a season...
lol so randum

Vague Patch Notes: Random thoughts on randomness in MMOs

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Here's a fun little trivia fact that you probably already know: Computers can't really do randomness. A random number is usually generated by pulling...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr soundtrack and dragon dungeon walkthrough

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Just how exceedingly foolish -- or monumentally brave -- do you have to be to willingly venture into the lair of a fussy dragon?...
Living with you is a chore and a half.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever written off an MMO early on and been proven totally wrong?

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When The Elder Scrolls Online first launched, I did not have high hopes for it. Indeed, I figured it was trafficking hard on the...

Warframe of Mind: Get ready to rock with playable instruments

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Digital Extremes can sure pack a bunch of good stuff in its Warframe Twitch shows, and July 26th's devstream #129 was no exception. But...

The ESA says a crapton of game companies are finally embracing lockbox transparency

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Under pressure from no less than the US Senate, the FTC held the first of its planned video game monetization workshops today, and while...

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