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What kind of video game about cool spaceships doesn't have cool hangar shots? One held together with spit and baling wire, which does describe...

The latest update for EVE Online is all about making the game pretty. Make it look better. Higher ship texture resolution with better compression,...

When we first tried out Babylon's Fall in beta, we said it was a decent enough starting point that needed some launch polish. Spoiler...

There are times when No Man's Sky can be a remarkably beautiful game. It gets even prettier with the new Prisms update, which adds in...

When the time comes, almost every MMO has a moment when it's time for you to start cracking heads instead of chatting and socializing....

When I first got to Massively-that-was, well over 10 years ago now, one of my tasks became front-page editing, meaning I had to keep...

I recognize that I may be biased here, but it always surprises me how good Final Fantasy XI actually looks. Sure, there are a lot of...

Graphics matter. It's really appealing to go with the general approach of being above simple graphics informing your opinion about a game, but we...

I'm not really over Peria Chronicles, but one of the things that attracted my interest to the game was the loveliness of its cel-shaded graphics...

There are a lot of landscapes in World of Warcraft that players can't readily forget. The cliffs, valleys, and scrubland of Durotar. The surreal...

Gosh, City of Heroes is still a wonderful game... but boy, it really does show its age when I look at it now. The downside...

Herein lies the great contradiction for the underground zones of Neverwinter: The designers want you to feel as if you're hopelessly lost within an endless...

Is it possible for Black Desert to look any more gorgeous than it already does? Kakao apparently thinks so, because the developer has been...

When your game maintains an aggressive schedule of streaming, it can be a bit of a problem when your usual streaming host isn't available...

We haven't seen the character creation for City of Titans just yet, but you know that's going to be an important part of the...

The team behind Conan Exiles has been working hard over the past week, but a lot of that work has gone to the art...

Do you have strong opinions on the flow of lava? It's possible you're a trained scientist who knows when it looks right or wrong,...

How your character looks affects your enjoyment of an MMO. This is almost a tautology; you spent time in the character creator, obviously, so...

Casting spells has been a cornerstone of World of Warcraft since the game launched, and while the models and particle effects have gotten better,...

Are there furnishings you wish were in Final Fantasy XIV but keep not getting added? Perhaps you can take matters into your own hands...