Yearly Archives: 2016
Blizzard to WoW testers: Class orders will not be like garrison missions
If you've paid any attention to World of Warcraft during its present expansion cycle, you are probably aware that Garrisons have not exactly been...
The Division encounters bugs with loot and characters after patch 1.1
Yesterday was patch day for The Division, meaning fans got to hurry to the game flush with excitement, eager to download the patch and...
A tour of RIFT 3.6: Celebration of the Ascended
When an MMO hits its fifth anniversary, one hopes that the game's studio would pull out all of the stops to mark the occasion....
Character transfers in SWTOR were (temporarily?) free last night
Our embedded reporter in Star Wars: The Old Republic -- me! -- discovered first-hand last night that character transfers had been made free for an unknown reason. This...
Black Desert deploys minor patch for pets, battlegrounds, and bugs
Easter is over for Black Desert. The servers returned earlier this morning with a weekly patch ending the Easter events, though related NPC quests...
WildStar crosses factional barriers, mulls new class/race combos
What's brewing in WildStar's labs these days? Only a whole vat of changes, that's what.
As a result of Carbine's first DevConnect forum survey, the...
TERA’s Secrets & Shadows update arrives next month
This should take some of the sting out of those layoffs: En Masse says TERA has a major update on the way for the...
The Daily Grind: How would you make permadeath work in MMOs?
Permadeath is always a fun if rarely used design concept to discuss, which is why I want to put forth a thought exercise to the...
EVE Online plans to add dailies with skill point rewards
Of all the ways to encourage players to engage with an MMO, two of the most controversial are daily quests and login rewards. Used in everything from World of Warcraft...
Blade & Soul’s next event is all about random prizes for purchase
Spring is here, and Blade & Soul is celebrating with a new set of expensive treasures for players. From April 13th, players will be...
Like skintone, Rust’s character gender is determined by Steam ID
Remember back when Rust added new skin tones and other secondary attributes that players didn't get to choose? Because the game just implemented another...
Final Fantasy XIV producer letter pokes and prods at Patch 3.3 and 3.4 features
Stop the presses, go home from school early, and call off from work -- the latest Final Fantasy XIV producer letter is here. As...
MU Legends offers up an eight-minute trailer
Are you looking forward to checking out MU Legend? You might have a long wait: Although the prequel to MU Online is planned to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down
Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.
Crowfall Q&A talks about Eternal Kingdoms and next playable archetypes
The Crowfall community has no end of questions for the ArtCraft team, and ArtCraft has no end of time to answer them. Actually, today...
Skyforge’s Reaper’s’ Revenge adds new mount customization, vector stats
Mounts are pretty important in any game that offers them; they get you from place to place, they often provide assorted benefits, and they...
Spellcheck won’t help you in TERA’s new Seek & Spell event
Live with TERA's maintenance patch today is an contest-slash-event En Masse is calling Seek & Spell, so: Dictionaries at the ready!
For the next three...
The Stream Team: Happy birthday World of Tanks!
My, how time flies... or in this case, lumbers by on metal treads! World of Tanks has been letting players steamroll over each other...
Hyperspace Beacon: Impressions of SWTOR’s Visions in the Dark for gamers still on the fence
After the last couple of lackluster chapters, I’ve lowered my expectations for the Star Wars: The Old Republic story. Not because I think that...
Blade & Soul’s Shattered Empire update arrives on April 27
Hope you weren't too attached to that empire because Blade & Soul done gone shattered it.
The wuxia action MMO is preparing to bring Update...
