Yearly Archives: 2017
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: Hands-on with online card game SMITE Rivals
The cat is out of the bag. Or should I say Manticore? SMITE Rivals was announced at Hi-Rez Expo 2017 yesterday, giving players a...
Final Fantasy XIV posts its trailer for patch 3.5
The last patch of this expansion cycle for Final Fantasy XIV goes live on January 17th, and as usually happens, we've got a brand-new...
Firefall: The dead game that won’t die
2016 was not Firefall's year.
I'm not sure which year was its year, honestly, what with the e-sports bus fiasco and suspension of PvP and former CEO Mark...
In Conan Exiles, ‘home is where you keep the hearts of your enemies’
January's the month: Conan Exiles hits early access on the 31st as Funcom's latest Conan-franchise game, this one an unabashed survival sandbox with a...
First contact has occurred in Elite: Dangerous
For quite some time, players in Elite: Dangerous have been finding... oddities. Odd structures on planetary surfaces. Odd bits, here and there. They were...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned for Daybreak’s other MMORPGs?
Last night's startling news that Daybreak plans to sunset Landmark abruptly in February (while forbidding player emulators) sent the MMORPG community into... I'll call...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and wishes for MMORPGs in the new year
One of the frustrating bits about our end-of-the-year content rollouts is that sometimes predictions and story roundups can come across as negative. It's way...
Landmark is shutting down on February 21
Sad news for fans of Landmark who were happy to see it have its own life after the closure of EverQuest Next; Daybreak has...
DC Universe Online pits players against the Anti-Monitor for the anniversary event
January 11th, 2017, marks the six-year anniversary of DC Universe Online. To celebrate, the game is rebooting everything. Or at least it's introducing the...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for monthly content changes with its January version update
Earlier this week, we awarded Final Fantasy XI with a special achievement award for being the best game stuck in maintenance mode, because the...
Diablo III’s Darkening of Tristram ‘retrovision’ anniversary event is live
Classic ARPGÂ Diablo has made its presence known across Blizzard's many franchises this week as it celebrates its 20th birthday, from a new cow level...
Devilian dishes out extra enchanting stones this weekend
Our mamas always told us, "Kids, you can never have too many enchanting stones!" This didn't make sense for most of our lives, and...
Chaos Theory: The Secret World says sayonara to 2016
Have you ever had a year that you looked back on and all you could really say was, Hey, I made it through. I've...
Revelation Online details the basic of its PvP options
In Revelation Online, Saturday night is all right for fighting, as is Sunday night through Friday night. There are lots of ways to fight...
Rumor: NCsoft might be working on Aion 2
So NCsoft is working on another MMORPG. This in and of itself isn't terribly surprising, since this is how the company makes money. You...
Rumor: Elder Scrolls Online players datamine map of Morrowind’s Vvardenfell, hint at DLC
Speak quickly, Outlander, or go away!
Fancy a trip back to nostalgia town? Elder Scrolls Online Redditors have datamined what appears to be a map...
Final Fantasy XIV previews Dun Scaith and side stories
The end of the Heavensward patch cycle for Final Fantasy XIV is just around the corner, and it's bringing along plenty of stuff for...
Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)
Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE Tactics begins beta testing, founders pack sale
Hi-Rez is expected to have plenty of announcements in store for players during the opening ceremony of its 2017 expo this morning, including the news that SMITE Tactics, its...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: Paladins announces upcoming Season 1 following the Paladins Invitational
The first Paladins e-sports event will kick off today at 12:00 p.m. EST, with the first Paladins Invitational pitting players against one another in...