Eliot Lefebvre
Revelation Online encourages you to strip… your gear of enhancements
It is possible that Revelation Online could have used a thesaurus for its latest feature, as "stripping your gear" produces a mental image that...
Wild Terra announces launch for December 18th
'Tis the season for surprise launches, fa la la la and so on. Wild Terra is officially launching on December 18th, bringing the game...
Final Fantasy XIV hopes you can ‘bear’ with another Starlight Celebration
On December 15th, Final Fantasy XIV will celebrate the winter holidays once more with the arrival of the Starlight Celebration. And what could be...
OrbusVR starts early access on December 15th with no more wipes
That headline is a bit of a misnomer; everyone who hasn't already purchased OrbusVR will have to wait until December 15th for early access,...
Destiny 2 is reversing some of its controversial player lockout DLC design
So, remember when Destiny 2 players without Curse of Osiris were locked out of content that predated that DLC? That was pretty great. Also,...
Trion is trying to bring Defiance up to date on modern consoles
Most of you probably think of Defiance as "that game that used to tie into a TV show and is probably on borrowed time."...
New Zealand declares lootboxes not gambling under the law
Are lootboxes gambling? It seems like such a simple question, but it really isn't simple from a legal or ethical standpoint, and the answer...
TERA starts its technical console test on December 14
So, why haven't we gotten a lot of news about the TERA console version? Product manager Matt Denomme has put forth a new video...
The Humble Bundle for the holidays is full of MMO goodness, including Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, and Blade & Soul
So here's how the latest Humble Bundle is working. Drop $35 on the bundle and all of your money goes to charity, and you...
Half of the LawBreakers founding team has left the studio
The face of LawBreakers development and Boss Key is arguably Cliff Bleszinski, but Arjan Brussee was co-founder of the studio and half of the...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2017 in review
It's hard to say whether 2017 was a good year for Final Fantasy XIV.
Sure, on one level it seems obvious. The game launched its...
Exploring the psychology behind losses, gains, and grouping results in video games
Getting five batches of 100 gold feels better than one batch of 500 gold, and being forced to spend three separate 100 gold fees...
The Daily Grind: What’s your latest MMO achievement?
Achievements in MMOs are a nice way of marking off things that you've done, but there are no achievements for personal goals. You do...
Grand Theft Auto Online previews its high-adventure Doomsday Heist update
Sometimes, robbing banks gets boring. Specifically, robbing banks in Grand Theft Auto Online; you should not be robbing banks in real life under any...
WRUP: Great personalities of the American something-or-other no. 341 edition
William "Basketball" Cragen was born in 1784 following his mother's prolonged and particularly unusual bout with pneumonia, which produced three children and at least...
Betawatch: There’s factions in them there hills of Wild West Online (December 8, 2017)
Let's start with something that you probably already ascertained: Wild West Online is being delayed. It delayed its early access alpha, and that delay...
Absolver patches in a new 3v3 gameplay mode
Sparring with your enemies one-on-one is always fun, but sometimes it's even more fun to be fighting back-to-back with your allies in a fight...
Dauntless launches the Sharpen Your Skills update
After several weeks of previews, the latest update for Dauntless has arrived, and it's aiming at making a better hunter out of you. Sharpen...
Amazon stops selling digital cards for Star Wars: The Old Republic
You can no longer purchase digital time cards or Cartel Coins for Star Wars: The Old Republic through Amazon. This is clearly a sign...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping things up in Secret World Legends
One of the things that I promised way back when I started writing this series about Secret World Legends was to mention the way...