Pokemon Go is reviving some of the COVID enhancements it had earlier rolled back
Well, that was fast! This week, Niantic announced that it was bringing back in-game bonuses - such as buddies giving increased numbers of sendable...
EVE Online releases its monthly economic report for October
When you were young, did you imagine that grown-up work was all about looking at charts and hearing a man drone on about how...
Elite Dangerous announces plans to adjust mining starting next week as part of greater balance efforts
If you want to get rich quick in Elite: Dangerous, the best thing to do is to start mining. However, there are a lot...
AdventureQuest 3D previews the first pass of its new system for guilds
When you hang out with someone new in AdventureQuest 3D, you've always had the option to be friends if you think the other person is...
WoW Factor: A wild theory for World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands
I don't have quite as much as I would have expected to say about Shadowlands so close to its launch. Part of that is, of...
New survey points to increase in hate and harassment in online multiplayer games
The behavior of people in online games does not appear to be improving for the better. According to national survey results from the Anti-Defamation...
The Daily Grind: Are you sick of being a tankmage in MMOs?
One of the very first gaming terms I ever learned in an online game was bestowed upon me as a teenager in Ultima Online,...
Massively Overthinking: No-thank-you bites in MMO gaming
One of the things I always try to have my kids do is take a no-thank-you bite of new foods. They have to at...
Neverwinter is retiring Bonding Runestones and making changes to companions
How well does item level match to actual player power in Neverwinter? Not well enough, at least according to the way developers see it, and...
EVE Online is getting some changes to torpedoes with its next update
When you fire a torpedo in EVE Online you would like it to have a notable impact. You are firing at a ship with the...
Vague Patch Notes: Players aren’t the only people who should prepare for their MMO to die
There are certain realities that developers need to reckon with that start with acknowledging a certain degree of reality, and one of those bits...
Final Fantasy XIV opens its special site for patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten
The next major Final Fantasy XIV patch arrives in early December, but you can start teasing out some information about it now via the newly...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve gone without playing an MMO?
It's been a rough fall for me personally as my family is preparing for a move. I've spent so much time building and packing...
Perfect Ten: The 10 qualities of MMO sandboxes
What is a sandbox MMO? At first glance, it seems like a pretty easy question to answer, especially if you're going by Kickstarter projects,...
Curseforge will be stopping new World of Warcraft add-on updates right as Shadowlands launches
Sometimes, two events coincide in a way that is particularly unpleasant for more or less everyone. The changeover from Curseforge to Overwolf for World of...
Fortnite adds in-game Houseparty support for video chat while you play
So the world is covered in a suffocating miasma of death and you probably aren't hanging out with most of your friends in person....
So Guild Wars 2’s new roadrunner mount basically looks like a chocobo
Yesterday's The Icebrood Saga: Champions: Truce update for Guild Wars 2 came with a fun surprise in the form of the Roadrunner skin for...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about MMO login rewards?
When I sit down at the end of my day to get in my two hours of gaming, I always start with a ritual:...
RuneScape rolls out Construction Contracts with its latest update
The time has arrived for RuneScape players to stop holing up in their houses as a means of leveling up Construction. The new Construction Contract...
Path of Exile improves its stash tab functionality and fixes bugs
If you like sentences which start with the words "fixed an issue," reading the patch notes for the latest Path of Exile update will...
