Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing and overthinking Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.5 revelations
I wonder if we're actually going to find out our destination for the next expansion in February. Remember, we still don't actually know where...
GDC’s sixth annual State of the Industry report shows VR down, Steam down, and unionizing up
The sixth annual GDC State of the Industry report is an interesting barometer of development; rather than focusing on analysts, it focuses on surveys...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers intuitive flight controls and landscaping desolate moons
Cloud Imperium's Sean Tracy and Steve Bender headline this week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, and if you didn't expect clowning, then...
World of Warcraft’s latest Q&A covers the global cooldown and item level changes
Pretty much no one has really been made happy by World of Warcraft putting most major cooldowns on the global cooldown, one of the many...
The Daily Grind: Do you approach all MMOs with PvP as ‘PvP games’?
I saw a thought-provoking exchange on Reddit this week that's too good to sit on. It was in a thread for an MMORPG in...
Path of Exile fixes up Betrayal issues while preparing its next major expansion
Full marks to the team behind Path of Exile, as the recently deployed patch 3.5.2 should clear up any remaining issues with the game's Betrayal...
Vague Patch Notes: ‘Gamer’ is not an identity
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I'm 36 years old. I've been a professional writer for about a decade now, and...
Final Fantasy XIV previews this year’s Valentione’s Day festivities
There's something sinister in the wings in Final Fantasy XIV. Something strange is happening with the world's aether, causing magics to behave strangely in little...
Project Genom is quietly restructuring around SpatialOS
Have you been watching Project Genom from the sidelines and noted in the back of your mind that it seems like the game has gone...
The Daily Grind: How much should fan communities influence MMO designers?
The other day I saw a comment on an MMO subreddit that I quite liked; to paraphrase, it basically stated that the system designers...
Lineage II looks forward to updates for both live and Classic in early 2019
The next year will bring stuff for Lineage II. That's the takeaway from the new producer's letter for the game looking forward to everything on the...
China’s third round of game approvals still omits Tencent and NetEase
There are a lot of game companies in China, but Tencent and NetEase are the two titans with huge stables of titles, numerous online...
Leaderboard: Are you all-in for Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr?
Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr is not exactly what I wanted - I'm a Hammerfell and Morrowind girl - but we already got Morrowind, so...
Anthem is just under a month away from official launch, but weekend VIP demo downloading has begun
If you've been looking forward to Anthem, you have about a month to go until it has launched for everyone. The game's full launch is...
Long before Diablo Immortal, the franchise nearly had… Diablo Junior
We hear that if you look into a mirror with the lights off and say "Diablo Immortal" three times, the Prime Evil himself will...
The Daily Grind: What do you want out of World of Warcraft’s next expansion?
It's no secret that player engagement with World of Warcraft is down across the board, with even some of its most vocal supporters acknowledging...
EVE Online cracks down on cheaters, again, and contemplates more free-to-play gates
You'd think that people might think twice about cheating in EVE Online, given that in 2018 alone, the company banned tens of thousands of...
Star Wars: The Old Republic fan petition asks for more funding for the game to give it new life
The state of Star Wars: The Old Republic is an odd one. It would seem odd to contend that the game is dying, but as...
RuneScape boots player who streamed himself bullying a suicidal gamer
A game as large and old and multifaceted as RuneScape is bound to collect some bad seeds over time, and as we've seen repeatedly...
Gamigo is reversing last week’s ArcheAge unicorn mount stealth-normalization
Last week, we covered the mess over ArcheAge's unicorn mounts, which had been patched and speed-normalized without notice, leaving players angry over what they...
