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...
World of Warcraft patches in its new raid and its new season of items for Tides of Vengeance
It's time to head into the Battle of Dazar'alor in World of Warcraft, so long as you've got a regular group to head into a...
Choose My Adventure: Fighting for friends in Elite Dangerous
Combat in Elite Dangerous is hard, but finding friends was just a bit harder. At least, it was in the way that I had...
Atlas hackers strike again with the return of the dreaded air whale
It's raining whales! What the heck, it's now raining whales?! Hoist sails! That's the ancient sea shanty players of Atlas were learning to sing when...
Astellia confirms it’ll be buy-to-play in the west, won’t be a ‘smash-and-grab’
At PAX South this weekend, Astellia reps did indeed sit for a panel on the game as promised - a panel hosted, apparently "at...
Ashes of Creation yoinks another ex-Daybreaker, this one a community manager
Ashes of Creation's Intrepid Studios has been grabbing up Daybreak devs left and right, and now it's hired a new one: Sarah "Lt. Toast"...
Pagan Online’s weekend test cancelled due to server overload
The good news about the Pagan Online stress testing that was meant to occur over the past weekend is that it did exactly what...
MapleStory 2 is retiring Toad’s Toolkit on January 31
The latest producer's letter from MapleStory 2 describes Toad's Toolkit as an experiment, an attempt by the designers to address a clear issue with...
Wisdom of Nym: A measured evaluation of Final Fantasy XIV’s Blue Mage
It's fair to say that a lot was riding on the first limited job for Final Fantasy XIV. It's not just that the job itself...
Ragnarok Online 2 stumbles into maintenance mode as Gravity officially ends development
It looks like it's lights out for Ragnarok Online 2, Gravity Interactive's core sequel to the long-running Ragnarok Online (yes, there are several other...
Global Chat: The big question mark of Anthem
What's the biggest gaming unknown for you going into 2019? For MMO blogger Cary at Virtual Bastion, it's whether or not BioWare is going to...
Dragon Saga is a sidescrolling MMO brawler you probably didn’t know existed
Hey, are you itching for a new game to play in the "sidescrolling MMORPG beat-em-up" subgenre? It seems weird that this is a whole...
