Check out the BlizzCon attendee swag before you catch the pre-show kickoff
Like Christmas, BlizzCon is arriving earlier every year. Yes, the actual convention doesn't start until late October, but there's a pre-show kickoff event taking...
Final Fantasy XI’s September patch lets you make your most powerful weapons even stronger
You've mastered your job in Final Fantasy XI. You have your most powerful weapons in hand. You are decked out in powerful gear. What...
China’s delays on video game licenses may last another 4-6 months
It's been a bit of a rough go for games in China recently; Monster Hunter World was the first massively popular game we watched...
WildStar fans start a petition to urge NCsoft to save the game
Ninety-two days, folks. That's how long some City of Heroes fans stood with their signs and their drums on the steps of Paragon City...
Star Trek Online introduces new versions of two classic ships
The Ambassador-class ship in Star Trek Online is an odd ship, a clear forerunner to the Galaxy-class popularized in The Next Generation that occupies...
Overwatch is headlining this month’s Humble Monthly Bundle
All right, where's the one person on the planet who does not yet have Overwatch? Who is it? Is it you, the person reading...
World of Warcraft’s latest hotfix adjusts all the balance
The latest patch for World of Warcraft has judged the damage of many specs and found it to be either too high or too...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO projects have been unexpectedly easy?
For ages, I dreaded the fact that the perfect rifle for my Hunter's look in World of Warcraft would require running Trial of the...
Path of Exile fixes a solo Delve bug and kicks some players off the ladder
Little bugs can have big ripple effects. Case in point, Path of Exile is knowingly kicking people off of its Delve league leaderboards who...
Pirate101 teases quest finder and expanded inventory as Wizard101 gears up for Empyrea part two
Wizard101 has been getting all the attention lately, what with its 10th birthday party festivities and all, but its younger sibling Pirate101 has plenty...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has had at least a million concurrent players for a year
For all the jokes about another game eating its chicken dinner, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is still doing quite well for itself on Steam. The title...
Former Cryptic employee reveals story of how City of Heroes assets and source code accidentally ended up on players’ computers
Hey, you guys remember that time that City of Heroes accidentally pushed all of the game's assets and source code into a patch, then...
Wisdom of Nym: Why subjobs wouldn’t work with Final Fantasy XIV
I would say that I don't mention my affection for Final Fantasy XI often enough, but the fact is that I mention it a...
Elite Dangerous’ mission server change puts an end to board-flipping (but not table-flipping)
Board-flippers, am I right? Yeah, unless you play Elite Dangerous, you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Basically, if you don't like...
Seed discusses the natural biases of worldbuilding and interaction
Here's a statement that should be rather uncontroversial but might be otherwise: You do not exist in a vacuum. The experiences that have shaped...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Harnkegger Games event list announced, music contest registration open
Lord of the Rings Online's yearly Harnkegger Games are once again upon us, and the player organizers have released the list of this year's...
The Daily Grind: How could WildStar have succeeded?
Let me tell you, the upcoming demise of WildStar has me really and truly heartsick. Flawed as it was, this was a tremendous MMO...
Roblox secures another $150 million in funding
Consider this your regularly scheduled reminder that Roblox makes money and also serves as an attractive investment for making more money. Yes, the company...
Global Chat: Why Wizardry Online’s permadeath was a good idea
Here's an MMO and a feature both long since deceased: Wizardry Online and permadeath. Yet as JVT Workshop argues, it was an underappreciated feature...
EVE Evolved: What could the sale of CCP Games mean for EVE Online?
Just a few days ago, we awoke to news so unexpected that it made me check I hadn't time-traveled to April 1st: EVE Online...
