LOTRO’s insane player Olympics return next week
What do you get when you take a bunch of stubborn and foolhearty Dwarves, get them tanked on ale, and then start boasting about...
WRUP: Anyone could have caught fire edition
Last but not least, I want to close out this meeting by addressing the elephant in the room. Yes, I am your boss, and...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite pop culture reference in an MMO?
I will never be completely sure of it, but I like to think that the "Deep-Toads" of Lord of the Rings Online's Moria are...
Final Fantasy XIV players to host in-game events, charity stream for hurricane relief Saturday
Hat tip to MMO blogger Aywren, who picked up on a Final Fantasy XIV-based Direct Relief charity event "to raise awareness and bolster hurricane...
Betawatch: Worlds Adrift takes criticism and updates free tools (September 8, 2017)
Nobody likes being criticized, ever. But it's a reality of life, and so Worlds Adrift has been taking the feedback from players about the...
Atlas Reactor patches in a new solo mode and a new character
There's a tendency for all of us to claim that it's our teammates holding us back in online games. Any raid leader, for example,...
Star Trek Online launches Season 13.5 for consoles
If you play Star Trek Online on consoles, you probably don't like having to wait for patches while PC players get them faster. But...
Destiny 2’s Curse of Osiris DLC confirmed, Bungie responds to shader controversy
Yesterday, we touched on the controversy brewing in Destiny 2, where Bungie has begun selling one-use consumables dubbed shaders (akin to dyes) - items...
Choose My Adventure: Many kinds of lost in Shroud of the Avatar
One of the first things I did in Shroud of the Avatar was get kind of lost. The last week's activities were largely similar....
Leaderboard: Are you playing Destiny 2?
I was super worried about losing my whole guild to Destiny 2's PC beta last week, but after the beta fling, they're back to...
No, Star Citizen’s 3.0 alpha isn’t ready yet, but here’s how to ‘breathe’ while you wait
3.0 when?
We still don't know. Star Citizen's Eric Kieron Davis begins the latest Around the Verse with a Burndown segment, noting that the team's...
One of the last Asheron’s Call emulators vanished last night
When Asheron's Call shut down last winter following the spinoff of Standing Stone Games from Turbine, one of the few hopes the community had...
Shroud of the Avatar is running another free trial until September 27
Curious about Shroud of the Avatar but not curious enough to drop money on the title first? Now you can try it out and...
TERA brings a roll of the dungeon dice with its next update on September 12
Good luck with the next dungeon arriving in TERA on September 12th. You'll need it, because the new Demon's Wheel dungeon is all about...
Global Chat: Overwatch’s stalled story
With all of the attention, fandom, e-sports, and development given to Blizzard's Overwatch, have you ever suspected that the team shooter has a critical...
Everyone seems to love Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, and it’s not what you think
Are you interested in watching a series about Final Fantasy XIV that's actually about watching two people play the game? You might be surprised....
MMORTS War of Conquest is live on Kickstarter now
Are you eager to form a nation, fight your friends, and wage a war of conquest across the land? Then perhaps you'd like to...
Wild Buster is adding Duke Nukem to its lineup… really
Do you still have a deep emotional attachment to Duke Nukem, the star (ahem) of Duke Nukem Forever and endless memes about games which...
Facebook doubles down on e-sports with Hi-Rez’s Paladins Premier League contract
From FarmVille to VR to e-sports: Facebook is gunning for whatever the kids are into these days.
At least that's the takeaway from Hi-Rez's announcement...
Secret World Legends considers tweaking raid lockout timers
Among the bits and bobs going live in Secret World Legends' update today is a set of raid lockout timers that look positively antiquated...
