The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal progression rate in an MMO?
One of the things that I like about the original Guild Wars was that leveling was pretty much locked into the same speed from...
WRUP: Is your house robot-proof edition
Is your house robot-proof, dear reader? No. No, it isn't. Of course it isn't! You have never given a single thought to robot-proofing your...
The Daily Grind: What neglected MMO sandbox features do you crave?
Every time I see a new sandbox title cross the news feed, I could probably close my eyes and rattle off a fairly accurate...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained hits the beta crunch (March 4, 2016)
The Camelot Unchained team is in the midst of a hard crunch period to get the game ready for full beta testing. The good...
League of Legends’ next character is an evil world-crushing space dragon
You can read headlines, can't you? League of Legends has released a trailer for its next character. It's a dragon. An evil dragon that...
Guild Wars 2’s Colin Johanson leaves ArenaNet; Mike O’Brien takes over as game director
Game director Colin Johanson has been with ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2 for quite some time now, but nothing lasts forever. New game director...
City of Titans has pubbed video of its ‘functional first pass’ build
City of Heroes-inspired superhero indie MMO City of Titans has hit a major milestone this week: It's created its "first packaged executable that ...
Steam users finally receive notification about Christmas breach
Remember back on Christmas Day, when some folks were opening gifts and others were unwittingly opening the Steam accounts of other users? We do....
Crowfall looks at the early version of the Ranger’s powers
The Ranger is not a ranged character in Crowfall, but she's also not a melee character. She's a hybrid between the two playstyles, able...
This guy won a million bucks from Elder Scrolls Online
ZeniMax has announced the winner of its Elder Scrolls Online Million Reasons to Play giveaway, and it's still not you.
In fact, it's a 30-year-old...
Black Desert drops a minor patch for class balancing
The wait is over for everyone, Black Desert is out and playable, and if you've been looking forward to the game but still aren't...
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content
The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for...
Path of Exile posts Ascendancy patch notes, preps Friday launch
The Ascendancy expansion for Path of Exile is on track to be released on Friday, but what are you supposed to do today? Stare...
Gigantic releases a big (experimental) update today
The beta test for Gigantic is still ongoing despite the financial difficulty of its development studio, but you can't take part in that test...
Paragon’s early access starts on March 18 with Founder’s packs
There have been plenty of tidbits coming out about Paragon lately, but you won't have to rely upon tidbits to get a sense of...
Perfect Ten: Awesome (and unique) MMORPG classes
Class-based systems are one of those holdovers from tabletop RPGs that work surprisingly well in MMOs. I basically put up with class systems in...
ESPN muses on e-sports in Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, WoW
ESPN has a big piece out this week on e-sports in MMOs, chronicling the many (failed) attempts of MMORPGs like World of Warcraft to...
The Daily Grind: Is there anything that could get you to enjoy free-for-all looting PvP?
Some of you out there already like free-for-all PvP in which all of your stuff can be taken by whosoever chooses to kill you...
No Man’s Sky pricing leak rumour sends fans into a tizzy
There's been a huge degree of fascination with indie game No Man's Sky since it stole the show at E3 2014. The game promises seamless exploration of...
Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan on Overwatch’s ranked play philosophy
If you were hoping that the latest development video for Overwatch from game director Jeff Kaplan would reveal the ins and outs of the...
