Jagex attributes lag spikes during Old School RuneScape’s Deadman finals to ‘direct network attacks’
Over the past three weeks, Old School RuneScape has been running its Deadman Reborn PvP competition, which hit its zenith this past Friday with...
Final Fantasy XIV details the process of deprecating belts ahead of its next expansion
Final Fantasy XIV is going to remove your belt. Not like that; get your mind out of the gutter. The game is removing belts...
Activision-Blizzard is now being investigated by four state and federal regulators as its top legal VP departs
Yesterday, we covered the news that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is now investigating Activision-Blizzard in the wake of its ongoing sexual harassment...
Corepunk adds Diablo-style loot piñatas to its gameplay world
If you've been craving the sweet-and-salty combination of Orcs and high-tech gadgets, the wait for Corepunk must be agonizing. And while it was a...
The Daily Grind: Is Blizzard right to ‘desexualize’ art in World of Warcraft?
Last week, there was a big social media hubbub over World of Warcraft, as Blizzard quietly changed out a pair of obscure paintings in...
Niantic is shutting down Catan: World Explorers after a lackluster early access run
Not everything Niantic touches turns to gold -- or becomes an instant hit. Case in point, Catan: World Explorers has been kind of a...
Wild Terra 2 adds over 25 new peaceful skills, plans to open Plague Island seasonal content October 14
Wild Terra 2 would like players to both enjoy new peaceful skills and prepare for Plague Island. Both of these things sound diametrically opposed...
The feds are now investigating Activision-Blizzard as the SEC subpoenas execs including Bobby Kotick
Early on in our coverage of the Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit scandal, we noted that the company's response took some ineffective swipes...
Uncharted Waters Online hopes to boost visibility with its ‘first’ official trailer
It's safe to say that Uncharted Waters Online isn't the name that's on every MMO player's lips. The quirky seafaring title has labored in...
MapleStory M adds the Dual Blade class and the Victoria Road region in recent patch
If your MMO doesn't have a character that can expertly wave two bladed weapons about with precision, guile, and agility, then what are you...
SEED shares blogs about multiplayer appointments, economy, Seedling interactions, and horrifying mutations
Well, I did it to myself. Last time I reported on SEED, I remarked with surprise that the devs at Klang Games only kicked...
EVE Online players speculate at least 110K players are subscribed based on the August economic report
Last month we reported on some number crunching done by a Redditor that took a stat from EVE Online's July economic report to tease...
Fight or Kite: Spellbreak’s wizardry battles wage on with new content
It’s been a hot minute since I spent any time playing Spellbreak. When it first launched, it was a nice part of my nightly...
World of Warcraft makes the Ignore function account-wide in patch 9.1.5
So let's say you ignore someone on World of Warcraft with the poetic name of Clownfart. This is probably a sensible reaction just to the...
Wisdom of Nym: Reactions to Final Fantasy XIV’s job changes from the live letter
One of the things that excites me every time about Final Fantasy XIV is the way that the game can tell you up-front exactly...
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning finally adds capital cities that Mythic axed
So a little Warhammer Online history lesson for you today: Originally when Mythic Entertainment was developing the game, it had plans to include up...
TitanReach plans its comeback after suddenly receiving full funding from a mysterious benefactor
Apparently, some beneficent soul descended upon Square Root Studios' TitanReach and saw fit to bring the game back up from the dead. After the...
The Elder Scrolls Online is getting new Nvidia anti-aliasing tech in Update 32
When Update 32 of Elder Scrolls Online goes live, it's not only going to be bringing changes to combat to address power creep, it...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs with simply too much to do?
MMO blogger Bhagpuss recently penned a solid article about his time in Guild Wars 2, arguing in part that the game's problem isn't that...
MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls, End of Dragons, and Endwalker
Guild Wars 2 continued its rollout of major End of Dragons reveals this past week, including three new elite specs as we head into...
