World of Warcraft’s Alex Afrasiabi on the possibility of faction unification
During BlizzCon 2018, the folks at Blizzard Watch chatted up World of Warcraft Senior Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi to discuss what lies in store for...
Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.45 patch is live with Eureka Pyros and the further adventures of Hildibrand
Let's be blunt: People did not like Eureka Pagos. But Final Fantasy XIV's patch 4.45, live today, pushes the storyline along with role-agnostic customizations...
Guild Wars 2 devs and players raised over $65,000 for charity for Extra Life
It's always heartening to see MMO players band together for a good cause, as the Guild Wars 2 community did for the recent Extra...
Funcom is now working on at least six new games, including a new open-world multiplayer title
Man, just a couple of years ago, there was serious concern that Funcom wouldn't make it another quarter, and now here we are in...
Rend’s new classic and exploration game modes go live on the PTR
The folks at Frostkeep Studios have announced that two new game modes have hit the PTR of their Norse-flavored survival game Rend. The two...
Warframe’s Fortuna drops this week as the community tackles the Solaris United ARG
Last month, Digital Extremes announced that Warframe's next major content update, Fortuna, is going to be hitting the PC version of the game sometime...
Blizzard talks Overwatch’s Echo character, big-screen ambitions, and crossplay potential
Most of the buzz coming out of BlizzCon's Overwatch reveals centered on the new playable bad-girl Ashe, who is totally not just McCree but...
Star Wars: The Old Republic adjusts operations, hypes Jedi Under Siege
Promising a return to a "much regular update cadence," the Star Wars: The Old Republic operations team has some fixes and adjustments in the...
Shroud of the Avatar details continuing work on fishing, teases roleplay content stream
Halloween is over, and you know what that means: Yep, two whole months of Christmas. Shroud of the Avatar is already teasing its winter...
Tencent is expanding draconian ‘healthy gaming’ child blocks across all of its titles
Oof. If you thought RealID was a bad call, point your eyeballs at China, where Tencent has announced it will expand its existing "addiction-prevention"...
Blizzard denies claims that Diablo 4’s reveal was meant to punctuate BlizzCon as ActiBlizz stock plummets
So here's some fuel on the raging dumpster fire that is the Diablo scene right now: Kotaku has sources claiming that Blizzard did indeed...
Path of Exile is indeed launching for PlayStation 4 this December
Let's keep the Path of Exile announcements coming, shall we? Turns out that PlayStation 4 launch rumor wasn't a fluke; it's really happening, and...
Niantic’s Ingress Prime reboot is finally live
It's been almost a year since Niantic announced it was rebooting its classic MMOARG Ingress as Ingress Prime, and today, it's finally here.
As we've...
Elite Dangerous’ player-run Fuel Rats have rescued 50,000 stranded pilots to date
One of the worst things that can happen to a pilot in Elite Dangerous is that you run out of fuel in the deep...
Hearthstone hands out free card packs to celebrate 100 million users
Hearthstone's BlizzCon presence was pretty middle-of-the-road: Blizzard managed not to outright offend anyone, at least, even if some players are a bit grumpy about...
Path of Exile is launching buyable, moddable private leagues this week
Remember how Grinding Gear said it had a bunch of Path of Exile announcements queued up for the next couple of weeks, including the...
Golf MMO Winning Putt is closing down for good in December
Another bummer announcement for MMO players, or at least for MMO players who also like golf: Winning Putt is sunsetting on December 14th. Webzen and...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Legendary progression server, Anor, launches November 8
Score one for MOP's Justin: He noted this morning that SSG has been systematically counting down through Lord of the Rings Online's updates on...
Camelot Unchained continues work on rubble physics, readied weapons, and the crafting UI
You might think that Camelot Unchained would be spending all its beta one time building the game, but no: City State is busy breaking...
Netease talks up Diablo Immortal to Chinese fans and onlookers
While American fans at this weekend's BlizzCon went into full-on meltdown mode, NetEase was also telling Chinese fans about the upcoming Diablo Immortal. It...
