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We are at that weird point in our insane timeline where Electronic Arts ends up looking like the good guy and Valve doesn't. EA announced on Twitter that its EA Play Live digital event will be rescheduled to Thursday, June 18th, in order to make way for "important conversations taking place and important voices being heard around the world right...

A couple of months ago, I read a post on the Nomadic Gamers, Eh! blog where Stargrace begins her post talking about multboxing in World of Warcraft. And I don't just mean a little bit of multiboxing; I mean eight accounts. As she notes, she was making tons of gold but not really having fun. "onestly I’m just much...

This week, the news across the US and the world focused on the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement, and gaming joined in the chorus, as multiple studios pledged solidarity with protesters and postponed events to clear the way for activism. On the MMO front, we reminisced over WildStar and Marvel Heroes, got caught up with Black Desert's next big thing,...

If you thought Destiny 2 might be the game to challenge Fortnite's supposed "metaverse" status, well, we're sorry to disappoint you on... basically every level. This weekend, Bungie ran its own sort of live event yesterday afternoon, as the warmind clashed with the big bad spaceship. Unfortunately, it took something on the order of 90 minutes to actually unfold. https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/gy9bqw/tried_to_get_a_time_lapse_of_the_almighty/ Meanwhile,...

Have you completely forgotten that Granado Espada -- also called Sword of the New World -- still exists? It does, and in fact, the European version just added a new server this past week! The opening of the Jilberto server came with lots of events, some of which are still going on through the end of the month. And this...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite Dangerous formally announced the Odyssey expansion coming in 2021, which will put players on the ground, literally, as they get their space legs and can wander around planets unfettered from their ships. The downside, though, is that the expansion won't include base building or VR compatibility, at least at launch. Meanwhile, we poked our...

As you... may have heard, Phantasy Star Online 2's PC launch was all sorts of horrible, especially from an installation perspective. Belghast over at Tales of the Aggronaut spent a post airing his grievances over the plagued launch, but in all fairness, he also followed that up with several articles about facets of the game that he's discovering and...

Just in case you missed seeing this the other day, Dungeons and Dragons Online is making a huge bulk of its content completely free to everyone who takes the time to log in and grab it. Standing Stone Games posted a code -- DDOfreequests -- that can be used in the game store to unlock 46 quest packs to...

Here's a player housing pro-tip that is useful when striking up a settlement in a risky location: Make a door. A big door. A big door with a lock and that little robot gatekeeper from Return of the Jedi who was rude to C3P0. Because if you don't, you're going to find that the locals are going to solicit...

I've frequently said that Final Fantasy XI influenced a lot of my later feelings on MMOs, and this is also true of the crafting. For those unfamiliar with the game's crafting, it worked like this: First, you looked up a recipe elsewhere. Then, you got the right kind of crystal, the materials, made sure to face in the right direction,...