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The next episode's worth of content is coming soon to Phantasy Star Online 2 as Episode 5 has been confirmed for a release date of Wednesday, September 30th, bringing with it a level cap raise to 90, new ARKS missions and areas to explore, new enemy types, new quest types with new rewards, new seasonal events, new Alliance Quarters,...

We return now to the confusing story of Echo of Soul, which as we've previously chronicled has at least a million versions and has sunsetted them approximately half of them. The one relevant today is the version run by Blue Potion Games on Steam, which never actually launched out of early access but is apparently closing now in favor...

Eleventh hour adjustments are being made to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' PvP scene in response to a whole lot of player concerns over the upcoming expansion's competitive scene. Blizzard's main focus in this department is to adjust Conquest gear so that all of it includes the versitality stat. "The result of these changes should be that a majority of the...

Expect everyone in the gaming world to be a bit console-crazy this week -- and console-insane come November. Not only is Microsoft launching the Xbox Series X on November 10th, but now we know that Sony is releasing the PlayStation 5 two days later on November 12th. Sony's PlayStation 5 will come in two editions: a $500 standard edition and...

At one point, I was tossing an idea around for a Perfect Ten column about a Kickstarter drinking game. It didn't go anywhere, ultimately (it wasn't very funny), but it did touch on the point of repeated MMO developer promises, which I think we can agree is most certainly not limited to cash shops because you see it in...

Massively OP's Larry and MJ are still out to learn the secrets of -- and sabotage -- The Shroud, but their real focus is on collecting all the droids in SWTOR! Who wants to pass up an achievement? The duo continues their quest by infiltrating transport station number five on Taris. Join us live at 8:00 p.m. for your...

Surprising absolutely no one, Final Fantasy XVI is going to happen! Yes, it turns out Square-Enix is continuing its flagship series, we're all shocked. The reveal today took the form of a four-minute trailer for the game along with a blog post on the official PlayStation site, announcing the game in the words of director Hiroshi Takai and producer......

EVE Online has lots going on this week, from patches to policies to drama. Let's dig in: First, this week's patch, Depths of the Abyss, is fully live now, with perks for people on both ends of the PvE spectrum. The new tier 0 abyssal deadspace should help newer players ease into the mechanics, but tier 6 is meant...

It's another week of updates for Old School RuneScape and another gaggle of included adjustments based on Poll 72's results. That all might sound like a complaint, but it's hard to really balk at weekly updates of things that players voted to have added. This week we're seeing some improvements to Agility Courses, a new Agility shortcut in Gu-Tanoth,...

Players of TERA on console that have an awakened class are going to want to pay attention to the latest update's patch notes because things are a-changin'. This patch has introduced some balance adjustments and improvements to awakened classes, affecting every single class in the game to varying degrees, though the most numerous are applied to Gunners and Brawlers. In...