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I'm quite sure our readers will remember the class action lawsuit a group of gamers lodged against Trion Worlds way back in 2015 - that one was the one where they accused the ArcheAge publisher of violating consumer laws, falsely advertising a 10% founder perk discount for its cash shop, and breaking California’s illegal-lottery law. As we've covered at...

A few weeks back, a new SWG Legends chef was chatting me up on Discord, asking what were frankly very reasonable questions about some of the nonsense in the game's crafting system. I found myself basically counseling this player to ignore whole schematics and experimentation lines and enhancement tissues that seem like they'd be really important. No, don't bother...

Well, at least this week wasn't boring! While gaming headlines were dominated by the emerging Epic Games lawsuits against Apple and Google over Fortnite and money, the MMO industry brought its A-game, with EVE Echoes going fully live, FFXIV launching Reflections in Crystal, Guild Wars 2 rolling out the Festival of the Four Winds, and Crowfall hitting beta. Plus,...

Less than a week ago, we covered EA's new plan to port EA Access, which was originally part of the EA Origin hodgepodge, over to its new best friend Steam, with a subscription plan of $4.99 monthly ($29.99 annually). At the time, we didn't have a hard date, just late summer, but on Friday, EA narrowed the pool with...

A brand-new game mode is coming to Old School RuneScape with special challenges and special rewards. It's called the Trailblazer League, and you are invited to be a part of it. "In this approximately two-month League, you will start off as a fresh account on a separate game mode locked in Misthalin, where it all originally began," Jagex said. "You...

While Epic Games busies itself taking on some of the biggest digital platforms in the world, it's being sued by a Samson of its own. According to the lawsuit, the problem is the Coral Castle launched as part of Fortnite's recent underwater-centered season. As Polygon notes, it's basically just a cute Atlantis. But "Coral Castle" is actually a real place,...

Star Citizen is having a busy August, what with the release of alpha 3.10 and breaking last year's sales records and all. This week, Cloud Imperium released the Esperia Talon, the previously leaked light fighter, asking as much as $100 for the ship that won't be flyable until December. If that doesn't put you off for some reason, you'll want...

One of the first cross-platform MMORPGs ever just got even more friendly to the free-to-play PC crowd. Sci-fi MMO Vendetta Online announced last night a business model shift that makes the subscription truly optional: Before, PC players had to jump from a trial to a $1 subscription, whereas now they default to freemium as on mobile, meaning they can...

It's always a great feeling when you know you're not alone when facing great challenges in your life -- or in your video games. That world boss might look intimidating, but it doesn't stand a chance when you show up in Blade and Soul with your four best friends and their elite battle skills. "You can’t always get what you...

It will probably not surprise anyone reading this that I do a fair bit of group content in Final Fantasy XIV, and veterans of the game will probably recognize that there are two distinct sorts of groups you get in anything larger than a dungeon. The first is where you have tanks both hanging back, weapons drawn, not wanting...