Lord of the Rings Online previews Rohan housing, re-enables world chat

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Life is starting to get back to normal in the bruised and battered Lord of the Rings Online. Following the server troubles of the past two weeks, SSG has re-enabled the game's chat system and even had time to put out a final ranking of the recent Tournament of the Twins server. But perhaps the most promising sign that the...
And now we're good,yes?

ArcheAge announces The Ipnysh Sanctuary, coming August 13 [Updated]

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ArcheAge is getting another content update in the form of Garden of the Gods: The Ipnysh Sanctuary next month on August 13th. Gamigo's press says players can "score some generous discounts on Garden of the Gods should they choose to purchase one of the most breathtaking expansions in ArcheAge's history." This follows the original Garden of the Gods update...

Riot Games canceled its League of Legends esports partnership with Saudia Arabia after massive backlash

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The League of Legends esports community was set on fire and then partially doused this week thanks to a decision - now rescinded - by Riot Games to partner with Saudi Arabia's controversial Neom project for the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) tournament. Presumably our audience reads the news beyond gaming and is already familiar with the starkly anti-LGBTQ...

The Daily Grind: What’s one thing you love and hate about your favorite MMO?

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Back when I ran youth groups, one question that I liked to kick off our meetings with was to ask the teens what was the absolute best and absolute worst parts of their past week. There's something about examining extremes that gets people talking and sharing, and I hope we can do that today. So today's Daily Grind topic is...
Of course, this is... naturally going to be designed for walking.

Heroes and Villains promises unique narrative features and gameplay that doesn’t revolve around combat

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Oh look at that, it's been roughly over a year since we had a peek in on Heroes and Villains, so here we are once more with a look at the developing City of Heroes successor's weekly update posts which consist of... promises. Lots and lots of promises. Posts from February to current involve a number of thoughts on how...

Dauntless takes a look at the creation of the Thrax Behemoth

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It's purple. It's wiggly. It likes to laugh at you when you're in the fight. It's Thrax, the capstone Behemoth that was added in Dauntless' Call of the Void update, and now the folks at Phoenix Labs are offering fans a closer look at its creation. Much like the video that offered a peek at the creation of Torgadoro, this...

Echo of Soul’s EOS The Blue revamp is open for preregistration, kinda

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Back in June, we covered the news that Echo of Soul was being revitalized by a coterie of game development companies - welcome news, since the game has a long list of sunsets and classic servers and closures in its relatively short history. Anyhow, Blue Potion Games announced this week that it's begun pre-registration for the do-over for the PC...

Fortnite elaborates on the Ventures feature and new missions arriving to Save the World

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With Fortnite effectively putting the kibosh on major new updates, there leaves the one final piece of content which will become the only form of regular content: Ventures, a seasonal feature that takes place in a location known as the Blasted Badlands. This area promises to be full of missions to undertake and modifiers to deal with each season,...
What was best of all was that longing look you gave me.

Path of Exile shares the statistics of seeds in the Harvest league

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A new challenge league has been running in Path of Exile for about four weeks now, and that means it's time to share statistics. Who doesn't like statistics? Statistics are fun. Have a whole bunch of statistics about challenges and seeds dropped! There have been a lot of seeds dropped, with over 3 billion tier 1 seeds dropping and...

The Stream Team: Ready for AdventureQuest 3D’s Ranger

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Massively OP's MJ is back to the land of internet for a short spell, and you know the first things she wants to do is? Battle with a bow, baby! She's more than ready for AQ3D's new Ranger class, and she's heading to meet Robina in Greenguard so she can prove herself worthy of wielding a bow. Join us...