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All the way back in 1996, Bethesda introduced an interesting feature with its second Elder Scrolls RPG. Daggerfall included "spellcrafting," a system that allowed players to modify and combine spells to make new ones. As it sounds, spellcrafting was a very sandboxy feature prone to exploitation, yet it proved to be popular enough to continue through the sequels. When Gold...

When Daybreak dropped producer letters for EverQuest and EverQuest II earlier this month, the MMORPG fanbase immediately started buzzing about the new progression servers on deck - and this week, the studio is beginning to explain a lot more about what players can expect from them. Let's start with EverQuest II, since it's actually gunning for the Origins server beta...

Yesterday saw Frontier Developments enrage the Elite: Dangerous playerbase when it announced plans to sell pre-built ship bundles in its cash shop, with many players calling the move tantamount to pay-to-win. Shortly after that reveal, Frontier posted a follow-up explainer that gave complete details about two of these upcoming cash shop bundles. The two pre-built ship bundles that were shown...

Believe it or not, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the original City of Heroes - and naturally, the officially licensed Homecoming-branded City of Heroes servers are planning a fitting celebration. Didn't you just love reading the words "officially licensed" just now? Same, my friends. Same. Beginning on April 30th, the game worlds will begin spawning...

The Fallout franchise really is taking the world by storm this month, largely thanks to the super-successful Amazon Prime series (which already has been renewed for a second season). And since a rising tide lifts all boats, the popularity of the TV show has given new life to all of the Fallout games, with Fallout 76 and Fallout 4...

I'm sorry to report this morning that the western version of ArcheAge is apparently shutting down: While we were sleeping, Kakao announced that it will sunset its ArcheAge servers come June 27th, 2024. Its final content update rolls out today as the Discord is locked to new participants. "After discussing the performance of ArcheAge with XL Games at length, we...

Considering the fact that every MMORPG is in a war of content basically forever, I say it makes sense that they would embrace level scaling to some extent. From syncing people to lower levels for quests or specific experiences to just changing the whole world to sync with your level, it's harder to find a game that doesn't make...

Last time, Massively OP's Larry managed to wiggle his way out of his second Party Animals showing (unintentionally, he insists!). MJ and Chris won't be letting him get away this time. No, they must fully indoctrinate him in the art of plushy warfare. Indoctrination via weaponry. Sounds totally legit, right? Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. as this trio...

As most people have now noticed, Fortnite has made some pretty sweeping changes, from a survival shooter to battle royale to a place where live events happened, right up to its most recent transformation into a platform of new games and different bespoke experiences. If you happen to be among those left wondering just what the heck happened to...

The new and the next are once more available to Sea of Thieves fans in moving pictures form, as the sandbox's latest news digest video provides a look at what's coming for the final parts of April, discusses the pre-order beta woes on PS5, and grants a look ahead at updates coming later this spring. The video begins with a...