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The next phase of Skyforge's massive guild tournament is hitting the servers on Thursday, December 17th. At that time, the game will wrap up the qualifying stage of its pantheon wars and escalate the conflict with pantheon battles. At the start of these battles, guilds will be assigned territory to defend based on an auction system. How well they do...

It's the most wonderful time of the year -- especially for all those Frostfell lovers out there! EverQuest II's famous winter holiday event is upon us, with a new mission chain and gifts galore. MassivelyOP's MJ is excited to check out the new wonders in the Wonderland Village (and visit Santa Glug, of course!). This year she might even...

Ah, Saturnalia: the Roman winter festival drilled into the heads of Latin students everywhere. It's like Christmas, only with waaaay more gambling and booze. Hi-Rez MOBA SMITE is celebrating the revivified holiday with a number of sales and freebies beginning tomorrow, December 16th, and running through the week. Voice packs are on sale, double experience is on, and you can snag 40...

Today is not a winter's day, nor is it the start of winter days. That's the solstice, which is on December 22nd this year. But it is the start of Wintersday in Guild Wars 2, which is... an extended celebration based upon Christmas festivities, which is also not for another week and change. So the timing is a mess...

You standard, run-of-the-mill, fireball-slinging mage is so played out in MMOs these days. So how about stepping up your game with Vindictus and trying out its latest character, Sylas the Phantom Mage? Vindictus EU added Sylas this past week with its big December patch. Sylas wields a dozen illusionary daggers that can attack as well as protect, causing chaos on...

There's a new goofy (yet informative) video series happening over at Crowfall called Systems Chat. In it, the devs take time to explain how different systems are created and why they're important to the game even if you've never thought about them. In this first video, the team talks about how difficult it is to make a training and advancement...

Marvel Heroes' 54th and final hero of the year, Iron Fist, will be making his way to the live servers later this week, voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch. Gazillion System Designer Anthony Gallegos said that Iron Fist will bring a new take on martial arts in Marvel Heroes: "We have a number of melee fighters in our game, but Iron Fist...

Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Devilian, WoW, WildStar, Landmark, Cube World, and Mytheon, with mailbox questions on multiboxing and MMO monogamy.

Earlier this year, CCP expanded EVE Online's free trial program from 14 to 30 days. Now it looks as though EVE is in for some shrinkage, as the studio is reining back in the length of the default trial. The new plan offers three different trial options. The website trial offers the old standard of 14 days of game time,...

You know how every once in a while, we all wonder why all the different elements of MMORPGs have been spun out into new genres except for pure raiding? Well, Korean studio 1GAMES is here to fill that gap, though it might not be everything you've ever wanted. The game is called 4Force Online, and it's a mobile-bound "raid action adventure game...