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Elder Scrolls Online has posted the final Orsinium guide to its website. Today's blurb focuses on the solo-challenge Maelstrom Arena, which is a progressive instance located in the mountains of northeastern Wrothgar. Getting there is as easy as traveling to Orsinium and then to the arena's icon on the map. Inside you'll find nine arenas, each with a different theme,...

Who wants some cool stuff? No, MassivelyOP's MJ is not quitting Wizard101; in fact, she's pretty excited to dive back in and play with KingsIsle’s community manager. But she does have some of the new Jewel Crafter’s Bundles that are themed after the new Jewel Crafting system to give away. Each bundle contains: a Bountiful Mine housing item (that you can...

Do you often find yourself bemoaning the carebear environment of current MMOs and missing the "good old days" of unrelenting player killing across virtual worlds? Then one new Russian title might be your savior: Sphere 3: Enchanted World. The latest in the Sphere series, which stretches back to 2000, Sphere 3 presents widespread PvP, an "unforgiving but fair" PK system,...

The funny thing about World of Warcraft - and I should note here that I'm using "funny" in this case as a synonym for "odd" rather than "hilarious" - is that the game has been around long enough to make a lot of design mistakes, fix those mistakes, and then make those same design mistakes again. I find the...

October 26th is the premiere date for the new Supergirl television series on CBS. That's good news for fans of Kara Zor-El, definitely, but what about her fans in DC Universe Online? Unlike other games, this renewed focus on the character can't just be added into the game via an unlockable skin... or can it? Apparently it totally can. All...

The generally excellent Extra Credits series occasionally touches on MMORPGs and their various systems has a pair of new videos out that might be of interest to you. The first explores Bartle's Taxonomy, which you might know as Bartle's Test or Bartle's Gamer Types. The video traces how Bartle came up with the categories and how those categories define how...

When the path system was first revealed close to WildStar's initial announcement, it was presented as a major tentpole of the game to set it apart from the rest of the MMO pack. Somewhat loosely based on Bartle's gaming types, paths were to add a customized dimension to a person's play experience. Originally, you weren't going to be just a class...

Civil War reenactors might have a new type of outlet if a current Kickstarter project has anything to say about it. A game that's been in development for three years, War of Rights is aiming to create a multiplayer-only simulation of the Maryland campaign of 1862. Players will take on the role of infantry, artillery, and calvary as they fight around...

Like so many other games in this season, Dungeons & Dragons Online is running an event celebrating the macabre, the scary, the spooky, and pretty much anything that can be festooned with spiders. It's that time of year, after all. Players can earn a variety of different rewards in the Night Revels event, and the official guide will help...

In January of last year, Funcom was subject to a raid by Økokrim, the Norwegian agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting financial crimes. The company complied with the investigation, and the long-delayed penalty of that particular incident has come to light, with the beleaguered company ordered to pay a fine of 1,500,000 kroner due to promises and statements made...