Skyforge’s Witch blends damage and crowd control
Skyforge has updated its website with an in-depth look at the Witch. It's an advanced class that is described as a skilled manipulator and able to traverse the battlefield while "bending all combants" to its will. Witches have a low health pool, but they make up for that with high mobility and effective crowd control abilities.
The Witch's default curse...
Get your first look at Wizard101’s Polaris
Polaris has been officially confirmed to be the next world that Wizard101 players will visit, and eager fans were able to get a sneak peek into the new area during last week's developer livestream.
The world looks to be a weird mix of winter, Russia, World War II-era motifs, and penguins. Er, sorry, "Pingouins." While there is no set date...
Blade & Soul’s Destroyer wields a giant axe, generates low threat
It's Destroyer week on the Blade & Soul website, which means that there is plenty of new class-specific stuff to read. The Destroyer is designed for people who want to wade into the thick of every front line fight, as well as people who like battle axes that are larger than the character wielding them. Destroyers can "grab their...
Take a look at EverQuest II’s City of Maldura zone preview
Fantasy cities manage to have far more intense problems than real-world cities. Sure, there are plenty of real-world cities with crime problems, but how many of those cities have had to seal off entire portions of the city and let the criminals run rampant? Other than Detroit, that is. The point here is that the underground city Maldura has...
Sword and Bored: World clipping
Mo falls through the cracks in the world and struggles to save himself from his MMO.
Guild Wars 2 runs down last-minute expansion launch details
ArenaNet Game Director Colin Johanson had a few words to share today to prepare the Guild Wars 2 community for this week's Heart of Thorns launch.
In the post, Johanson covered four quick topics. The first was to inform the community that the expansion would launch with a mix of guild mission types, after which guilds could pick what type...
Worlds Adrift developers offer up a half-hour developer walkthrough
11When you have a sprawling game like Worlds Adrift, it can be hard to know where you're supposed to start playing. That's where walkthrough videos like the one below can be quite handy, providing potential players with an idea of what the game is supposed to be like and how players will likely be playing. Not to mention half...
EA denies Origin account database breach
Hackers may have illegally accessed Origin's user databases, which may mean those of you with Star Wars: The Old Republic accounts or any other EA-related accounts should be wary.
CSO Online reports that incomplete data relating to approximately 600 Origin accounts have surfaced on Pastebin. EA, however, has thus far denied an account database breach:
At this point, we have no indication that...
Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s healers
One of the damage dealers in the party can't stay out of damaging effects because moving interrupts his casts, and he thinks finishing a cast is more important than not getting killed. The other DPS seems to think that she's winning if she can pull threat off of the tank, usually by pulling groups that the tank hasn't even...
Classic Darkfall project continues license negotiations, plans alpha test
A volunteer-led effort to restore the original version of Darkfall is moving forward as unspecified negotiations with Aventurine continue.
The Darkfall: Rise of Agon team announced that it will be self-funding the licensing costs while looking to the community for donations for the game's development and operation. The alpha test will take place over four to eight weeks and be completely free to players,...