Massively Overpowered

When Trove leaves its beta label behind later this week, there will be players jumping in with no idea how the game is supposed to operate. That's a given. Thus, it's to the game's credit that a new walkthrough has been posted on the official site detailing what players can expect from the first five hours in the game....

The first of two July patches for EVE Online is rolling out today, with Aegis part 1 unloading an array of changes and features onto the server. The patch is a hodge-podge of smaller items, including environmental improvements, missile buffs, a redesign for the Cerberus, better Amarr NPC AI, dozens of additonal ship SKINs, and the new Hecate tactical destroyer. Coming...

I am forever on the fence about gated content. One day I'll find myself championing the idea that veteran, loyal players should have access to content that is meant for them and only them. The next day, I'll remember that preventing players from being able to play with their friends is wrong, too. It's wrong because when you design an MMORPG,...

It's been a little while since Guild Wars 2 revealed another of the elite specializations coming to the game with Heart of Thorns, and players with as-yet unrevealed elite specializations are getting understandably anxious. The good news on that front is that Engineer players have a bit more to speculate about now. Datamining has uncovered several new drone designs...

In a new interview at a German Crowfall community fan site, ArtCraft's J. Todd Coleman fielded several pressing questions for European audiences, including how many backers are from the continent. While Coleman couldn't break it down into regions, he did say that 31.8% of Kickstarter backers came from outside North America and an addition 30% of website donors were from the...

"We welcome you to break our servers." This tongue-in-cheek invitation comes from the Skyforge devs who are running one final pre-open beta test designed to load the servers and see if the tech will handle the upcoming strain. The test, which is open to any and all, is currently running and will conclude with a total wipe tomorrow morning at...

Do you want to get angry? Do you already feel pretty angry? Do you feel so angry that you want other people to hit you in the face just because you're so angry? Then you'll be very happy with TERA's latest update, Go Berserk, with its headlining feature that allows Berserkers to become front-line tanks. If you want to...

It turns out that you can bring the Black Market Auction House to your very own Garrison in World of Warcraft if you so choose, thus giving you even fewer reasons to ever leave the Garrison for any reason whatsoever. It's also possible that you forgot the BMAH even exists, which is one of the answers on a new...

Yesterday, Final Fantasy XIV previewed Alexander; today, the game has patched it in. That's a pretty aggressive patching schedule even with the game's reputation of huge patched content. Not that this was exactly news, as players knew that the first weekly lockout for the expansion would be patched in after two weeks had passed. The first parts of the dungeon...

Story is a polarizing word to MMO players: Either you love it or hate it, or maybe you just think it stinks or isn't worth the money -- yet. Today's Daily Grind, posed to us by Kickstarter donor Spagomat, asks you to put aside your grievances with the idea of story and decide... What's the best told storyline (not overall...