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Check out the trailers for Blade & Soul’s Storm of Arrows, launching September 18
This week, NCsoft quietly announced Storm of Arrows for Blade & Soul, packed with the new Zen Archer class. Players who log in before...
The MOP Up: Dauntless’ Strike Force is all up in your face
Giant monster hunting isn't just a sacred duty of those sworn to protect that one blacksmith and his family, it's also a competition between...
One Shots: All the awesome you can handle
One day when I grow up, I hope to be half as amazing and down-to-earth cool as most of our One Shots community here....
Leaderboard: Do you buy the ‘Grand Daybreak Unification’ theory?
Yesterday, MMO blogger Wilhelm Arcturus of The Ancient Gaming Noob dropped a fun conspiracy theory in the comments of our piece on EVE Online...
Perfect Ten: The fantasy MMO zone atlas
There are, let's face it, a limited number of different ways to design real-adjacent zones in any fantasy game. At the end of the...
Daybreak registers a domain name for its possible splinter studio Rogue Planet Games
While all we've got is registrations and assumptions, it certainly looks like Daybreak Games is moving forward with some form of business plans. Our...
Daybreak previews DC Universe Online’s ‘Metal Part I’ update ahead of its September 12 launch
The last couple of news items to come out of DC Universe Online have been so much about game mechanics that it was almost...
DC Universe Online will be consolidating Artifact Catalysts with Game Update 97
In what appears to be DC Universe Online's continued effort to refine its systems, the devs have unveiled plans to consolidate Artifact Catalysts with...
TERA’s Skywatch: High Stakes update adds mystery merchants and brings back the Demon’s Wheel
Time to push all your chips to the center of the table and gamble big in TERA. Well, gamble big without losing actual money,...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is getting a new mecha-themed class in Japan
Now that Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to North America (really, they mean it this time, until they don't), it feels a little...
DC Universe Online shares plans to adjust weapons and artifacts
The so-called Precision meta needs some work if a dev blog from the folks at DC Universe Online is to be believed. In order...
Blade & Soul patches in its summer event along with several quality-of-life improvements
It's time to celebrate the summer heat in Blade & Soul with the latest patch, as it brings Hongsil's Summer Blast to the game....
Perfect Ten: MMOs that flirted with permadeath
This month, Dungeons and Dragons Online will be venturing where many MMORPGs have feared to tread: into the realm of officially supported permadeath. The...
Hands-on: Neverwinter post-Uprising is a mixed bag for newbies and vets
A long time ago, for a few months after it launched, I was an avid Neverwinter player. I loved its visceral combat, and to...
The MOP Up: Nexon’s Project V4 aims to be the best-looking MMO in your pocket
Nexon gave a preview of Project V4 at a media preview event lately, and this fantasy MMO looks like one of the most shiny...
Blade & Soul kicks off its summer celebration on August 21
All right, someone has to ask this question: Why does Blade & Soul's Hongsil Summer Blast involve collecting ice cubes? Why is that the...
First impressions of DC Universe Online – on the Nintendo Switch
Last week, DC Universe Online became one of the only MMOs on the Nintendo Switch, prompting many gamers to give it a look or...
Battle Bards Episode 150: The great plains
It may not be the most sexy or exotic of biomes, but plains tend to pop up in pretty much every MMORPG — and...
TERA Classic shows off its gameplay in new trailers
Despite the name, TERA Classic is not an intentionally backwards-looking server ruleset; instead, it's a completely separate mobile game by Kakao game that does...
DC Universe Online drops on the Nintendo Switch today with GU96
It's about to be a good day for MMO players who've always wanted to play superheroes on their Nintendo handheld, as DC Universe Online's...