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It's kind of weird to think about the fact that we just passed the four-year anniversary of the end of an era in Final...

He's big, he's blue, he's erudite, and he has never turned back into a normal human by getting a kiss from a pretty lady....

The ARG surrounding Sombra's reveal in Overwatch was a bit dicey, even if you overlook stuff like players hacking other player accounts out of...

Oh no! The Northern Wolves are coming in Revelation Online! Are you scared? Do you know who the Northern Wolves are? If not, you...

The regular installments of Guild Wars 2's Tyrian Travels feature tell the story of an asura named Vikki and her moa named Momo, and...

So you've finished off the first part of the Redmoon Terror raid in WildStar and dealt with Mordechai Redmoon. That's all good news. The...

Patch 7.1 is just around the corner for World of Warcraft, and it makes me just a little bit anxious. Why? Because the expansion...

You can try to hide from the rest of the galaxy in Star Trek Online, but even though the galaxy is a very large...

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood ought to have be the least interesting announcement possible. It was heavily teased before it actually happened, and we knew that...

Update! Trion has just announced that Starfall Prophecy's open beta will begin in just a week on October 13th! Looking for a vacation spot for...

These days, it might feel as if Blizzard is all about one very specific game that involves worlds, wars, and angry things on fire....

The story of the journey through Alexander in Final Fantasy XIV has involved a fair amount of mucking about with time, but it's time...

I've now made my way through all of the zones in World of Warcraft: Legion twice. There's something to be written about that, which...

It's important to remember that Crowfall takes place in a fantasy world with fantastical creatures. Sure, there are sieges and politics to consider, but...

The Occultist in Revelation Online is a complicated sort. Sure, a given Occultist is capable of delivering devastating ranged attacks, because what's life without...

The story of Guild Wars 2 is not always about elder dragons, wars, betrayal, and grinding Masteries. Sometimes, it's just the story of an...

Deep within his lair off of Parna's Coast, the demon Ienos is chilling and lamenting how few people come over to his home. He...

There are a whole lot of different settings that have been explored over time in the tabletop version of Dungeons & Dragons, but Dungeons...

One of the things that bothered me about Warlords of Draenor was how bad it felt to play. It was unexpected. I don't inherently...

Four out of the five big new zones in Legion can be entered at any level and will scale up or down appropriately. But...