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When last we left off, the world was screwed. World of Warcraft: Legion doesn't tell you that you're facing a huge threat, it just...

I sometimes get asked why I don't do more stuff within betas when I have access to them. To answer that, all I can...

Players have clamored for more to do within Karazhan for years, and the good news is that it's finally happening today. The slightly less...

Lore is a big deal to me when I'm playing an MMO. For all the issues I have with Guild Wars 2, it genuinely...

It's something of a tradition now for Final Fantasy XIV to release short fiction around the time of its anniversary. As the third anniversary...

It's less than a week until players get to start exploring the Demon Hunter class in World of Warcraft, ahead of the launch of...

You didn't think that the first venture into the Tomb of Sargeras would be the end for World of Warcraft's audio drama prequel to...

When the end of the world happens, do not worry. It just means that something pretty awesome is about to happen. That's the message of...

There's going to be quite a bit of lore in World of Warcraft to lead up to the release of Legion, but not every...

Time travel is always a mess. In the past, Captain Kirk of the Enterprise brokered peace with the Gorn Hegemony, resulting in a peaceful...

The latest expansion for Aion is now live, allowing players to climb to level 75 and become powerful Archdaevas. Which is a good thing,...

There are going to be spoilers in this column. Let's make this entirely clear. If you read this column without having finished up Final...

Being the Grand Magistrix of Suramar seems like a pretty great gig for the majority of your rule. For one thing, you have power...

One of the central elements of Overwatch is the fact that it's built around the careful, balanced interplay between its 21 characters. Naturally, players...

Today, players will get to go back in time in Star Trek Online. Only for your new characters, it's not actually back in time...

The Tower of Eternity is a big deal in Aion's lore. One could even describe it as the nexus around which the rest of...

The Penguin is opening the Iceberg Lounge in Gotham City. That is... probably not a good thing, but it's still legal. So of course,...

There are a lot of stories in Star Trek Online. Sure, there are the big ongoing story arcs with the Undine, the Iconians, the...

The current expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic has the Sith and the Jedi working together pretty closely, because it's either that or...

The latest Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen newsletter has quite a bit to say about the Shaman. The healing and support-oriented class is meant...