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Final Fantasy XIV previews the Weeping City and the Final Steps of Faith
The story of Final Fantasy XIV's current expansion began on the Steps of Faith that lead into Ishgard, marking the start of a journey...
Star Trek Online previews the missions of the 23rd century and its console UI
When Star Trek Online goes back in time to the era of the original series, players are going to have plenty of temporal antics...
Get a quick rundown of the lore relationships in Overwatch
With 21 characters, 12 maps, and 0 actual in-game story, it can occasionally be difficult to place what's happening in Overwatch within the context...
The first Warcraft movie reviews are in, and they’re not good
It may be that you were still holding on to some hope somewhere in your mind that Warcraft was going to be a good...
Final Fantasy XIV’s live letter reveals more about patch 3.3
The next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV is arriving on June 7th, and just like other patches, it's bringing quite a lot of...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the story and dungeons of patch 3.3
The Dragonsong War is coming to a close, but it will not do so without more blood shed. Final Fantasy XIV players have been...
Heroes of the Storm offers up a Chromie trailer
The majority of the Bronze Dragonflight is somewhat aloof and mysterious, as befits an entire group of dragons perpetually mucking about in the timestream....
Scotty joins Star Trek Online’s Agents of Yesterday expansion
Montgomery Scott casts a long shadow over pop culture in general; if you've ever played a game in which the engineer spoke with a...
Heroes of the Storm previews its upcoming Chromie, Medivh, and hero skins
If you feel like Heroes of the Storm is lacking in powerful spellcasters, your reasoning isn't particularly solid, but you can take heart in...
Star Trek Online announces its third expansion: Agents of Yesterday
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starships named Enterprise. Their continuing missions have been to explore strange new worlds, to...
Neverwinter launches The Maze Engine on Xbox One today
You probably should not taunt anyone who has access to something called a "Maze Engine." At a quick glance at the name, it sounds...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s first patch 3.3 live letter
I don't know why, but I was kind of surprised by the sheer volume of discussion about Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.3 in the...
Former City of Heroes developers fill out the game’s annual lore reveal
There are going to be two potential reactions to the yearly set of lore reveals from former City of Heroes developers Matt Miller and...
An EVE Online television show is in the works
MMOs and television series might not seem like two tastes that go great together, but it makes more than a little sense for EVE...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s missing Midgardsormr
What is Midgardsormr doing?
The lord of the wyrms played a major role in the end of the 2.x story series in Final Fantasy XIV,...
EverQuest II shows off the upcoming Scourge Keep raid
Back in the day in EverQuest II, Deathfist Citadel was the home of the Deathfist orc clan, and players went ahead and stormed the...
Star Wars: The Old Republic launches Visions in the Dark with its latest update
Are you of the mind that Emperor Valkorion in Star Wars: The Old Republic is an enormous jerk, or are you more in the...
Ree Soesbee answers Guild Wars 2 lore questions about races and dragons
With all of the different races in Guild Wars 2, it has to be wondered how so many of them were unknown to humans...
Star Citizen’s latest Around the Verse covers the parts of the game and the availability of ships
If you're eagerly awaiting Star Citizen's next major version update, you can take heart that it's on its way. The latest issue of Around...
Guild Wars 2’s Mike O’Brien promises improvements for WvW play
If you haven't done any raiding in Guild Wars 2, you also haven't seen any of the story involved in the game's raiding scene....
