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Wisdom of Nym: Thoughts on the end of Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.x story
So now we've gotten the ending. And... gosh, sometimes these patches really do not merit splitting up, which is kind of the case for Final Fantasy...
Crowfall details the random encounters players will have with War Tribes
The point of the various time-limited worlds in Crowfall is, in part, that players are fighting for victory in the remnants of dying worlds. These...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for the third expansion with patch 4.56
We know that the third expansion of Final Fantasy XIV is sending us into the Light-suffused First, a chance for us to do our best...
FFXIV Fan Festival Tokyo 2019: Liveblog of the opening keynote
Here we are at long last. If you're anything like me, you've been looking forward to this event since Final Fantasy XIV first delivered...
Final Fantasy XIV updates its official preview site for the release of patch 4.56
The hour fast approaches to conclude the Stormblood story and lead into Shadowbringers in Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately for fans eagerly awaiting this conclusion, that hour does...
Overwatch explores the lore and mechanics behind Baptiste before his live release
Good news, Baptiste fans, the new healer is going to be deployed to Overwatch's live servers within the next couple of weeks according to the...
Neverwinter shows off some of the beasties of the Undermountain
If you're familiar with the history of Dungeons & Dragons, you probably have some idea of the creatures you'll encounter in Neverwinter's trip to...
First impressions of BioWare’s Anthem, a flawed piece of work with good bones
I'm not quite sure whether Anthem is a mediocre game that I want to be better than it is, a bad game that I enjoy,...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s creative director talks about the characters of Jedi Under Siege
The latest update for Star Wars: The Old Republic brought a lot of characters around. It brought major characters back, it brought new characters into...
Guild Wars 2 developers discuss the big dramatic ending of the latest Living World episode
Who likes big surprises in video game stories? All right, now who likes having those big dramatic moments spoiled ahead of time? If the...
Star Trek Online prepares for new featured episodes in Mirror of Discovery
The Mirror Universe is exactly like the main universe in Star Trek Online, except it's all evil. You might think that would provide a fairly...
Overwatch releases a new short story and confirms that yes, Soldier 76 is gay
Poor Ana, she got a bit short-sold on her own short story. Yes, Overwatch's healing sniper gets her own bit of short fiction, but...
Anthem shows off a full mission in a new video
If you're still relying on secondhand glances at Anthem to figure out if the game is something you'd like to play, here's a big eyeful...
EverQuest previews the city of Mearatas in the upcoming Burning Lands expansion
Let's get real here, the duende in The Burning Lands expansion for EverQuest are not happy to have mortals around. They certainly don't want...
Final Fantasy XIV details the sculpting of Yiazmat
The Return to Ivalice raid series is ending in patch 4.5, but Final Fantasy XIV players still have more time to catch up on all...
Hellion patches in a storyline with the Rude Awakening update
Sure, you might have been surviving in Hellion up to this point, but you weren't doing so for a specific reason. You didn't yet have...
World of Warcraft on stumbling into a woman-dominated cast for Battle for Azeroth
If you hadn't noticed, the cast of this particular World of Warcraft expansion is pretty heavy on the leading ladies. Sylvanas, Jaina, Talanji of...
Blizzard talks up ‘meaningful choices’ in World of Warcraft’s story
Did you still have any hopes about the story of World of Warcraft in this expansion? Did you think the writers would somehow pull...
Wisdom of Nym: How many antagonistic sides do we have in Final Fantasy XIV?
One of my favorite moments from Order of the Stick (which is excellent anyhow) is when one of the villains makes it clear to...
The Daily Grind: What wildly implausible settings would you like for an MMO?
If you had told me before it happened that we would get an MMO based on the works of Tad Williams, I wouldn't have...
