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EVE Fanfest 2022: EVE Online puts spreadsheets in your spreadsheets
While EVE Online's nickname of "spreadsheets in space" was intended as a joke, the developers behind the game are really leaning into it. CEO...
Wandering Wraeclast: Pets pounce into Path of Exile’s new Sentinel league
Two things I absolutely love in games are housing and pets. And having both just makes a game better! Path of Exile already has...
Jack Emmert is apparently leading a new NetEase studio – and not Daybreak’s Marvel MMO
So remember how Jack Emmert, the former Cryptic Studios boss, had moved over to Daybreak in 2016, where he was heading up Dimensional Ink,...
Blizzard announces Warcraft Arclight Rumble, a new strategy game for mobile devices
Had you forgotten that today was the reveal of Blizzard's upcoming Warcraft mobile game? Well it's here now. Warcraft Arclight Rumble is its name, and strategic...
The Game Archaeologist: Six cancelled MMOs that I wish had launched
In my lengthy tenure writing The Game Archaeologist -- which dates back to May 2010, if you can believe it -- I've covered MMOs...
Rumor: Leakers claim Elder Scrolls Online’s ZOS is working on a Star Wars Mandalorian MMO
Is Elder Scrolls Online's ZeniMax Online Studios working on a new Star Wars MMO? Well, that's what the rumor mill is claiming. Comicbook Gaming...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six reasons why now is a great time to return to LOTRO
When you greatly love a game, franchise, or IP, there's nothing so heartwarming as to see it get a renaissance. In a world where...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2022: Revenues plummet, Blizzard loses another 2M players
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials.
As of this morning, we have Q1's results, comprising January, February, and March 2022, a...
EVE Online is hiking its sub price to almost $20 – and the price of PLEX is going up too
RuneScape isn't the only major MMORPG announcing a price hike this month: CCP Games just told players that it's raising EVE Online's subscription fees.
"To...
Tamriel Infinium: A look back at Elder Scrolls Online’s Blackwood
Now that we're firmly entrenched in the year of High Isle and the legacy of the Bretons, it almost seems archaic to jump back...
Stick and Rudder: Using No Man’s Sky Outlaws as a way to fill the space sandbox void
Hello Games just keeps on proving itself over and over again. That's been the overall reaction whenever No Man's Sky makes an update from...
First impressions of Lost Ark’s new Battle for the Throne of Chaos update
While I have to admit that my playtime in Lost Ark has waned a bit in light of a bunch of other games capturing...
WoW Factor: Good job torching Wrath of the Lich King Classic, my dudes!
All right, this is... actually just hilarious to me. Like, seriously, I caught this particular detail after I'd already finished writing my initial reaction...
Lord of the Rings Online rolls the servers back after a day of downtime following anniversary patch
(We've updated with the latest rollback info at the end.)
What was set up to be an amazing day for Lord of the Rings Online...
WoW Factor: Initial thoughts on the World of Warcraft Dragonflight reveal
First things first, I want to clarify something: This is being dubbed an early response to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight because... well, it's a new...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored Living World S1E1 Flame and Frost
Where were you nine years ago? I don't know about you, but my life looked very different in 2013 when Guild Wars 2 first...
TERA’s PC version will sunset in June as Bluehole ceases work on the game
Today is the day that TERA's Japanese servers sunset... and unfortunately, the day heralds bad news for the rest of TERA's PC playerbase in...
World of Warcraft’s next expansion is called Dragonflight, WoW Classic Wrath launches this year
(We're updating with the big announcements at the end of this post.)
Today's the day, folks: As promised, Blizzard will be taking the wraps off...
Wisdom of Nym: Why can’t Final Fantasy XIV solve its housing problem?
Here is a column topic that I am tired of writing about. But once again, it is necessary.
So Final Fantasy XIV had its first...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV Newfound Adventure’s content
I'm not going to lie: I don't like having to wait for my tribal quests. I recognize that might seem more than a little...