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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen lands $2.4M in funding and elaborates on its death mechanics
The latest newsletter out of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has some pretty important news to share with its fans on both a game...
New World’s July 22 server merging will see some regions collapse into a single server
The New World is beginning to shrink once again, at least as far as its regional servers are concerned. Amazon Games put out a...
Here’s what to expect from tomorrow’s Lost Ark Spells in Spades update
The next major content update for Lost Ark is heading to players tomorrow, July 20th, but that doesn't mean that Amazon Games isn't ready...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s S1E3 Clockwork Chaos
Ask veteran MMO gamers who the star of Guild Wars 2's first living world season was, and you're not likely to hear names like...
Star Wars The Old Republic plans next update for August 2, bids farewell to Creative Director Charles Boyd
It's a bit of good news and bad news for Star Wars: The Old Republic fans. We'll start with the good news: Update 7.1...
The Soapbox: WoW’s talent trees don’t deserve your nostalgia
As World of Warcraft's Dragonflight expansion marches into alpha testing, we're getting more glimpses at its new/old talent system, which harkens back to the...
TennoCon 2022: Digital Extremes announces new fantasy MMO Soulframe
Warframe is a undeniably a sci-fi game. Players are even referred to as Space Ninjas. But what would happen if it turned fantasy? We...
TennoCon 2022: Mount up and delve deep into Warframe’s Duviri Paradox
The path of a paradox is not a straight line. At the close of the 2019 TennoLive broadcast, Warframe players saw their first glimpse...
Lord of the Rings Online producer leaves Standing Stone Games after a little over a year
The Lord of the Rings Online community was shocked this weekend to learn that Oleg Brodskiy, more commonly known as "Raninia" on the site,...
WoW Factor: Dragonflight’s talent trees don’t feel like a speedrun slam dunk
So we've seen some of the talent trees being unveiled for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight at this point. Five of the 12 extant classes...
World of Warcraft Dragonflight begins its first alpha test, previews the Azure Span and crafting updates
World of Warcraft has taken its very first step in bringing Dragonflight to the wider world. Today begins the expansion's very first alpha test...
Vague Patch Notes: Yes, sandbox MMOs need tutorials and guidance, too
I'm going to make some sandbox fans a little miffed right here with my opening premise. Yes, your sandbox MMO needs tutorials and probably...
The Soapbox: Fallout 76 absolutely needs better social tools to thrive
Unpopular opinion time: I have to say that Fallout 76... is kind of a great game right now. I know that the launch and...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What could Guild Wars 2’s fourth expansion be about?
Ever since ArenaNet's studio leadership came out early in the year and confirmed that planning has begun on a fourth expansion, players have no...
Blizzard shifts Heroes of the Storm into maintenance mode, gives lizards to all
Quick: What's the one live service Blizzard game that nobody ever talks about, thinks about, or apparently plays? The correct answer is, of course,...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO’s PvP game worth salvaging?
The funny thing about Lord of the Rings Online's PvP scene is that I truly believe most players are either unaware or uncaring that...
Wisdom of Nym: Why the Final Fantasy XIV billboard was a terrible idea
Every so often you run across something that makes you want to slam your head against a wall out of sheer, unadulterated bafflement. "What...
Skull and Bones is set to board your brain and plunder your heart this November
To say that Ubisoft's Skull and Bones has been a long time in the coming is putting it mildly. The age of piracy naval...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that have fallen to the dark side of cryptocurrency
Here's an interesting point that's worth considering: For all the talk about cryptocurrencies, NFTs, the metaverse, and other Web3 buzzwords being the future of...
Why I Play: What keeps me coming back to The Secret World
Now and then I'll allude to being the weirdo who's still playing The Secret World -- not Secret World Legends, but the original. I've...