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Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on new job abilities for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
I'm not going to lie: It feels as if Dawntrail kind of leaped into action with the Final Fantasy XIV fandom. The fan festival...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is it worth being a zone completionist in LOTRO?
We need to start today's column with one important disclaimer: There's no right or wrong way to play Lord of the Rings Online, only...
Star Citizen officially enters alpha 3.23 with new quality-of-life and mission features
After a whole lot of teasing, talking, and showcasing, Star Citizen has finally released alpha 3.23, bringing with it a few new mission features...
WoW Factor: How World of Warcraft makes you cheer for removing features
Yesterday, MOP's Justin wrote a column about The Elder Scrolls Online that detailed its key virtues. It's a good column, and one of the...
Tamriel Infinium: Four reasons you should stop sleeping on Elder Scrolls Online
The paradox of Elder Scrolls Online is that while it continues to be a Top 5 MMO thanks to the studio muscle and IP...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with forever adding classes to MMOs
The second expansion for Final Fantasy XI, Chains of Promathia, launched to extremely mixed reception, and there was one overwhelming reason for that lack of...
Vampire survivalbox V Rising officially departs early access with the launch of 1.0 Ruins of Mortium
Friends of vampirekin, rejoice, for today V Rising has officially left early access and joined the surprisingly small roster of survival sandboxes with the...
Kickstarted afrofantasy MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles is sunsetting before launch
I'm terribly sorry to report this morning that The Wagadu Chronicles is shutting down development and sunsetting.
Our readers will know that Wagadu was a...
Choose My Adventure: Elsweyr questing and dragon slaying further solidify my Elder Scrolls Online love
I appreciate that this series of Choose My Adventure columns has started to read an awful lot like I'm being paid off by The...
Second Wind: V Rising’s 1.0 build is a fangtastic revamp of the vampire survival sandbox
It doesn't seem possible that V Rising burst onto the scene almost two years ago, but here we are. I sometimes struggle to get...
Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s radically casual new endgame
Today we're going to be dusting off Second Wind, a column where we revisit MMOs of the past. It's an older column, sir, but...
Wisdom of Nym: How to prep for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail right now
The next expansion for Final Fantasy XIV is not that far off. Sure, we're at the start of May, and it's not launching into...
Sony walks back returning PSN account requirements for Helldivers 2 PC players
Helldivers 2 players are used to winning by shows of overwhelming force, but even they were likely taken back by Sony's decision to relent...
Helldivers 2 delists from Steam in non-PSN countries as studio boss admits fault in debacle
Over the weekend we reported on Sony's decision to reinforce the previously relaxed PlayStation Network account link requirement for PC players of Helldivers 2,...
EG7’s 2023 annual report claims Daybreak and SSG collectively count 264 staffers
Swedish gaming conglom EG7 released its annual report this week, and while there isn't a ton of new-new in it for those of us...
WoW Factor: There’s probably never going to be a World of Warcraft ‘Classic Plus’
As I always do when discussing World of Warcraft (and anything else, really), I am putting my cards on the table here: I am...
Legends of Aria Classic is running a ‘surprise open beta’ this weekend ahead of its May 9 relaunch
In the middle of April, pretty much everyone in the MMORPG was surprised to learn that Legends of Aria is getting a revival. Aria,...
Why I Play: Stardew Valley is still something special
I'd been saving this for myself for weeks now. It was late Saturday when I finally decided it was time to stop waiting and...
Into the Super-Verse: A toast to City of Heroes’ 20th birthday
How does you mark your first true MMO experience? Anarchy Online technically was the first MMO I ever played, although I was on dial-up,...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 7.5, Desperate Defiance, includes a farming system and solo Ventures
We don't have a hard launch date, but Star Wars The Old Republic's Update 7.5 has a name and a face, as revealed by...