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Wandering Wraeclast: Introducing Path of Exile 2’s Mercenary crossbow class and WASD
Looking forward to new Path of Exile updates has been a quarterly spectacle for many years. It's only recently, however, that fans also can...
WoW Factor: The story issues World of Warcraft must address going into The War Within
It's telling that we're now very much in the back nine for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, and the general consensus has not shifted much...
Casually Classic: Which version of WoW Classic is right for you?
Choice is a double-edged sword: Too little of it is restricting and frustrating, yet too much can lead to decision paralysis and feeling overwhelmed....
Tribes 3 Rivals aims to resurrect the classic capture-the-flag franchise next year
Cast your mind all the way back to 1998, unless you weren't born yet, in which case you may play with your fidget spinner...
19-year-old EverQuest II’s 20th expansion, Ballads of Zimara, launches today
Don't look now, but EverQuest II's 2023 expansion, Ballads of Zimara, is quietly launching today. Wait, no, look now. Daybreak is quiet, but we...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2023
2023 was definitely a year of surprises for me. Not all of them were pleasant! If you've been watching my columns, you probably have...
Guild Wars 2’s weapon proliferation beta has begun as ArenaNet ungates SOTO for alts
It's weapon proliferation day in Guild Wars 2! OK, OK, it's the "Expanded Weapon Proficiency Beta," otherwise known as your first chance to try...
Vague Patch Notes: The myth of the ‘first’ MMORPG
One of the things I like to joke about every so often is various myths about the history of MMOs, and a lot of...
Wisdom of Nym: Why Final Fantasy XIV’s next limited job is (probably) not Pictomancer or Green Mage
Despite the fact that it is not coming out until significantly later, I'm willing to bet that a large part of the work for...
EVE Online’s FPS module Vanguard will have its first test on December 7 for subscribers
When CCP Games announced EVE: Vanguard, the FPS module that claims to link itself to EVE Online, many people expressed skepticism, particularly since the...
WoW Factor: Fine, let’s talk about Blizzard being dumb with early access
All right, let's get it over with.
I didn't really want to write this column, not because I didn't think there was anything to talk...
Perfect Ten: Why I’m grateful to be an MMO gamer in 2023
To me, Thanksgiving is a much-needed reminder to acknowledge and express the gratitude we have for all that is right and good in our...
Black Friday sales and Thanksgiving events around the MMO world, 2023 edition
I'm sorry but it's Black Friday all week. In fact, some brands went ahead and made last week Black Friday too, and next week...
Kickstarted superhero MMORPG City of Titans releases new test build with massively expanded map
Big news for superhero MMORPG fans today, as the crowdfunded City of Heroes spiritual successor City of Titans has released a new development update...
First Impressions: Tarisland has some rickety bones but some solid muscle
I admit that it can be kind of hard to process Tarisland without immediately comparing it to a certain title. I've had no emotional...
Fractured Online suffers a nasty admin hack that sees every player city in the game wiped out
The relaunched early access world of Fractured Online has suffered something of an apocalypse as Dynamight Studios CEO Jacopo Gallelli reported on Discord early...
Vague Patch Notes: How does an MMORPG studio rebuild trust it shattered?
Earlier this week, Pantheon cancelled its intensely stupid extraction shooter mode. Now, I don't say that it's intensely stupid because I dislike this sort...
First Impressions: Warcraft Rumble is a slick but shambolic multiplayer romp
I won't say that Warcraft Rumble was at the top of my most-anticipated games of 2024, but I've been low-key excited about this title...
First Impressions: Perfect New World is an unbalanced mess right now with its ‘equilibrious’ test
This past week has been a mighty full one for our genre in terms of the number of beta tests that landed on our...
WoW Factor: Just by existing, the Worldsoul Saga delivers something World of Warcraft desperately needed
Last week, I argued that a lot of the elements of World of Warcraft: The War Within that at least sound good on paper....
