Meta tag – this is all the goodies showing in our top carousel! Our very best and most important stuff of the right now. :)
carousel
World of Warcraft is finally getting cross-faction dungeons, raids, and rated PvP
So hey, if you're one of the bajillions of World of Warcraft players who've been agitating for Blizzard to nuke the faction divide for...
Wisdom of Nym: What’s in Final Fantasy XIV’s February live letter?
It is not quite February yet at the time you read this, but it's not as if February is some distant future that we...
World of Warcraft is finally outlawing boosting rings – though not boosting itself
Last fall, the boosting situation in World of Warcraft bubbled up into the mainstream when the new Blizzard co-lead encouraged it and even advertised...
Vitae Aeternum: The rent in New World is too damn high!
The wonderful thing about video games is that they let you experience impossible things that could never happen in the real world. Like buying...
Swords of Legends Online announces free-to-play switch and Firestone Legacy expansion for February
Gameforge is making huge moves with Swords of Legends Online: This morning, the publisher announced not just a new expansion but a release in...
Mortal Online 2 wrestles with server queues, login issues, and unhappy players
Remember when we noted that Mortal Online 2 was having a pretty good launch overall? Well, that appears to have turned south as players...
The Game Archaeologist: The history of Hi-Rez’s Global Agenda
This past week, former Global Agenda players woke up to a surprising reality: Their game, which went offline in 2018, suddenly was back. Hi-Rez...
WoW Factor: What could World of Warcraft’s next expansion do to save the game?
You know what I miss? Writing about World of Warcraft as a fun game to play. Not writing about the latest iteration of sexual harassment...
Elder Scrolls Online just announced the High Isle chapter and Legacy of the Bretons arc
During this afternoon's big reveal stream, ZeniMax Online Studios announced The Elder Scrolls Online's major content update for this year's Legacy of the Bretons year-long...
Perfect Ten: Genuinely fun MMO minigames
Few people are without opinions on minigames in MMOs. Some love 'em, some hate 'em, and some just ignore 'em. Some even despise that...
Vague Patch Notes: Why play-to-earn is a garbage idea
Good afternoon, readers. Do you remember not so long ago when I talked about the fact that MMOs are perfectly fine as just games...
Tamriel Infinium: A look back at Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor
When Skyrim came out in 2011, everyone knew it was going to be big -- but even within the already massive Elder Scrolls fandom,...
Fight or Kite: Starting a journey in Mortal Online 2
Throughout the past year and even longer maybe, we’ve seen near biweekly updates from the team over at Star Vault as it's been developing...
Global Agenda is back from the dead at least temporarily, Hi-Rez confirms
Global Agenda has long been a lament in the sliver of the MMO community that loved it. It was a Hi-Rez Studios free-to-play MMO...
Blizzard is hiring for a new unnamed survival game set in an ‘all-new universe’
We've long known that Blizzard is working on several new unannounced games, but today, the company has confirmed that one of them is a...
Star Trek Online brings Kate Mulgrew to the game as part of its latest anniversary celebration
For all that Star Trek Online has featured cast members from throughout the series' history, there's been a bit of a blank spot in terms...
Full-loot PvP MMORPG sandbox Mortal Online 2 officially launches today
Mortal Online 2 is officially live today, as StarVault pulls it from its early access to launch. Readers will recall that the game was...
New World’s mutator dungeons are live in today’s January patch
New World's January update is finally upon us - and yes, this is the one headlined by mutator dungeons, which essentially insert gearscore-dependent, randomized,...
LOTRO Legendarium: It’s time to revisit skirmishes in Lord of the Rings Online
Ever since 2009, I've loved skirmishes in Lord of the Rings Online. These were a new type of instance that rose to prominence in...
Vague Patch Notes: Unpacking the Riot MMO’s group-centric philosophy
Well! It has been a week, that's for darn sure. And amidst everything else going on this particular week, it would've been easy to...