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The Daily Grind: What cosmetic options for your characters does your favorite MMORPG lack?
You know what games need? Piercings. More piercings in general. Why can I not have any piercings beyond my ears in Final Fantasy XIV?...
Gigantic steamrolls in with a spotlight on the Margrave
He's large! He's demonic! He's definitely been skipping leg day! He's the Margrave, and he's the latest hero in Gigantic's lineup, quite possibly the...
Crowfall shows off the many faces (and colors) of character customization
It's easy to look at all of Crowfall's screenshots up to now and be vaguely reminded of throwing action figures against one another. That's...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you completely changed your main in an MMO?
There's never really a reason to completely swap mains in Final Fantasy XIV unless you really, really want to have another character. You're never...
The Division’s crying woman is no longer crying… or present
Before patch 1.4, The Division featured a crying woman in the Grindhouse. Why was she crying? Nobody knows, but considering that the game is...
Heroes of the Storm highlights Varian Wrynn and his multiple specs
King Varian Wrynn in Heroes of the Storm is a Warrior. Not just in the MOBA-specific terminology, either; he's a Warrior in the classic...
Atlas Reactor shows off Kaigin the Warpstalker
The newest character in Atlas Reactor, Kaigin, does not respect the personal space of warp. He's sneaking through warp's closets and taking compromising photos...
Beast is coming to Marvel Heroes, bringing the roster to 60
He's big, he's blue, he's erudite, and he has never turned back into a normal human by getting a kiss from a pretty lady....
Gigantic offers a video spotlight on Tyto the Swift
There are only two kinds of people who would really try to have "the Swift" after their name: really quick people and really slow...
Paragon shows off the Countess, arriving October 25th
Late October is the time to start having the creepy stuff show up in your game, right? Like a vampire stalking you in the...
Rumor: Overwatch’s Sombra and a new PvE mode have been uncovered
Who is Sombra in Overwatch? In a way, you could say that we're all Sombra, but that statement wouldn't make any sense. A more...
Heroes of the Storm appoints the blademaster Samuro to its roster
Heroes of the Storm will eventually spread to encompass every single character Blizzard has ever placed in a game, no matter how obscure. The...
Overwatch has two new heroes in development and more character adjustments planned
What's next for Overwatch? Well, not a version of Symmetra that heals, that's for darn sure. The latest video featuring director Jeff Kaplan covers...
Atlas Reactor introduces players to Orion, the Empyrean
Most of the characters in Atlas Reactor follow predictable mechanics to generate and use Energy in battle. The game's newest character, Orion, does not...
The Daily Grind: Do you care about MMO lore?
Lore is a big deal to me when I'm playing an MMO. For all the issues I have with Guild Wars 2, it genuinely...
Master X Master highlights Poharan and Kromede
There's more to Master X Master than just bringing in characters from several NCsoft games under the same roof, but that is still part...
World of Warcraft drops more pre-Legion lore at SDCC ’16
There's going to be quite a bit of lore in World of Warcraft to lead up to the release of Legion, but not every...
Master x Master introduces Kat the Cat and V-Merang
If there's one thing Master X Master does not lack, it's characters for players to use. If there's a second thing it doesn't lack,...
Paragon unveils its newest character, Greystone
Dying, as a general rule, is not an effective combat strategy. You want to avoid dying when fighting people. But Paragon's newest character, Greystone,...
Heroes of the Storm patches in Gul’dan
Gul'dan is the newest addition to Heroes of the Storm, albeit with a somewhat loose definition of the term "hero." Maybe if you lean...