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As I write this, we're knee-deep in the 24-hour maintenance for Final Fantasy XIV splitting up the North American datacenters. What will I do...

Let's be real, folks, Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion is not right around the corner. You have two months until that thing is even in early...

We have certainly debated the downsides of basing MMOs on established intellectual properties, most namely the danger of having the license pulled and the...

Early on in this month's Choose My Adventure, a reader in the comments mentioned that RuneScape is the perfect game to have...

Ages ago, there was a tiny little Chinese import MMO called Zentia. I have little cause to talk about it nowadays, since hardly...

Those of you who don't remember the last time I did this particular column series (which is understandable, it was two years ago) should...

As soon as I heard that Albion Online was going free-to-play, I knew where I was going to spend the majority of my...

A few weeks ago, there was a neat post on the MMORPG subreddit about healing. Author Rapthorne Lightweaver points out that "the industry...

It's ironic that two of the games I regard most fondly are both titles that received a huge amount of support trying to make these titles...

The schedule for Lord of the Rings Online's special events keeps us hopping most of the year-round, as Standing Stone Games weaves...

Recently I've been cruising back through Aion's soundtrack and made a discovery that, in hindsight, seems obvious: There are several different main theme...

After a week like this week, you might have forgotten that Elder Scrolls Online dropped its latest chapter on the public test server....

I'm going to let you in on a very big and also very obnoxious secret. All right? No one is going to like hearing...

You CAN play on the City of Heroes rogue servers you're about to see springing up. But should you? Our law columnist looks into the legalities of the City of Heroes emulation situation.

Launching into early access today is a new hardcore fantasy MMORPG called Astaria, as we've lightly covered before. (Edit: Apparently it's...

Ever find yourself complaining that all of the PvE content in your MMO is nothing but shooting something in the face or chopping down...

Today, Wargaming's ARPG Pagan Online launches into early access on Steam. Just before this launch, the developers were kind enough to provide us...

This is not a question about wipes in general. If the first wipe in a Final Fantasy XIV dungeon happens with a veteran party...

Before the Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina, millions of voices were crying out in terror: "We are never going to get...

The Elder Scrolls Online players are suffering an embarrassment of riches at the moment. The 25th anniversary of the Elder Scrolls franchise coincides...