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Black Desert puts auto-path looping to player vote
Burke's Law: Never ask a question unless you already know the answer. That's a rule Daum hopefully knows already, else it might not have...
Final Fantasy XI’s game director is leaving the title
The development of Final Fantasy XI is more about maintenance than completely new lands, but the person in charge of the game is still...
The Daily Grind: What is the single worst element of MMORPG endgame?
I have ranted at length about how much I dislike the concept of MMORPG endgame. I don't like how it shapes eternal online games...
EVE Evolved: How did World War Bee start and where is it going?
Throughout the almost nine years I've been covering EVE Online in the gaming media, I've been continually amazed at the sheer scale and impact of events that...
Neverwinter warns players of incoming nerfs
Nobody loves to be on the receiving end of the mighty nerf-bat, which is probably why Cryptic is trying to cushion the blow by...
One Shots: You are cleared for approach
My call the other week for aerial shots triggered a cascade of submissions. You people really like your heights and flights! So I have...
EVE Online war update: The Imperium defends UQ9-3C, loses station
If you've been following the EVE Online news recently, you'll have heard about the colossal war that has kicked off between the game's largest military...
WRUP: The story of Frank and his beard edition
Frank was born in the middle of April at 5:27 p.m., widely agreed by experts to be the stupidest part of the year. Despite...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you played the longest?
Is it a disheartening or an uplifting activity to check your /played for an MMO? I usually think it's astonishing that I've been able...
Find out what Mark Jacobs, Max Porter, and Jenesee Grey had to say about Camelot Unchained
The team behind Camelot Unchained is still hard at work making the game ready for its first beta test, but there's still plenty to...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG classes
Nostalgia has me this week:Â I've been thinking a lot about some of my all-time favorite MMORPGÂ characters, some of whom I can't physically play anymore...
ARK starts its Survivor League, revamps cave visuals
With ARK's new free PvP mode, Survival of the Fittest, available to all, you have nothing holding you back from trying out the game....
Chaos Theory: Tomb-raiding The Secret World’s Issue #14 with Funcom
Remember that Indiana Jones-inspired outfit from The Secret World's Issue #6? Today is a great day to dust it off and slip it on because...
The Daily Grind: Is instancing in MMORPGs our real enemy?
The first MMORPGs I ever played hadn't come up with instancing yet. They had perceptible server lines and time-sucking zone walls, but everyone was...
Global Chat: Why bloggers aren’t worried about the future of MMOs
The future of MMOs weighs heavily on some minds in the community, but contrary to some Chicken Littles out there, the sky is not...
Tribes: Ascend’s 1.3 patch introduces Hellfire map, decommissions Blueshift map
Tribes: Ascend hasn't been resting on its laurels since its December 2015 revivification: This morning, Hi-Rez patched in the 1.3 update. The big news...
The Daily Grind: Are older MMOs too intimidating to play?
So here's an odd conundrum that I wrestle with every now and then. I am a big fan of established, long-running MMOs for their...
Player wanders into deserted virtual world, finds abundant creepiness
Chances are that you're unfamiliar with Active Worlds. It was a virtual world created in 1995 with the ability for players to create their...
Hyperspace Beacon: Dear SWTOR community, keep being passionately casual
Star Wars: The Old Republic community, I listen to your podcasts and read your sites nearly everyday, but I realized that it’s been almost eight...
Blizzard alters Overwatch’s Tracer’s sexualized victory pose following player objections
Call it "The Great Butt Controversy of 2016."
If you didn't see it pop up all over the internet last night, here's the deal: There...
