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The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy could be Aion’s rebirth
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of Aion, the facts of Aion!
There's...
LOTRO Legendarium: Wistmead surprises and progression servers
What a week this has been! Originally I was all gung-ho to talk about nothing else than all of the new Halloween content that...
Lord of the Rings Online tackles Q&A on progression server, plans November release
Lord of the Rings Online's surprise announcement of an incoming progression server certainly stirred up interest and debate this week. While it's intriguing, a...
WoW Factor: We’re all farming Nature Resistance gear now
First and foremost, I'd like to note that I am writing these columns consecutively and immediately, so all I can do is hope that...
Sea of Thieves teases Halloween event and November’s Shrouded Spoils expansion
In this week's Sea of Thieves developer update, Executive Producer Joe Neate takes a look at the upcoming Bilge Rat Adventure and gives players...
You can now buy ships right from a showroom floor in Star Citizen’s alpha
Heads-up to Star Citizen testers and watchers: A new patch to the 3.3 alpha rolled out yesterday, most notably adding functionality to Teach's Ship...
Fortnite Halloween event announced, new skins and cosmetics leaked
Halloween is bringing some big changes to Epic Games's popular battle royale title Fortnite, courtesy of the recently announced Fortnitemares seasonal event. The battle...
Warframe announces Day of the Dead event festivities
The Day of the Dead has come to Digital Extremes's space-ninja shooter Warframe, and it brings with it a slew of suitably spooky skins...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that desperately need proper player housing
Here's something pretty encouraging to me: When I sat down to work on an article listing MMOs that really could use but lacked proper...
Wisdom of Nym: Rewards in Final Fantasy XIV and what they’re worth
I saw someone asking the other day what the "point" was to the Doman Reconstruction effort in Final Fantasy XIV. What's the big reward?...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO systems that encourage alts
Here's how much I like having alts: I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Two games which are built on...
Lineage 2 Classic launches in NA today as Lineage 2 Revolution teases Batman collab and Lineage II Dark Legacy hits mobile
The Lineage franchise is working overtime this week.
For starters, Lineage II Classic launches for North America today, after a successful run in Europe and...
One Shots: Concept art showcase
In last week's edition of One Shots, I issued perhaps my most peculiar challenge yet. I asked readers (for once) not to submit any...
Whatever happened to Divergence Online, Tree of Life, and Eternal Crusade?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
Sea of Thieves’ Forsaken Shores introduces ocean hazards to kill you in new and interesting ways
After so many delays that we grew tired of posting about them, Sea of Thieves' third major update, Forsaken Shores, is finally live, complete...
Guild Wars 2’s community debates the (unintentionally?) high cost of new living world armor
Hey economy fiends. Got a fun one for you over in Guild Wars 2 this week. You'll recall that last week's living world update...
Chaos Theory: The prickly side of Secret World Legends’ less-than-ideal scenario situation
See, I said that wouldn't take too long! Here we are back at the Secret World Legends scenario discussion. This time, however, we'll be addressing...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG, living or dead, offers the all-time best crafting experience?
Over the last couple of weeks, when I was putting in sometimes 18-hour days working on the site, I didn't really have much time...
Wisdom of Nym: Picking apart Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.4 notes
Now we enter the descending period of Stormblood. This isn't exactly a bad thing or a problem or anything; it's just the way things...
