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Final Fantasy XI adds new item rewards, new mount areas, and easier crafting
You're probably tired of hearing at this point how Final Fantasy XI's maintenance mode is more active than many game's live-with-normal-updates mode. Is you...
Shroud of the Avatar’s release 33, Richard Garriott’s AMA and new book
The final wipe is receding into the horizon for Shroud of the Avatar, but the game is hardly finished patching and adding in big...
Wild Terra adds blacksmithing and more metal items
Did you dig up a whole lot of metal when Wild Terra introduced mining with no thought to what you'd do with it? We...
Otherland hits open beta today, launches free-to-play on September 8
The Tad Williams-inspired sci-fi MMO Otherland shuts down today for a week of open beta. When it returns for its planned September 8th launch, it...
Guardians of Ember hack’n’slash MMO launches early access next month
You might remember InselGames as the studio that tried to bring back L.A.W. as Trinium Wars, which didn't go well in the west and...
EverQuesting: Researching for your free EverQuest II skill upgrades
Who doesn't like free? Because I certainly do! And today is all about getting stuff for free in EverQuest II. Sadly, I don't mean...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 33 marks a game ‘in a constant state of change’
Even with the persistent world launched, Shroud of the Avatar is currently "in a constant state of change," according to the team. Some of...
DC Universe Online’s GU63 brings new Suicide Squad content, tutorial skipping, and lockboxes
Game Update 63 has landed on the DC Universe Online servers this week, and it's a smallish one, but that won't surprise longtime players,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: What to do in Guild Wars 2 between season 3 episodes
Many MMOs, Guild Wars 2 included, face a well-documented but oft-unaddressed problem: What can players do to fill the time in between content gaps? The topic...
Wisdom of Nym: Three years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch
When the last anniversary rolled around, we were coming off of an expansion launch for Final Fantasy XIV, one of the smoothest launches I...
The Daily Grind: Do you seek out empty MMORPG servers?
Empty MMORPG servers freak me out.
It isn't as though I don't play plenty of singleplayer games and sims and RPGs and can't stand to...
NCsoft previews Aion 5.1 for EU with new instances and battlefields
If you're thinking, hey, didn't Aion just put out a patch like 10 days ago, then congratulate your memory on retaining that information. Indeed,...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs have special areas for paying players?
I was poking around in the Guild Wars 2 cash shop this weekend when I realized that ArenaNet is selling teleports to Noble's Folly....
Path of Exile’s Atlas of Worlds expansion launches September 2
It's nearly that time again -- time for the next Path of Exile expansion! Few games can boast an expansion schedule that runs like...
Fragmented’s latest live build should make crafters happy
Fragmented's latest patch is a big one for player crafters as it adds batch crafting to the crafting stations in the game. The better...
The Game Archaeologist: Middle-earth Online
I suppose there will always be a special place in my heart for Lord of the Rings Online. Not only is it one of...
Five IPs that could tackle ARG gameplay features Pokemon Go lacks
Following the news that Niantic is now in fact working on a Harry Potter AR game, I realized that even as someone who enjoyed the...
Perfect Ten: The ten things I look forward to with MMO launches
It's not long now until World of Warcraft: Legion launches, which is all that I've been waiting for now for a while. Sure, technically...
Gloria Victis unleashes a trio of pre-alpha patches
Early game development is often marked by frequent patching as the team feverishly works to shape and mold the title. Gloria Victis is definitely...
Project Gorgon plans music improvements, new forum, and lowbie crafting
Hey now, what is going on over in the realm of Project Gorgon? According to a developer preview post, there is a lot in...
