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Choose My Adventure: Aw man Pax Dei is just not for me
Have you ever been so diametrically opposed to a game that you knew right from the very beginning that it was going to be...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Previewing Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds story, warclaw, and homesteading
It feels like less than a year ago that Guild Wars 2 was launching its last expansion… oh wait, it was! Love it or...
The Last Plague brings back pandemic memories in a multiplayer wilderness survival sim
Since the gaming world knows that you've been missing all of the fun that 2020 had to offer, there's a new pandemic-themed survival game...
The Daily Grind: What’s something new you’ve done in an old MMO lately?
It's quite easy to fall into ruts and routines in MMOs, especially after you've been playing one for years. Sure, you could wait until...
Pax Dei is working on soloable PvE content, a HUD compass, and combat responsiveness for next updates
Pax Dei is continuing its information onslaught in Discord as Mainframe Industries took the opportunity this morning to post a state-of-the-game memo to social...
WoW Factor: The black mark of World of Warcraft’s player economy
Sometimes, I like to play a little game with MOP's Bree. I say I like to because the game is "Give Bree An Aneurysm,"...
Nightingale’s massive Realms Rebuilt update offers a crafting progression and structure revamp
Nightingale has drifted a bit out of the gaming consciousness since its early access launch earlier this year, but Tencent's Inflexion apparently means to...
No, Pax Dei isn’t going to delete all your houses while you’re on summer vacation
Remember last week when Mainframe Industries teased a plot clean-up for Pax Dei that would hopefully clear out some of the abandoned plots in...
Corepunk engages alpha four today with new biomes, trading, and mounts
And they're off! Corepunk's alpha 4 officially kicked off at 4 p.m. EDT today with an amusingly stoic preface from Artificial Core: "On the...
Pax Dei’s next major update will feature prettier crafting materials and crafted goods
If you had to run down a personal list of things that survivalbox MMORPG Pax Dei needed to work on, what would that list...
Fallout 76 prepares caravans and outpost management for its next update
Six years into Fallout 76 we still don't have guilds or text chat, but Bethesda is working on a new feature that should keep...
The Stream Team: The valley of resources in Planet Crafter
It's been a tad bit since Massively OP's MJ was able to make a little progress toward crafting her own personal planet in Planet...
Design Mockument: How to make housing work in World of Warcraft
Editor's note: This column was originally published in August 2024, a full three months before we knew WoW is actually getting housing with the...
Solarpunk’s July progress report showcases additions to its building system
Solarpunk is a survival crafting sandbox, so obviously building is going to be a major part of its core gameplay loop, but that feature...
B2P survival MMO Myth of Empires is free-to-play on Steam through August 5
If Myth of Empires always whispered to you but you've not wanted to shell out 30 bucks to try it, this weekend's free-play event...
Dauntless deep-dives weapon infusion and talent crafting, teases a launch date for Shattered Isles patch soon
Dauntless has once again put forth a deep dish dev blog about its Shattered Isles patch, continuing its sporadic yet in-depth looks at the...
Guild Wars 2 runs down the essentials of Homestead gameplay in the Janthir Wilds
Your house (in Guild Wars 2) can be a very very very fine house (fine house), with stray cats in the yard. Unlocking them...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 41 adds birding hobby and hard tack crafting event today
Look to the skies and you may see Lord of the Rings Online's new hobby taking flight! That's right, today's Update 41 adds the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most difficult MMO crafting profession to master?
I have been a die-hard crafter in a lot of MMOs over my lifetime, but I am also the first to admit that some...
Ultima Online’s New Legacy and crackdown on third-party clients have vets rioting
Ultima Online is a very old and fairly small MMORPG nowadays, but even so you probably knew that it has a thriving emulator community,...
