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World of Warcraft shows off the ways that Warbands will share currency, items, and reputations
Your Warband is going to share everything. Clothes, money, social standing, even boyfriends. That's the big takeaway from the new entry on Warbands from...
World of Warcraft opens beta signups for The War Within
The hour of testing has arrived for World of Warcraft's next expansion... well, sort of. The hour of signing up for the hour of...
Final Fantasy XIV shares pre-Dawntrail schedule, releases the benchmark on April 14
Want to make yourself a Hrothgal in Final Fantasy XIV? Want to see what you'll look like Vipering about? (Yes, Viper is not a...
Todd Howard doesn’t see an Elder Scrolls television series happening any time soon
So now that everyone loves the Fallout television series (except possibly for John Phillips Fallout, who was literally named to be the lead), the...
Corepunk delays Alpha 2 until the end of May
So we've got some good news and bad news for Corepunk fans. The bad news is that the second alpha test which was originally...
World of Warcraft brings the Cataclysm Classic pre-expansion patch on April 30
Do you remember back in the day when you were very excited to have Deathwing blow up a good chunk of World of Warcraft?...
Wayfinder sales are temporarily halted as Airship Syndicate assumes publishing from Digital Extremes
No, you aren't reading that headline incorrectly: Even though it was announced months ago that Wayfinder was being dropped by Digital Extremes, the studio...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the MMO NPC you love to hate?
I will never stop making fun of Prince Rurik in the original Guild Wars. It will simply never happen. No one else is going...
V Rising has sold a whopping 4 million copies during its two-year early access
With V Rising poised for launch on May 8th - just over a month away, for those of you who are not so good...
Blizzard’s John Hight on using AI to support World of Warcraft’s artists, not replace them
Franchise director John Hight might have spent some of his GDC time last month drawing a mystery line for World of Warcraft subscriber numbers,...
Age of Water will launch on consoles at the same time its PC early access starts
Did you just watch the notorious 1995 box office flop Waterworld starring Kevin Costner, read the Wikipedia article confirming that the film did eventually...
Final Fantasy XIV players report being banned on Xbox for advertising their free companies (guilds)
So how are things going with the Final Fantasy XIV version on Xbox Series X|S? Well, you would think that Microsoft had done enough...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that make you sad to play?
I've written a couple times about the way that our history in MMOs can sometimes ripple through in our play experiences, which is not...
Tarisland looks at the Misty Forest in its latest map preview
Full marks to the Elves of Tarisland, they live in a place called the Misty Forest. That's it. Most Elves, they'd be calling the...
World of Warcraft’s Holly Longdale reassures players that further PvE-based experiments are coming
If you're a World of Warcraft player looking at Plunderstorm with some combination of bafflement and trepidation about the possibility that every further "experimental"...
Final Fantasy XIV confirms the most important element of its Final Fantasy XVI crossover
From the moment that Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida revealed that he had finally made peace with Final Fantasy XVI producer...
The Daily Grind: How long can you do the same thing in an MMORPG?
I have, it must be said, a high tolerance for grinding and repetition. I can handle a very long stretch of doing the exact...
CBU3 previews everything you can grab in the Final Fantasy XIV x Final Fantasy XVI crossover event
It's just over a week until Final Fantasy XIV players get a chance to find their flame with the Final Fantasy XVI crossover event,...
Dual Universe’s new Mesh Exporter lets you 3-D print your own designs
We are sorry to report to you that however easy it is to make fantastic future technology via the crafting engine in Dual Universe,...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer risky or reliable strategies in an MMO?
Back when I cut my teeth on MMORPG play in Final Fantasy XI, there were accepted strategies for gaining levels via normal leveling. You...
