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Guild Wars 2 datamining uncovers a new player guide coming to the game
It's always the right time to welcome new people into your favorite MMO, but sometimes the process of getting them on board can be...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever tried to get your money back from an MMO Kickstarter?
We're all clear on the fact that at this point Kickstarted MMOs do not have a great track record, right? For every Elite: Dangerous...
Final Fantasy XIV’s next Live Letter is on July 22
Every fan of Final Fantasy XIV is eagerly awaiting more information about patch 5.3 along with the patch's actual release. Of course, the patch...
World of Warcraft Shadowlands’ beta begins next week
Updates and pics are at the bottom of this post!
Welcome back to Eliot liveblogging about Blizzard events. Like you, I thought we were done...
World of Warcraft has its first trans character in the Shadowlands alpha and prepares the Darkmoon Faire on live
The first canonical trans character in World of Warcraft is here in Shadowlands: Pelagos, an aspirant among the Kyrians whose mortal form was that...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands datamining reveals more alpha details, including more Soulbinds
The testing for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues, and with a new update that means new datamining of important details. The most recent update...
Jukebox Heroes: LOTRO’s Mists of Wilderland soundtrack
Just in time for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, Standing Stone Games finally posted Update 26's full soundtrack to YouTube the other...
Ashes of Creation plans for more testers and resuming cosmetic sales
The latest Ashes of Creation dispatch from creative director Steven Sharif will no doubt put the minds of fans at ease. Sharif states within...
World of Warcraft plans to connect multiple low-population realms to higher-population ones over the next few months
Friendships! They're probably spectacular. Would you like to have some in World of Warcraft? The designers would like for you to have them, which...
Shadow Arena adds in the range-swapping Lahn to the hero lineup
Some characters in Shadow Arena are all about fighting at a longer rage, hiding behind ranged weapons and spells on the basis of being...
Crucible explains its playtest and tournament plans moving through beta
It wasn't so long ago that Crucible opted to take itself out of launch and move back into beta. (It was a couple of...
The Daily Grind: What systems do you avoid learning properly in MMOs?
Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was meant to break some degenerate enhancement effects, but it also meant that you had to think a...
Albion Online invites players to earn a ghost pig through the Undead Challenge
You might not think of July as a particularly spooky month, but Albion Online is still choosing this month to bring back the Undead...
Star Trek Online previews some of the improvements coming with the Year of Klingons
Today is not yet a good day to die... but that day is coming soon, as the Year of Klingons approaches in Star Trek...
Crucible plans voice chat soon along with adjustments to its Heart of the Hive
The post-release deployment for Crucible has been a bit shaky, something that the team acknowledges in its latest preview for players; no one has...
Ahn’qiraj content unlocks on July 28 in World of Warcraft: Classic
Missed your chance to become the Scarab Lord in World of Warcraft? Well, you'll have another shot on July 28th in WoW Classic when...
Blizzard celebrates 20 years of Diablo II
It brought us memes, it brought us Necromancers, it brought us farming for loot, and it theoretically brought us a showdown against evil creatures...
Seed shows off the concept art work for the game’s Kernel
Sitting at the heart of your colony in Seed is the Kernel, the little structure that kicks off the founding of your settlement. And...
The Daily Grind: Do you watch developer videos for MMOs?
Covering videos in this job is just plain annoying. It is. An information-dense text post takes me a few minutes to read through, I...
Fallout 76 previews the rewards of its first seasonal progress event starting June 30
An entire season's worth of progression in Fallout 76? Who could ask for more? Lots of people, maybe, but seasonal progress is what you're...
