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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite place to just hang out in an MMO?
Either we all wind up with time spent in MMOs wherein you're just hanging out or I am singularly bad at managing my time,...
Prosperous Universe prepares to give population more punch with the Populous update
The next major update to Prosperous Universe has been dubbed Populous, and it's all about population... except in some ways, it might feel like...
PlanetSide 2 reboots its Outfit Wars qualifier after exploits
The good news about PlanetSide 2's Outfit Wars revamp is that the qualifiers have produced lots of good data for the developers to use...
Black Desert gets an April Fools’ event on PC, Drieghan on console, and new events on mobile
Whew! The down side of having so many different versions of Black Desert is that when an update day rains, it pours. And it...
Why I Play April Fools’ Day
So it's time for our April Fools' Day joke, which means that usually it's my time to shine. Seriously, a lot of these have...
Ashes of Creation plans its alpha one testing starting in May
Make it through this stretch of time, Ashes of Creation, because good things are coming in the future. Specifically, they'll be arriving in May,...
Shroud of the Avatar disables a big experience boost to get rid of shared experience pools
There was a 10x quest experience bonus in Shroud of the Avatar, but it has been disabled now. But the reason is actually somewhat...
Defiance and Defiance 2050 are both kicking off Armistice Day festivities
You have to give both Defiance 2050 and the original Defiance credit, since they both are living up to their names. Somehow the titles are...
Phantasy Star Online 2 provides closed beta players with rewards for participation
Technically speaking, Phantasy Star Online 2 is currently still in beta testing, but since it's an open beta test it's close enough to "launch"...
Final Fantasy XI kicks off the New Beginnings Early Spring campaigns on April 11
Increased seals! Increased crests! Increased rewards from content! All of this and more arrives in Final Fantasy XI starting on April 11th with the...
Star Trek Online expands First Contact Day starting on April 2
It's just about time to celebrate humanity's first steps to the stars in Star Trek Online... or the fictional version of the same, more...
RuneScape adds in the new Archaeology skill for excavating and cleaning artifacts
We promise you, after this line there will be absolutely no jokes about whether or not you can "dig" the latest skill added to...
The Daily Grind: What old inventory items in MMOs do you keep around even though they’re dead weight?
I should really get rid of my beast tribe currency from Final Fantasy XIV version 1.0, but part of me still holds on to...
DC Universe Online brings out a Birds of Prey episode on April 16
If you haven't already seen the movie Birds of Prey, you can actually get that on streaming right now. That's cool. It also means...
World of Warcraft adds in Legacy Loot mode for Legion raids and dungeons
As the saying goes, it's better late than never. Adding in Legacy Loot for World of Warcraft's prior expansion (Legion) certainly feels late at...
Blue Protocol starts its Japanese closed beta testing on April 23
The beta test for Blue Protocol had to be delayed a little bit before based on COVID-19, but it was always just a delay....
Final Fantasy XI offers a small April update and an egg-hunting event
Is there anything more on-brand for Final Fantasy XI than apologizing because this month's update is a bit smaller than usual? Probably not. According...
Champions Online surveys players, preps Serene Abyss, as Star Trek Online boosts mark acquisition
Would you like to take a survey? Champions Online would like you to take a survey. It's a survey about the future development of...
The Elder Scrolls Online starts celebrating six years of operation on April 2
It's been six years since The Elder Scrolls Online first went live, and as is largely tradition in the MMO space, most of the...
The Elder Scrolls: Blades is arriving on Nintendo Switch in the spring
Generally speaking, games being ported onto the Nintendo Switch are games that are now becoming more portable than they were before. Not so in...