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Final Fantasy XI lets you shell out for an Adamantoise mount with its newest login campaign
There's nothing quite like the joy of looking at monsters in the world of Final Fantasy XI and knowing that one day you'll be able...
Tencent gives up on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds being approved in China
Tencent has been waiting a long time to release PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China. For more than a year, the game has been in "testing" whilst waiting...
Bless Unleashed unveils a trailer for the Mage class
Who needs weapons to lay waste to enemies? Certainly not the Mage in Bless Unleashed. This class is all about delivering devastation to the battlefield...
KurtzPel addresses issues with the game’s free-to-play balance with a new development letter
It turns out that converting a game from a buy-to-play model to a free-to-play one is somewhat harder than it looks. That's one of...
Star Trek Online unveils the Discovery Legends Reputation (with minor alterations)
Captain's log, stardate... Tuesday. Point five. With the impending launch of a big update for Star Trek Online, there's also a new reputation on the...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida discusses trailer and world creation for Shadowbringers
Fans of Final Fantasy XIV are hungry for more information about Shadowbringers ahead of its upcoming July 2nd launch. Fortunately, there's a new interview with Naoki...
Albion’s mid-season patch includes three new Outland regions as devs focus on performance
A mid-season patch is on the way for Albion Online and it's including new regions of land in the Outlands, giving players a new avenue...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – leveling content
One of the things that I really do love about Final Fantasy XIV, from relaunch to now, is that it is indisputably a game that...
Chronicles of Elyria delays ducal land selection due to technical issues
If you were looking forward to selecting your duchy in Chronicles of Elyria today, we have bad news for you, as the development staff has...
Disney says Dis-nay to acquiring a controlling interest in Nexon
It made sense when we heard the rumor that Disney was interested in acquiring Nexon; the South Korean company has a large number of...
EverQuest offers a refresher course on Planes of Power progression and impact
Once upon a time, Planes of Power was the fourth expansion for EverQuest and it focused more upon alternate advancement for max-level players. The expansion has...
The Daily Grind: How useless does an MMO drop need to be before it’s vendor trash?
Vendor trash is a weird idea in lots of games. There are usually even specific categories of it; any gray item in World of Warcraft...
Riot says it will allow arbitration opt-outs, eventually, but it probably won’t stave off the walkout
The continuing fiasco that is League of Legends' Riot Games continues today, though today's update is a good sign for workers at least. As...
Lost Ark unveils its latest Korean roadmap – including a new continent
Sad news for Lost Ark fans; not only does the latest roadmap not include any definitive information about when the game will be localized for...
Destiny’s Sword rolls out its official site with a mission statement
We took a look at Destiny's Sword at this year's PAX East and found it to be an interesting project in the early stages of...
World of Warcraft Classic will allow up to 50 characters, regardless of your existing character count
Imagine for a moment that you have 50 max-level characters in World of Warcraft right now. However, you also need to have 50 alts in World of...
Anthem appears to have lost several prominent upper staff members
When Anthem players wanted some more news, what they probably wanted was good news, not hearing that several bits of senior leadership were no longer working...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are not the same as your single-player games with servers
Recently, I've been trying to get into Bloodborne. This isn't a result of my disliking the Souls franchise as a whole, just that it's never...
The Daily Grind: What do you think about ‘gear peacocks’ in MMOs?
Every so often, usually when it comes to World of Warcraft, I hear what I've always thought of as the Peacock Defense for making raid...
DC Universe Online GU94 is live with spring content and level streamlining
Spring has sprung, or more accurately it sprang a while ago and it's finally springing into DC Universe Online today. After a lengthy downtime earlier...