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The Daily Grind: How bad are you about spamming jumps in MMORPGs?
Jumping in MMOs was a mistake, at least if you want everyone to have a deep reservoir of decorum and calmness. A simple tap...
Final Fantasy XIV posts full Tokyo Fan Festival schedule as the latest lorebook begins shipping
There's not that much more time until Final Fantasy XIV hosts the last of its fan festivals ahead of Dawntrail, and you know it's...
World of Warcraft 2024 roadmaps herald summer War Within beta and Cataclysm Classic
We're just about at the end of 2023, and that means World of Warcraft's various server sets are looking forward to what will be...
Lost Ark’s early 2024 roadmap includes the Breaker class (male Scrapper) in March
Don't you hate when you're forced to read an entire roadmap for a video game like some kind of animal? Can't someone else do...
The Daily Grind: What’s a small piece of MMO news from 2023 that makes you happy?
You know what I'm really looking forward to next year? Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, in part because it's bringing Viper along with it. Now,...
Final Fantasy XIV fans recreate the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer in the game
In Final Fantasy XIV, at no point do jack someone's sweet ride before evading the po-po because you robbed a bank. You do sort...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite non-combat activity in MMOs?
In my heart of hearts, I harbor a vendetta against the sort of player that has truly contributed to the ruination of MMOs. The...
Final Fantasy XI’s holiday Starlight Celebration runs December 15-31
The time has come once again for Final Fantasy XI's adventurers to celebrate the Starlight season from December 15th through December 31st, and as...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite piece of removed content in an MMO?
The default mode of operation for MMOs is to forever acquire more content because these games are patching and updating and that's just the...
Astroneer brings back Project C.H.E.E.R. for Christmas, promises new roadmap in 2024
It's been a weird year for Astroneer, but the latest update to the game contains some good news for the studio and the game's...
Final Fantasy XI plans a challenge event for the community in December as part of its patch
To just look at the list breakdown of the content being added for Final Fantasy XI's December patch - the last one of the...
The Daily Grind: What departed and unplayable MMO do you most dearly miss?
There are eras of Final Fantasy XI's development which are gone now, but the game itself is still around. The official servers of City...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any MMO goals you want to accomplish before 2023 ends?
There are a lot of ways to set your MMO goals over the years and months, and the most obvious one is trying to...
World of Warcraft Classic’s Season of Discovery officially launches today
If you think that you're pretty familiar with World of Warcraft in its classic incarnation by now, you probably are; it's not as if...
Final Fantasy XIV announces the streaming plans for the Tokyo Fan Festival
If you cannot make it all the way out to Tokyo for January but still really want to learn all of the new information...
World of Warcraft’s Classic servers are removing Honor decay altogether with the next weekly maintenance
The classic World of Warcraft PvP system involved a whole lot of grinding for ranks, then continuing to grind forever to make sure that...
The Sims 5 developers are looking to Animal Crossing and Among Us for multiplayer inspiration
If the promise of multiplayer in The Sims 5 (technically still Project Rene but let's not front) brings you memories of The Sims Online,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your least favorite death penalty in an MMO?
Just going to throw out a controversial statement here: Nobody really wants to die in a video game. When your health reaches zero and...
Valheim shows off armor and weapons approaching with the Ashlands
When your viking is out in the lands of Valheim striding across the Ashlands, what is your first priority? No, it is not dying...
World of Warcraft’s John Hight talks cosmic scale in expansions and sticking to the timeline in Classic
In the wake of this year's BlizzCon, interviews with the World of Warcraft team continue to trickle out, with the latest one being with...
