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EA stock recovers from loss on the back of Apex Legends’ launch
After the release of the third-quarter results for Electronic Arts on Tuesday, the company experienced a nasty dip in its stock value, dropping 18%...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any love for jumping puzzles in MMOs?
It's hard for me to be sure exactly when MMOs decided that jumping puzzles were the thing to include as an option. Guild Wars 2 certainly...
EVE Online moves cynosural fields to a separate overview filter with its February update
If you have never wanted to see a cynosural field in your overview in EVE Online, the game's February patch will take care of that....
Paragon Chat hosts a winter formal in City of Heroes on February 9
Hang out with your fellow heroes, dress up, and enjoy a celebration of winter in Paragon Chat this Saturday with the winter formal! Yes, the City...
Final Fantasy XI’s February update brings substantial improvements to Red Mage
It's been a long time since Final Fantasy XI made Red Mages happy. The job has languished for a long while with most of its...
EverQuest looks for player stories for its anniversary
The memories that have been forged in EverQuest are numerous, due in no small part to just how long the game has been running. For...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s creative director talks about the characters of Jedi Under Siege
The latest update for Star Wars: The Old Republic brought a lot of characters around. It brought major characters back, it brought new characters into...
Vague Patch Notes: Why the social penalty for open PvP in MMOs never works
One of the most important things to have when you're thinking about games and their design is reference material. It's one of the things...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the biggest homogeneity problem with outfits?
Every MMO has a certain upper limit on how many different outfits you can come up with. That's just the reality. And some games...
Fortnite’s newest patch adds in bottle rockets, campfires, and the wild west
Do you have a deep and unsatisfied need to tell your opponents in Fortnite that this municipal collection of residents lacks sufficient size for both...
Sea of Thieves kicks off the Friends Play Free event today
The old aphorism is that there's no honor among thieves. But there can be honor, companionship, and even just good old-fashioned friendship in Sea of Thieves....
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers page on Steam accidentally reveals an additional zone
It's the day when everyone gets to buy the third Final Fantasy XIV expansion, or at least pre-order it. And it turns out that there...
Final Fantasy XIV opens up pre-orders for Shadowbringers
The third expansion for Final Fantasy XIV launches on July 2nd, but if you're a player for the game you are likely already hyped for...
Apex Legends passed 600,000 concurrent players in 24 hours
Amidst the bad news for Electronic Arts yesterday, there was a note of positivity when it comes to Apex Legends. You may remember the battle...
Crowfall examines the issues of changing scoring rules mid-campaign
The nature of time-limited Campaigns in Crowfall has given rise to an interesting question of whether or not it's a good idea to patch the...
World of Warcraft recaps the process of hunting down the Hivemind mount
If your enjoyment of World of Warcraft partly relies upon hunting down the puzzles full of obscure notes for individual mounts, you would probably do...
The Division 2 shares more story and endgame details ahead of its February 7 beta
The first real beta test for The Division 2 kicks off on February 7th, but fans have got some new compiled information about the game...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida shares more details about the reasoning behind Shadowbringers revelations
The second part of the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival trilogy has wrapped up, and Japanese gaming site Game Watch has sat down for an...
H1Z1 adds ranked leaderboards for PlayStation 4 with its season 3 update
Are you tracking your progress as well as you could in H1Z1 on PlayStation 4? Sure, you think you're doing better now, but are you really doing...
Final Fantasy XIV’s basic edition is free for Twitch Prime users until May
With a new expansion on the way in July and a continual schedule of content updates, you may very well be tempted to try...