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Composer Jeff Kurtenacker is working on making the WildStar soundtrack available again
You might not think that WildStar's soundtrack is one of the greatest MMO soundtracks of all time, but that's not the consensus opinion. It's legitimately...
Final Fantasy XIV’s collaboration event with Final Fantasy XV arrives in mid-April
If you're one of the people who has been waiting eagerly for the crossover event between Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XV, you will have...
Jukebox Heroes: The Final Fantasy XIV soundtrack that disappeared
First there was the initial release of Final Fantasy XIV. Everyone generally agreed that this was a bad idea, and so it was sent...
The Daily Grind: Have any of your MMO accounts ever been hacked?
For all I know, all of my authenticators are just placebos; I've never actually had an account get hacked. There are accounts I've lost...
FFXIV Fan Festival Paris 2019: Liveblog of the opening keynote
It's four in the morning here on the East Coast. We've got a live stream loaded. We've got some big revelations to see. Yes,...
Gloria Victis updates open-world PvP to target differences in nation strength
The idea of having three-faction PvP in an MMO is that when one faction is dominating, the two remaining weaker factions can team up...
Final Fantasy XIV fans assemble the community tier list… for daddies
It's the day before the second Final Fantasy XIV fan festival ahead of Shadowbringers, which means that the community is hard at work. Is the hard...
Camelot Unchained’s newsletter looks at the small parts building larger things
If there's one theme to the latest Camelot Unchained newsletter (and as always, it's a lengthy newsletter), it's the reality that there are lots of...
Ship of Heroes upgrades to Unreal Engine 4.21 for a plethora of features
Upgrading versions of game engines is never terribly interesting. The one advantage for Ship of Heroes in this regard is that the nature of the...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that turn you off just based on history?
We were having an interesting discussion in work chat the other day about EVE Online involving Brendan and me. Brendan, obviously, is the expert on...
Albion Online teases its upcoming randomized PvE dungeons throughout the game world
The next update for Albion Online is offering new paths to treasure just spawning in the world, although you're going to have to fight through...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds now has an app for tracking kills around streaming players
If you're rushing into battle in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and shooting away, you may realize only belatedly that you gunned down a well-known streamer's character in...
Haven and Hearth prepares for a world reset on February 1
The current iteration of the world for Haven and Hearth is the 10th version of the game world, and it's been running for quite some...
Atlas plans to make the climb to the top less arduous for players
The development team behind Atlas is happy with the influence that hardcore players and large companies have upon the game. That's a core part of...
Take a look at the remastered battlegrounds heading to World of Warcraft in patch 8.1.5
Whether or not you're tired of Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch in World of Warcraft, those two battlegrounds are old. They're the oldest ones in the...
World of Warcraft is bringing in Free T-Shirt Day as a micro-holiday in patch 8.1.5
If you're not happy with the state of World of Warcraft at the moment, perhaps what would change your mind are free shirts. It couldn't...
The Cycle postpones its sixth alpha test for longer access while adding stress tests
Bad news first for fans of in-dev survival sandbox The Cycle. The game's sixth alpha test has been pushed back by two weeks, so it'll...
The Daily Grind: When did you realize you were no longer a beginner in an MMO?
I tend to think of myself as a beginner in any given MMO for a really long time. Like, to the point where I'll have...
Final Fantasy XI rolls out the Spring Alter Ego Expo on February 1
If you think about it a little, the trusts in Final Fantasy XI are a bit like the eponymous pokemon. They fight alongside you and...
GDC’s sixth annual State of the Industry report shows VR down, Steam down, and unionizing up
The sixth annual GDC State of the Industry report is an interesting barometer of development; rather than focusing on analysts, it focuses on surveys...
