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The Daily Grind: What MMO offers players the best tutorials?
Let's face it, MMOs are pretty bad at teaching players about what they're supposed to do. I can't recall the last time I needed...
TERA offers rewards to those who hit 65 on the Elin Brawler
Sure, punching things is great, but have you done so as a middle school girl with animal ears wearing a terrible miniskirt? That sentence...
Crowfall shows off its new and improved lobby screen
Ah, the noble lobby! The place where you wait for something interesting to happen! Who doesn't love the lobby? The answer is probably just...
Blade & Soul kicks off the Golden Harvest Festival today
It's time for players in Blade & Soul to face the greatest challenge yet: staying awake after eating enough food in-game to kill a...
Blizzard talks up ‘meaningful choices’ in World of Warcraft’s story
Did you still have any hopes about the story of World of Warcraft in this expansion? Did you think the writers would somehow pull...
Fallout 76 still has lots of fun hacks that are being tracked down
What do you get when you combine a company legendary for its ability to release buggy or unpolished games and an online game with...
Wisdom of Nym: How many antagonistic sides do we have in Final Fantasy XIV?
One of my favorite moments from Order of the Stick (which is excellent anyhow) is when one of the villains makes it clear to...
Netease talks up Diablo Immortal to Chinese fans and onlookers
While American fans at this weekend's BlizzCon went into full-on meltdown mode, NetEase was also telling Chinese fans about the upcoming Diablo Immortal. It...
EverQuest II kicks off its 14-year anniversary celebration
Can you believe that EverQuest II has been running for 14 years now? We'll give you a moment to scamper off to Wikipedia to...
The Daily Grind: What wildly implausible settings would you like for an MMO?
If you had told me before it happened that we would get an MMO based on the works of Tad Williams, I wouldn't have...
BlizzCon 2018: World of Warcraft gets a new charity pet and a new cinematic
The opening ceremonies are over, and we didn't get a whole lot of news about World of Warcraft just yet, but we did get...
Bless Online is making some enhancement changes with its next patch
Is it too difficult to enhance items in Bless Online? The game's next planned patch on November 7th should make it a fair bit...
Ascent: Infinite Realm teases players about the PvP arena
We've all been waiting for more information about Ascent: Infinite Realm, and the most recent teases about the game confirm something very important. You...
Fallout 76’s Atom shop is in the game’s beta (but not usable just yet)
As you walk through the wasteland in the Fallout 76, be on the lookout for Atoms. Yes, with a capital letter, that's the game's...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever felt personally let down by an MMO?
MMOs are not my life. My interaction with them starts and stops with me as a player and a journalist. I evaluate them, I...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the role-swapping abilities of Eureka Pyros
It seems fair to say that the last installment of Eureka in Final Fantasy XIV was not considered delightful by fans, but Eureka Pyros...
A story of rags to recovery (not quite riches) thanks to Warframe’s player-made content
Artist Frelling Hazmot is doing all right these days. He's paying back debts and making do with a rather substantial income. It's a far...
Red Dead Redemption 2 posts a record-breaking weekend while possibly sneaking in a crunch reference
It's hardly a surprise that Red Dead Redemption 2 is a successful game, but let's just quantify that by noting that the game is...
Final Fantasy XI wants you to catch up in November
You may not be caught up to all of the leveling you can do in Final Fantasy XI, but let's be fair, there are...
SoulWorker Online improves Lilly’s character advancement with its newest patch
It's time for Lilly to get some new tricks in SoulWorker Online. Sure, she's still hopping around with a scythe, but why not get...
