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Tarisland previews Dark Invasions and World Bosses for its next playtest
Are you tired of thinking about multiverses yet? Tarisland sure hopes not, because its next playtest will feature the zones flagged by the Dark...
The Daily Grind: What was the last major victory you had in an MMO?
The reality is that we all know MMO victories are not the same as real-world victories. It's just not possible; these are video games...
Old School RuneScape previews the dungeon beneath Varlamore in Perilous Moons
You know, if dwarves would just read one work of fiction they'd know that "dwarves dug too greedily and too deep" was kind of a...
Black Desert Online brings new currents and disembarking to ocean voyages
The first sea adventure you have in Black Desert Online you're enthusiastically staring at the mainsail once you confirm that's what the big one is,...
The Daily Grind: How scared are you of death in MMOs?
In the vast majority of MMOs, death does not actually carry too strict a penalty. We all know that. Your character dies, you lose...
Final Fantasy XI fires up the Harvest Festival once again
Veterans of Final Fantasy XI are quite accustomed to the game's Harvest Festival by this point. There are both tricks and treats, and several...
Corepunk plans for its next test phase starting November 4
Good news, Corepunk fans: The game's next phase will be starting pretty soon on November 4th and will have significantly more people involved in...
Mortal Online 2 looks for feedback and trailer footage from its Unreal Engine 5 test
The Mortal Online 2 test server for its Unreal Engine 5 upgrade has ended, and now the game wants you. Yes, you, specifically, assuming...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back All Saints’ Wake once again on October 27
After the events of the MSQ throughout the past year or so, do we really still need to deal with voidsent in this year's...
The Daily Grind: How often do you change builds for your characters in MMOs?
I know people in Final Fantasy XIV who always, always wind up changing their main job to one of the new jobs from the...
World of Warcraft brings Hallow’s End to Azeroth once again
You are probably not scared of the dark in World of Warcraft and you definitely aren't scared of dragons, because Dragonflight is downright lousy...
The Elder Scrolls Online previews update 40’s group finder and combo crafting stations
When Update 40 arrives in The Elder Scrolls Online later this month, players are going to have an easier time grouping up with the...
World of Warcraft previews the mechanics and rewards of upcoming Emerald Dream events
If you're excited to head to the Emerald Dream in World of Warcraft but aren't excited to have a whole lot of growing stuff...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever try out MMOs that aren’t MMORPGs?
It's not an exaggeration to say that most of our staff and the majority of our readers are here because they care about MMORPGs...
The Daily Grind: How do you manage your alts in MMOs where you have several?
When Bjork sang "Army of Me," she was not talking about having large arsenal of MMO characters. This was for several reasons, not the...
Final Fantasy XIV unveils a massive scale diorama of Ul’dah for its 10-year anniversary
With the upcoming release of a tabletop game based on Final Fantasy XIV, do you want to have the most jacked miniature terrain conceivable...
World of Warcraft’s charity pets for Ukraine raise more than $1.5 million
It's really easy to have a pretty negative opinion of Activision Blizzard these days, since the company regularly makes sure of that. But its...
Fractured Online extends fall playtest to folks without founder packs
Friday the 13th is traditionally unlucky, but let's face it, the team behind Fractured Online probably figure that they might as well taunt luck....
Star Wars: The Old Republic will host a livestream on October 18 for update 7.4
If you were dreading the possibility that Star Wars: The Old Republic was just going to coast along under Broadsword's management, well, there's a...
The Daily Grind: What MMO mechanic are you genuinely a hypocrite about?
No one really wants a fair fight. We all kind of want things to be unfair in our favor. That's just human nature. We...
