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Wisdom of Nym: Mechanical issues for jobs in Final Fantasy XIV, part two
Last week, we covered the mechanical issues for about half of the Final Fantasy XIV job lineup. This week, we're covering the other half....
Final Fantasy XIV brings around another round of Little Ladies’ Day
It's time for another celebration of song and cheer in Final Fantasy XIV as the annual Little Ladies' Day rolls around once more, this...
Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 3
In our third part of this five-part countdown of World of Warcraft's best music (at least, you know, in my opinion), we'll be heading...
The Daily Grind: How do you choose your character’s mounts in an MMO?
Sometimes, the choice of mount in an MMO is limited by functionality. If I want to cart someone around in Final Fantasy XIV, I...
Black Desert players take their first peek at the game’s next region, Drieghan
Yes, players have finally gotten a sneak peek at the next new land arriving to Black Desert, a vast and mountainous region to the...
Riot discloses the drop odds for League of Legends lootboxes
Mentioning lootboxes at this point is a good way to send players into paroxysms of rage regardless of how fair or unfair they are;...
SCUM is coming to Steam in Q2 2018
Remember SCUM? Yes, that's the name of the game. No, it's probably not going to make you feel great about yourself from the name...
Valnir Rok patches in female characters and horses
Girls love horses, right? That's still a gendered stereotype, isn't it? Because the latest patch for Valnir Rok adds both girls and horses to...
The latest World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth build brings even more hints of Mag’har Orcs
We don't yet have all of the allied races promised to us for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth available in the test builds....
Guild Wars 2 previews upcoming PvP/WvW skill splits
A skill is going to have the same general effect in all arenas of Guild Wars 2, but there are a lot of things...
TERA introduces new lootboxes for purchase, and they’re full of money
A lot of games have found ways to play with the idea of buying gold, usually with some form of currency exchange regulated by...
Warframe reverts beam weapons to their older state with extensive rebalancing
Once, beam weapons in Warframe were hitscan weapons that dealt appreciable damage and were accurate to a pinpoint. They had a balance problem, though,...
Neverwinter offers a tour of the Fane of the Night Serpent
Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Well, because Neverwinter is currently lousy with snakes, that's why. Specifically, the Yuan-ti have a center...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds very slightly changes its paid and free lootbox system
A new patch for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds means new loot crates, and that also means that you have an option for one that you can...
Just Survive patches in construction improvements and looks forward to account-wide progression
Construction has gotten better in Just Survive with the game's most recent patch. For one thing, you can more quickly repair base damage with...
WoW Factor: Why can’t Blizzard stop messing with everything?
It's funny to me that people had such an aggressive reaction to the changes coming to Hunter pets and damage formulas in Battle for...
Pre-teen Fortnite YouTuber gets swatted after achieving a high profile
In one story here we have the best and worst of humanity on display. It all begins with 12-year-old YouTuber Peter Varady, who goes by...
Check out voice recording from behind the scenes of Bless
You are probably aware that when you play an MMO, all of the voice samples you here are not produced in real-time by actors...
Warcraft 3 announces… a new patch!
It seems like just yesterday we were reporting on speculation about a Warcraft 3 remaster, due to the fact that it was in fact...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst presence on Reddit?
It's really hard to get a sense of "the community" with MMOs at this point, because MMOs are no longer confined to a small...
