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Final Fantasy XI provides login bonuses, discounts, and returning campaign boosts
Saturday will mark the 14-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XI releasing in North America. If you're one of the many players who enjoyed the...
Neverwinter hosts the Masquerade of Liars for Halloween
This year's Halloween event for Neverwinter is kind of harshly named, you guys. Seriously, "Masquerade of Liars?" That's a rather severe appellation to slap...
Blizzard’s Battle.net has officially expanded to be a little more social
All right, so rebranding the Battle.net app didn't work out as well as Blizzard had hoped. But the company remains bound and determined to...
SWTOR celebrates KOTOR’s Xbox One launch with cash-shop outfits and free expansions
It's been a while since the classic RPGÂ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic first launched, but Xbox One players are just getting to...
Age of Wushu adds a new free-for-all battle royale mode to its China version
There are two ways to look at the new battle royale mode added to the Age of Wushu Chinese servers. The first is with...
Shroud of the Avatar acquires fan-made map software for zone mapping
The original plan for Shroud of the Avatar was to have all maps be hand-drawn, found by players, and generally hard to find. This...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV 4.1’s squadron dynamics, alliance roulette, and materia
Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.1 fell into a pretty solid cadence right away, from my experience. It's not one of those patches where absolutely...
New datamining points to potential World of Warcraft subraces for the next expansion
First of all, a disclaimer for those who need it: Using datamining to figure out what's going to be in the game in the...
The Daily Grind: What one character option would you remove from your favorite MMO?
Good news, MMO fans! You're getting to redesign your favorite MMO's entire combat system. The bad news is that you're doing so by removing...
Jukebox Heroes: Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind soundtrack
Lately I've felt the need to get into gear and cover a lot of the more recent MMO soundtracks that have released alongside their...
World of Warcraft (briefly) shows off the 8.0 expansion in testing
Can we officially declare the next World of Warcraft expansion announced yet? Technically, no. But the game's beta version testing very briefly turned to...
The Daily Grind: Have you done socially unacceptable things in MMOs?
There are two sorts of cheating in MMOs. One of them, which is outright hacking the game, is capital-b Bad. Back in the days...
Bluehole’s Project W to be revealed at G-Star 2017
We first asked what Project W was about a year ago, and we still don't know the answer. We know that it's being made...
Kritika Online drops a nice update for Halloween with a Haunted Room
You are not going to be scared when Kritika Online goes down for maintenance at 11:00 a.m. EDT, nor will you be scared when...
ArcheAge brings in a variety of haunting events for Hallowtide
Starting on Tuesday, October 24th, ArcheAge is getting into the spirit of Halloween. As we all know, the real meaning of Halloween is dressing...
OrbusVR prepares for its wild zones and endgame dungeons for beta 3
It might seem a little early in OrbusVR's life cycle to be super invested in the endgame, but the release of the game's third...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for a spooky harvest festival
You honestly can't scare Final Fantasy XI players with anything short of a shutdown notice at this point, so if you were hoping for...
No, Squadron 42 isn’t going to release this year
All right, let's be honest, you probably didn't actually think that Star Citizen's much-delayed single-player Squadron 42 was coming out this year. Around this...
Final Fantasy XIV brings around its annual Halloween event on October 19
Another All Saints' Wake is approaching once more in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means players will need to deal with the usual antics...
The Daily Grind: Are you a completionist in MMOs?
As I level up my many jobs on my main in Final Fantasy XIV, I feel compelled to take on all of the sidequests...