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Final Fantasy XI kicks off the Harvest Festival on October 25
It's almost Halloween, and Final Fantasy XI is honor-bound to have a Halloween event since it originally launched in North America when its Halloween...
Zenith shuts down legacy shards for PS VR 1 and Quest 1 on November 6
It's bad enough that Zenith fans have had to deal with the game hitting maintenance mode just a couple of months ago, but it...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs went out on a high note?
I don't hate the Voracious Resurgence in Final Fantasy XI, but I kind of dislike it just because it makes the game's previous narrative...
Final Fantasy XIV updates its website Community Finder to help players start groups more easily
Finding members to start your Free Company or PvP team can be tricky in Final Fantasy XIV, but the game's website is here to...
The Daily Grind: What would entice you to a fresh start server in an MMORPG?
Fresh start servers knock every player of an MMORPG back to zero. Nobody has more money, or more gear, or more advantage beyond learned...
World of Warcraft’s new anniversary video recaps the memorable events of the game’s first decade
Do you remember endlessly fighting the other faction in Hillsbrad Foothills for no reason whatsoever in the early days of World of Warcraft? What...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for a new round of All Saints’ Wake on October 18
The ghoulish delights of the spooky season pervade the MMO landscape, and Final Fantasy XIV is no exception to that rule. In fact, its...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the worst fishing?
I have long been a tireless advocate for the idea that fishing, as a minigame, is not good. I do not care for fishing....
The Daily Grind: What was the last long-term goal you accomplished in an MMO?
One of the nice things about MMOs as a genre is that they're good games for very, very slowly accomplishing goals that you set...
Greg Street’s Fantastic Pixel Castle recaps Project Ghost’s classical and random zone testing
It probably will not stun you that the team at Fantastic Pixel Castle is rather pleased about how its third prototype milestone for Ghost...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews the Feast of Prosperity starting on October 8
Quick, what's the best way to restore fear in a galactic crime syndicate overseen by corpulent slugs? If you said "throwing a gigantic feast...
Elephants were the real hero of The Quinfall’s third closed beta
What happened in the third beta for The Quinfall? A lot of people on war elephants and a lot of people fighting in fields,...
Final Fantasy XIV suspends housing demolition on NA servers in response to Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene hit the United States pretty hard, if you've somehow missed hearing about it. The Final Fantasy XIV team wants to make sure...
Necesse’s latest update brings the plains biome to the game
The change in game is mainly on the plains... in Necesse, anyway. The game's most recent update has recently gone live - and faster...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best options for punching stuff?
In pretty much every MMORPG with a fantasy theme, you have people with gigantic swords. You have spellcasters of some variety with arcane arts....
Cozy co-op game Fae Farm is coming to Xbox and PlayStation on October 22nd
Have you ever found yourself sitting in front of your television, holding your PlayStation 5 controller, only to realize that you can't play Fae...
The Daily Grind: What’s the dumbest character name you’ve ever played seriously?
Years ago, when we were playing Torchlight 2 as a group of writers from the site because surely that franchise was going to result...
The Guild Wars 2 community prepares Foostival events for fans in France and Germany
Voulez-vous aller a une fete pour Guild Wars 2? Parce que ca arrive bientot! There, see, those French lessons did pay off for work....
The Daily Grind: Which maintenance mode MMORPG have you still played the longest?
Maintenance mode is a weird thing even just as a concept. Some games claim to be in maintenance mode while still receiving regular updates,...
The Daily Grind: What MMO class or archetype do you personally identify with?
I've done a few tongue-in-cheek Perfect Tens about common class archetypes from Warriors to Rogues to Bards, but jokes aside, not every MMORPG has...
