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Persist Online gets a new trailer about surviving zombies in an MMORPG full of zombies to survive
If you have forgotten that Persist Online, the new zombie survival MMORPG on the way from developer CipSoft, is a thing that exists... well,...
Tribes 3 Rivals heads into de facto maintenance mode as developers offer compensation
There's bad but perhaps not unexpected news for Tribes 3 Rivals players today as developer Prophecy Games has put out a rather flatly titled...
Sand studio explains the extraction shooter’s premise in a new official post
Do you greatly enjoy sand's relative coarseness, its rough texture, and its ability to get everywhere? This is the correct way of thinking! No...
PSA: You can download the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail patch right now
If you had been waiting to pick up the Final Fantasy XIV patch for Dawntrail until tomorrow because you are on PC and didn't...
Final Fantasy XIV fans assemble 300 fans to play an Endwalker tribute medley
As of this point, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is officially done. The game is down for maintenance for 48 hours for the early access...
Final Fantasy XIV sets an aetheryte in London ahead of Dawntrail’s launch
If anyone has an aetheryte ticket in real life and wants the cheapest trip possible to the UK, good news, as there's an aetheryte...
The Daily Grind: Do you have MMO items in your inventory that are never going to be useful?
In the launch version of Final Fantasy XIV, there were a number of currency items that dropped from tribal enemies like the Amalj'aa and...
Final Fantasy XIV reminds players to prepare for Dawntrail’s early access period
If you are unbelievably eager to be tap-dancing in Tural in Final Fantasy XIV, please remember that you need to have a pre-order code...
Star Trek Online’s Unparalleled update arrives on consoles today
Despite the name, it would appear that Star Trek Online's latest update, Unparalleled, does indeed feature a parallel. In a parallel universe known as...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas and Morgan Day talk about raid difficulty and defensive balance
The time-honored practice of World of Warcraft releasing a new raid tuned to challenge people racing to clear it first and then steadily making...
The Daily Grind: What inspired your longest-played MMO character?
Something inspired your MMO characters. You might be quick to argue that you don't roleplay, and that may be true, but it does not...
Final Fantasy XIV posts its schedule for 48-hour maintenance ahead of Dawntrail
If you have anything you want to accomplish in Final Fantasy XIV ahead of the launch of Dawntrail, you will want to get that...
Riders of Icarus is shutting down its Southeast Asian servers without any sort of character transfer
There was a time when Riders of Icarus was fine, but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only replace "when the Fire Nation...
Mortal Online 2’s next patch will add its Mastery system, a Wilderness dungeon, and new craftable armor
Originally, Mortal Online 2 had planned to include a system called the Veteran system, a mechanic designed to help improve build diversity and offer...
Final Fantasy XIV updates players on expectations of server congestion at Dawntrail’s launch
During the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail media tour, producer and director Naoki Yoshida said to Eurogamer that the team has prepared for expansion launch...
The Daily Grind: What brings you back to MMORPGs you stepped away from?
I don't tend to go back to games that I left all that often, but that's less a function of being unwilling and more...
Final Fantasy XI rolls out a new version update with new commands, new icons, and a new shield
For far too long, Final Fantasy XI has suffered from the fact that you can log into the game and not be immediately granted...
Guild Wars 2 details spear techniques for Warriors, Thieves, and Engineers
The next Guild Wars 2 expansion has the wrong date listed because Janthir Wilds should obviously be coming out in October. Why? So you...
The Daily Grind: Can you give (another) example of MMO developers failing to read the room?
These days, New World is kind of the whipping boy of the week when it comes to tone-deaf attempts at managing its community. It's...
BitCraft outlines the Empire system coming in its second alpha as a main source of monetization
The good news is that anyone can be the emperor in BitCraft's Empire system, which will be available for testing within the game's second...
