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Final Fantasy XIV shares its full program schedule for Gamescom 2024
It's only a couple of weeks until Gamescom 2024 kicks off, and Final Fantasy XIV is getting quite a presence there. Obviously it will...
Throne & Liberty testers murdered almost 30M NPCs during its open beta
If you wanted to kill someone in PvP during Throne & Liberty's open beta test, you were using a dagger. The most common builds...
Final Fantasy XIV brings the Moonfire Faire around once more on August 8
Yo dawg, we heard you like summer celebrations, so we put a summer celebration in your summer vacation in Final Fantasy XIV so you...
The Daily Grind: Do you see your MMO characters as characters or as playing pieces?
There's an interesting element to a lot of games where you have places where the layers of gameplay break down. Your character in World...
Valheim’s board game incarnation offers a gameplay deep dive
If you're eagerly awaiting more news about the ongoing development of Valheim the video game, we are sorry to inform you that you will...
World of Warcraft starts up The War Within’s pre-expansion event and finally turns on Warband banks
A week after the patch that was meant to turn on most of the features for World of Warcraft's next expansion, one of the...
A week after The War Within’s pre-patch, World of Warcraft still has the same bugs
The World of Warcraft pre-expansion patch for The War Within launched on July 23rd, and it launched with some pretty substantial bugs. The updated...
The Daily Grind: What sort of cosmetic thing would you like to collect in your main MMO?
Cosmetic items are nice things to collect because while they do not strictly affect your numerical performance in the game, they do offer significant...
Mecha Break announces a surprise open beta test starting on August 10
Maybe the real breaks were the mecha we made along the way. Is that anything? No. It's complete nonsense. But if you want to...
World of Warcraft’s pre-patch for The War Within disables both warbanks and cross-realm trading because of bugs
If you look at the pre-expansion patch World of Warcraft delivers ahead of expansions as a dry run of the expansion itself, The War...
The Daily Grind: What sort of time-limited content works well in MMOs?
Over the years, I have occasionally dunked on Guild Wars 2 for making its story content early on revolve around taking part in continually...
NCsoft expands Throne & Liberty publishing to several additional regions in Asia and beyond
There's still a little time remaining before Throne & Liberty finally launches over here on September 17th as published by Amazon. But there are...
Final Fantasy XIV has a slate of activities lined up for Gamescom 2024
It's been just under a month since Final Fantasy XIV players took a trip to the game's version of America in Dawntrail, but in...
Gigantic patches in balance and bug fixes ahead of its first major season
The Arc team behind Gigantic is more than a little excited at the upcoming first competitive season for the game, which kicks off on...
Throne & Liberty starts its open beta today – here’s the new trailer
Today is the day when players can start in on Throne & Liberty as actual players because the game's open beta begins today on...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played with little hope for future content?
One of the neat things about City of Heroes Homecoming is that it is not a game bereft of updates or approaching content. No,...
ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition is coming for mobile devices this year during the holiday season
Are you concerned that after all of the different versions of ARK: Survival Evolved or points related that you have bought, there might still...
Albion Online looks back on its last year as the game turns seven
It may be hard to believe, but it has now been seven years since Albion Online launched, and in that time we've named it...
Final Fantasy XIV introduces the Arcadion and addresses job balance in patch 7.01
It's time to get ready to rumble, Final Fantasy XIV fans, because The Arcadion is here and ready for new entrants. The new raid...
The Daily Grind: What are your most important daily tasks in MMORPGs?
The name of this particular feature is, obviously, The Daily Grind. It is an allusion to daily tasks in MMORPGs. Now, certain games have...
