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Final Fantasy XI brings back Mandragora Mania for its 19th anniversary
After 19 years of operation, Final Fantasy XI no doubt finds anniversary celebrations just a little bit tedious. It's been 19 years! There's a ton...
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis opens up client downloads for its beta test via the Windows Store
Eager for the Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis closed beta? The good news is that it's just around the corner, with invites already going...
Final Fantasy XI launches its May version update with more story and more Odyssey mechanics
Is it Bastok time in Final Fantasy XI? It certainly seems to be with the latest version update, because that's where the story of...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks blacklists, friend lists, and Island Sanctuaries
So you meet some people in a random group in Final Fantasy XIV whom you never want to see ever again, and you blacklist...
Jukebox Heroes: Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga soundtrack
It's been far, far too long since I've dipped into Guild Wars 2's soundtrack. I feel deeply shamed for this neglect, especially considering how...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite sound effect from an MMO?
We tend to pay a lot more attention to music than sound when it comes to MMOs, which is odd because both of them...
Skyforge’s Days of Glory event pits players against robot ghosts from the past
The world of Skyforge has a lot of invasions happening all the time, but the Days of Glory event is a bit different. You're not...
Mortal Online 2’s latest beta patch lets you put bags on your pets
Why do you have pets? Is it for companionship? Security? Transport? No. It's to carry things for you. Heaven knows that the reason there...
Final Fantasy XI launches a login campaign alongside a returner and discount campaign
Attention, would-be adventurers:Â Final Fantasy XI wants you. It wants you to log in. It's even taking a multi-pronged approach to this desire, in fact....
Blade and Soul’s next major update, Winds of Rage, launches May 12
There's an angry wind blowing in Blade & Soul with its next major update, Winds of Rage. What does the angry wind bring with it?...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its upcoming Moogle Treasure Festival for the digital Fan Festival
When the digital fan festival kicks off for Final Fantasy XIV on May 14th, the digital events start too. Want to pick up some emotes?...
Wakfu introduces Demonic Pacts for open PvP in update 1.72
Would you take a big bonus to your experience and loot in exchange for the risk of losing all of it? That's the fundamental...
World of Warcraft: Classic launches The Burning Crusade on June 1
So it was rumored and so it turned out to be;Â WoW Classic is going to Outland on June 1st. It's now been officially announced...
The Daily Grind: Should international MMOs have global servers or regional servers?
My first experience with MMOs was Final Fantasy XI, and so it was weird to me when I started getting some experience in the wider...
TitanReach shows off new animal models that have glimpsed the unknowable
Look at the deer up there. That is the new deer model TitanReach has unveiled in its most recent development entry, and it is an...
World of Warcraft: Classic details major arena rating changes for The Burning Crusade
At this year's online BlizzCon offering, the WoW Classic developers joked that they were moving on from hashtag-no-changes to hashtag-some-changes. It now appears that perhaps...
Here’s how the scoring system in World of Warcraft’s Torghast will work in 9.1
When patch 9.1 goes live in World of Warcraft, it'll bring no shortage of changes to every area of the game including the randomized dungeon...
The Daily Grind: What’s your least favorite mechanic in an MMO you like?
It's not a surprise to anyone who reads this that I like Final Fantasy XIV. That having been said, there are also things I really...
Final Fantasy XIV takes a look at character concept artist Hiroyuki Nagamine’s work
What do the Four Lords, the Koropokkur, and the Fat Cat minion in Final Fantasy XIV all have in common? Well, all of them were...
Fallout 76 makes plans for adding the Steel Reign update to the test server in May
The last update for Fallout 76, Locked & Loaded, just arrived on the live servers, but that doesn't mean that the update train has stopped...
