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Final Fantasy XIV posts the full event schedule for its digital fan festival
It's just a little more than three weeks until Final Fantasy XIV holds its digital fan festival, and if you'd forgotten it in the wake...
The Daily Grind: Are you worried about Blizzard in the wake of all of its high-profile departures?
In some ways, Jeff Kaplan leaving Blizzard after 19 years is not a stunning event, what with the ongoing process of people leaving the...
Dungeons & Dragons Online adds the Perils of the Planar Eyes and spikier damage calculations
The latest update for Dungeons & Dragons Online is adding some spikes. No, not with the game's newest set of adventures that are available to...
Project Gorgon brings out its Attack of the World Bosses event with new signposts and fewer adds
Eager to go fight some world bosses in Project Gorgon? The Attack of the World Bosses event is kind of the time to do that,...
The Feast of Swords returns to Final Fantasy XI
Despite its name, the Feast of Swords in Final Fantasy XI does not actually allow you to eat any swords. You will be given no...
Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard Entertainment and his position as director of Overwatch
Everything is going super great at Blizzard Entertainment, and the proof of this can be found in the newest announcement of employment shakeups. Jeff Kaplan,...
The Cycle previews its updated UI design
Fans of The Cycle will get to enjoy a new and improved UI in the not-too-distant future, and the latest development diary on the...
Sony changes course and announces the PlayStation 3 and PSP Vita stores will remain operational
Remember at the end of March when Sony announced that the PlayStation 3, PSP, and PSP Vita stores would shut down this year? Fans...
Swords of Legends Online shows off its Spearmaster class
If you're looking forward to Swords of Legends Online but want to be contrary about what sort of weaponry you use to poke at...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO suffers the worst patch-day issues?
So Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch literally broke the ability to visit players on other servers, which is sort of an inauspicious start when...
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis gets a new trailer and developer-narrated gameplay footage
Remember Siege Survival: Gloria Victis? Well, you should; it's the spinoff to the eponymous Gloria Victis that focuses on managing your way out of...
No, Square-Enix is not looking to be bought out
Time to relax a little, people. A report last night had the internet in a tizzy after it suggested that Square-Enix had multiple other...
World of Warcraft details exactly how adjustments to drops and mechanics will work in The Burning Crusade Classic
So, if you were wondering how exactly WoW Classic would handle the changes implemented over the course of The Burning Crusade, your questions have...
The Warcraft movie twitter shares some deleted scenes from the film
You may not have thought about the fact that there was a Warcraft movie for years, bu it turns out that there's still a...
Final Fantasy XIV restores the world visit system after technical outages
Good news for people trapped on other world servers in Final Fantasy XIV, these prison bars shall jail you no longer. The development team...
Ubisoft announces shutdown dates for several of its older online titles
Today's bad news for legacy online support is that some of Ubisoft's older titles now have a firm date of online shutdown. If you've...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.5, Death Unto Dawn, is out today
The date has finally arrived for Final Fantasy XIV to get a new patch. Patch 5.5 is now live on the game's servers, bringing...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for its next live letter on May 15
If Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers got you to feel a feeling, you have Natsuko Ishikawa to thank for that. And she's working on the...
The Daily Grind: What mount type do you wish more MMOs would offer?
Here are some of my mounts in Final Fantasy XIV: a sheep. A flying pig. A giant moss-covered sneezing monster. A drifting stalk of a...
Outriders offers players a care package to compensate for server outages and bugs
The launch for Outriders was messy because at this point it's just apparently de rigeur that every online launch is filled with connectivity issues and...
