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The Daily Grind: What animal do you want to see in more MMOs?
Pangolins are the weirdest animals that sound like fantasy creatures except they're real animals in the real world. We need more of them in...
Final Fantasy XIV starts another hunt for Moogle tomestones on May 14
If you long for irregular tomestones of any variety, Final Fantasy XIV has you covered starting on May 14th. Yes, it's time for another...
World of Warcraft’s latest patch, Dark Heart, is now live
It's time to go all-in on sisters and sinning! Wait, that sounds way worse than it was supposed to. It's not our fault; the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best goats?
Goats are normal, serene, well-behaved animals, as you can tell from the line of games simulating their existence in complete fidelity to reality. And...
Final Fantasy XI outlines its bonus anniversary campaigns for its 22nd (!) anniversary
This month marks the 22nd anniversary of Final Fantasy XI, which means that if you're feeling like we just celebrated this a year ago......
The Daily Grind: What challenge in an MMORPG resulted in your most shameful string of deaths?
Hello, my name is Eliot, and back when City of Heroes launched the character I made at launch 20 years ago could not kill...
Final Fantasy XIV is adding new logistical data center for European players May 7
What if you wanted to log in to a new logistical data center in Europe to play Final Fantasy XIV, but Naoki Yoshida looked...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the coziest inns?
Look, it's time to accept and understand a fundamental truth about Star Wars: The Old Republic, perhaps the game's greatest failing. Cantinas? Not comfy....
World of Warcraft is retiring the Companion App as it looks forward to the Cataclysm Classic conversion
If you're still salty about being asked this ages ago, don't worry, World of Warcraft fans. Blizzard no longer cares if you have a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG with level scaling handles it worst?
Considering the fact that every MMORPG is in a war of content basically forever, I say it makes sense that they would embrace level...
The Wagadu Chronicles has released its Dungeons & Dragons 5E-compatible tabletop rulebook
You may or may not feel that The Wagadu Chronicles as it currently exists in its playable state is delivering on its premise. We're...
World of Warcraft previews the Dark Heart update arriving on May 7
Hasn't World of Warcraft promised the final chapter in Dragonflight a couple of times now? Well hold on to your hats because the very...
Lineage II outlines its 20th anniversary plans for all of its versions
Can you believe that it has been 20 years since Lineage II originally released? Because you only sort of should believe it. The game...
The Daily Grind: How much do graphics matter to you in an MMORPG?
Anyone who says that graphics in an MMORPG don't matter at all who is not playing a MUSH is gently lying to you because...
Tarisland opens a dedicated pre-registration website with milestones and quests
Do you wish to pre-order Tarisland on the Windows? No, we're not making a joke or a typo, that's what the official dedicated pre-registration...
Final Fantasy XIV promises an updated Dawntrail benchmark to improve character creation lighting and fix issues
While lots of players were very happy to have the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail benchmark this past Sunday, there was some discontent. Odd lighting...
Albion Online shares its full schedules for Season 23 – including the plan for Albion Europe
For those of you who long to begin the blood-drenched path to mastery with Albion Online's Season 23, you should know that the path...
Skull & Bones is already on 50% discount two months after launch
After being delayed approximately four thousand times, to the point that we were even making jokes about it to the date it released, how...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever backed an MMO kickstarter?
Back around the time when I first was getting my sea legs on Massively-that-was, donating to an MMO Kickstarter was basically a rite of...
World of Warcraft shows off the ways that Warbands will share currency, items, and reputations
Your Warband is going to share everything. Clothes, money, social standing, even boyfriends. That's the big takeaway from the new entry on Warbands from...
