event coverage
E3 2017: ARK Survival Evolved launches August 8
The time is fast approaching when we can stop cocking eyebrows at ARK: Survival Evolved for launching expansions while still in early access as...
EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Online plans amazing new PvE gameplay
Today's EVE Online is a far cry from the empty but hopeful sandbox released back in 2003, having constantly re-invented itself for over 14 years...
EVE Fanfest 2017: Hands-on with competitive VR sports game Sparc
At the end of February, CCP Games announced a new game that has nothing to do with EVE Online or even the EVE IP. Named Sparc,...
EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Online joins the hunt for exoplanets through Project Discovery
The scientific community has been buzzing lately with the incredible news that a star system less than 40 lightyears away named TRAPPIST-1 was found...
EVE Fanfest 2017: EVE Valkyrie adds atmospheric flight in Groundrush, coming April 11th
Virtual reality dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie has taken centre stage in the emerging VR landscape, growing from a tech demo developed by some devs at CCP Games...
PAX East 2017: The Elder Scrolls Online’s battlegrounds are exactly that
My absolute first appointment at PAX East 2017 was to stop by The Elder Scrolls Online display to check out the new battlegrounds coming...
The Daily Grind: What were you disappointed to not hear about from PAX East?
As the man on the ground at PAX East this year (and every year), I bear the brunt of your displeasure if there was...
PAX East 2017: Introducing Rend, a three-way survival sandbox from Frostkeep Studios
I don't really like survival games, typically -- I understand why a lot of people do like them, don't get me wrong, but I don't...
PAX East 2017: Citadel Studios on Shards Online’s switch to Legends of Aria
Big changes for MMOs frequently involve giving up almost as much as you gain. Not so with Legends of Aria, the not-actually-new title from...
PAX East 2017: Hands-on with the surprisingly fun Kritika Online
It's pretty much a rule of nature that at least one game is going to be far better and more fun to play than...
PAX East 2017: Jumping and climbing through Chronicles of Elyria’s pre-alpha
I admit to my weakness: Despite years and years of games using it again and again, I still enjoy the simple gameplay benefits of...
PAX East 2017: Final Fantasy XIV’s Q&A panel
At the time of this writing, there's just over a hundred days until Stormblood launches, expanding the world of Final Fantasy XIV for the...
PAX East 2017: Talking Conan Exiles on the show floor with Funcom
If you're a fan of Funcom and the games it makes, Conan Exiles probably has you breathing a bit easier than you have in a...
PAX East 2017: En Masse tells us all about TERA’s console port
Putting TERA on consoles seems like it's the most obvious combination of games and platforms ever conceived. Even more than Super Mario Bros. and...
PAX East 2017: Naoki Yoshida on Final Fantasy XIV’s new jobs, old jobs, and future patches
It would be fair to say that Final Fantasy XIV fans treat Naoki Yoshida like a rock star, and he carries himself like one:...
EVE Vegas 2016: EVE Online is finally getting a real tutorial
One of EVE Online's developers once described the new player experience with the line "Welcome to EVE, here's a Rubik's cube, go f**k yourself," and he...
EVE Evolved: Alpha Clone economics, bragging rights, and restrictions
Yesterday at EVE Vegas 2016, developer CCP Rise held us spellbound with tales of his recent misadventures in EVE Online recently when pretending to...
Here’s what to expect from Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival livestream
The second convention for Final Fantasy XIV fans is arriving in just a little more than a week, and if you don't already have...
E3 2016: Chatting E3 demos and MMO research with Red Fox Insights’ Jake Parmley
I'm wrapping up my on-site E3 coverage this year with a meeting more about the industry meta than about any one game. The interviewee? Jake Parmley...
E3 2016: Taking a look at Bitcoin-inspired MOTCG Deckbound
Multiplayer online TCG Deckbound is one of those rare gems that shines its brightest at an event like E3 rather than most of the other big conventions....
