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Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with interesting Guinness World Records
I never quite know how much stock to put in Guinness World Records. I guess it's somewhere between "for amusement value" and "stone cold...
Casually Classic: Is it worth playing into World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm Classic?
Do you know that feeling of flipping through cable channels or endless Netflix menus only to suspect there's nothing on that would hit the...
World of Warcraft previews eight more Hero Talent Trees
If you're eager to check out the Hero Talent Trees in World of Warcraft's next expansion, well... you're going to have to wait until...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today
Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...
The Daily Grind: What helped to reinvigorate your love of an MMO?
Time and over-familiarity work against our ongoing interest and passion in MMORPGs. It's just how it is. So you can either burn out, take...
World of Tanks offers a focused look at 2024’s new modes, vehicles, and feature tweaks in latest video
"We've had one roadmap video, yes, but what about second roadmap video?" That's probably what World of Tanks studio Wargaming was thinking when it...
Emmy-winning composer Russell Brower talks about making Tarisland’s soundtrack
Whatever concerns or qualms you might have about Tencent's upcoming Tarisland, the soundtrack shouldn't be one of them. That's because the game signed on...
WoW Classic dev explains sharding and layering strategies for Season of Discovery
As WoW Classic left #NoChanges abandoned on the side of the road hundreds of miles ago, the legacy server trekked on to forge its...
Past Fate retools the Blackfang Keep zone and releases its first pass at an armor upgrade system
Are you ready to plumb a blacker, more fang-filled Blackfang Keep? You'd better be because Past Fate's latest patch has made some optimizations and...
PlayStation boss demands ‘accountability’ on Bungie’s spending and development timelines
The relationship between Destiny 2 developer Bungie and Sony PlayStation appears to be continuing to fray if statements from Sony Interactive Entertainment chairman Hiroki...
Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure: The Realm of Dreams episode launches February 27
The third quarterly chunk of Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure finally has a name and a date: It's called The Realm of...
Wisdom of Nym: How long until Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion based on patch 6.57?
I wasn't really thinking about Final Fantasy XIV's patch 6.57 in any real detail because... of course I wasn't. There are some things I...
Destiny 2 outlines adjustments for weapons, perks, and abilities arriving March 5
While Destiny 2 fans patiently (or impatiently) await the arrival of The Final Shape expansion in June and the Into the Light update in...
Path of Exile plans next expansion launch for late March, with more details coming mid-March
When is the next expansion/update/league coming for Path of Exile? We don't know precisely, but we do know the release window thanks to a...
WoW Factor: Steve Danuser was not really the problem with World of Warcraft
So I don't want to sit here and say "oh, things were going so great" before the news that Steve Danuser had actually left...
EverQuest II begins selling level 125 boost bundles
There's a new way to skip over levels and jet right to the top in EverQuest II -- provided that you have the disposable...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
Multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion’s Dark Faction expansion earns player ire over borked co-op
Last week saw the co-op space survival sandbox Empyrion put out its first-ever expansion, Dark Faction, thanks in part to a surprise publishing partnership...
EG7 Q4 2023: DCUO’s delayed latest-gen console launch hurt Daybreak’s revenues last quarter
While bigger games companies continue to flail, EG7 actually managed to grow last year, as its latest investor report demonstrates, with overall revenues up...
Final Fantasy XIV increases weekly tomestone limits with patch 6.57
You know it's late in the life cycle of a Final Fantasy XIV expansion when the game uncaps your weekly tomestones as is happening...