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Dota 2 issues decades-long bans against bad actors and account violators
As I understand it, most MOBAs are unfriendly places, especially the larger ones like Dota 2. In an announcement made by Valve in a...
Blizzard clarifies the policy on World of Warcraft exploits following the dungeon exploit in Classic
We know that Blizzard intends to punish players who exploited a bug to cause endless dungeon respawns in World of Warcraft: Classic. But as happens...
WoW Classic is hotfixing another exploit, this one in dungeons
The stated reason for the way World of Warcraft: Classic was built upon the modern client architecture was to reduce any chance of exploits, but...
World of Warcraft perseveres under weekend DDoS attacks, WoW Classic fixes layering exploits
It was a pretty annoying weekend to be playing some of Blizzard's titles -- in particular, World of Warcraft Classic. Players noticed significant disruptions,...
WoW Classic opens more servers for transfer, addressing layer switching
Blizzard is continuing to open up opening up character transfers for WoW Classic to allow folks who rolled on overloaded shards to get the heck off....
Conan Exiles shows off new Blood and Sand goodies and announces a return to normal decay values
Are you ready for Blood and Sand? Well, more blood and sand than there already is in Conan Exiles, which looks like a place...
Massively Overthinking: The first 10 minutes of an MMO
So here's the thing about Elder Scrolls games: Most of them start out with the same hook. From Morrowind to Oblivion to Skyrim, you...
Researchers discover nasty Steam security loophole that Valve allegedly initially brushed off
We all know that Steam is a pretty popular program for gamers, with over 100 million registered users and millions of people online at...
One Shots: Indulging in nostalgia
When an MMORPG recedes into the rearview mirror of life, all you are left with are memories, music... and screenshots. It's amazing how a...
Conan Exiles disables avatar summoning – again! – after players abuse exploit to… dupe gods
Dangit people, some of y'all just can't resist an exploit, can ya? Apparently an exploit with avatar tokens in Conan Exiles is causing such...
LOTRO Legendarium: The first year of LOTRO’s operation
It was April 24th, 2007. World of Warcraft players were deep into The Burning Crusade, SOE had just launched Vanguard, and the indie MMO...
Path of Exile apologizes for last night’s outage and server rollback – here’s why it happened
Yesterday's Path of Exile patch didn't quite go to plan. The 3.7.4 update was intended to add the promised stackable Fossils feature as well...
Destiny 2 flies you to the moon locations of Shadowkeep and prepares to close a Tribute Hall exploit
What is it with fiction writers trying to put creepy stuff on the Moon? By all visual accounts, it's a serene, tranquil, and pretty...
Ubisoft cracks down on chat griefers with Rainbow Six banwave
File this one under are you even kidding me right now: A whole bunch of griefers just got banned from Rainbow Six Siege for...
Star Citizen Live goes all in on piloting, outfitting, and landing internet spaceships in a Q&A
At it's very core, Star Citizen is all about the spaceships. It's the closest to being like Top Gear for fake vehicles. It's practically...
Project Gorgon’s June update tweaks unarmed, gardening, sonic damage, and footsteps
Hey Project Gorgon, what are you up to this summer. Oh, you've got a new patch? And it's got a bunch of random stuff?...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s schizophrenic view of levels
So it was just last week when I did a whole column asking whether Blizzard does, in fact, have a plan when it comes...
World of Warcraft is removing an exploit used to powerlevel characters in Island Expeditions
What's the fastest way to level up in World of Warcraft right now? Have some friends willing to game the system. Essentially, there's a well-known...
Conan Exiles patches out an attribute exploit in the Xbox One version
So evidently there was a teeny tiny little problem with the Xbox One version of Conan Exiles where players were able to give themselves...
Black Desert’s new hot air balloons are a boon for explorers
Ya know, we might have forgiven Pearl Abyss and Kakao if they'd decided to phone it on on this week's Black Desert update. This...