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Global Chat: Deaf gamers and MMO captioning
What is it like to play MMORPGs if you're deaf? Just ask Stars of the Spiral's Kelsey, who talks of her condition and why...
Gamescom 2016: Black Desert’s video avalanche
Black Desert devs have unloaded a bundle of new trailers on Gamescom-goers and -watchers alike. Let's take a look! First up is a two-parter...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on MMO sunsets and handing players the keys to the game
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's Brad McQuaid, known for his roles on both EverQuest and Vanguard, put out an interesting post overnight on the...
Das Tal changes its name to The Exiled
What's a Das Tal anyway? You won't have to worry about the meaning of Fairytale  Distillery's German moniker any longer, as the studio has officially changed its...
Blizzard makes radical adjustments to World of Warcraft invasion XP
What's scarier than demonic invasions raining down all across Azeroth? According to some players, it's when Blizzard removes incentive for fighting said invasions.
Yesterday's World...
Battle Bards Episode 80: Aura Kingdom
Never heard of Aura Kingdom? The Battle Bards hope that after an hour of attention, you might add a new title to your video...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 78: Hot dog!
Justin and Eliot discuss WoW, FFXIV, RIFT, No Man's Sky, Q2 financials, Path of Exile, and Trove, with mailbag questions on turn-based RPGs and console MMOs.
Gamescom 2016: Blizzard plans to show off Legion and new maps for Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
Unless you're living in some sort of video game-proof hole, you are probably aware that the mighty Gamescom is kicking off tomorrow and running...
The Stream Team: Learning to love melee in Black Desert
With only one exception, MassivelyOP’s MJ hasn't really enjoyed playing melee classes... until now. She's been having a blast with Black Desert’s Valkyrie! Having...
Neverwinter: Storm King’s Thunder is live today
Ready to team up with some big heroes and slay some big enemies? Neverwinter's next expansion, Storm King's Thunder, is live today, tasking players...
The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs have special areas for paying players?
I was poking around in the Guild Wars 2 cash shop this weekend when I realized that ArenaNet is selling teleports to Noble's Folly....
Neverwinter details the boss encounters of Fangbreaker Island
Dungeons are defined in part by their mechanics, and a good chunk of that is usually the boss fights. The next high-end dungeon in...
Skyforge preps the Inghar Test Area for its next update
Skyforge is not short on challenges for its deities-in-training -- but more is always better, right? With its next release, Relentless Onslaught, the sci-fi...
Black Desert promises Awakening weapons ‘quite soon after GamesCom’
In response to a player requesting hints about when Black Desert's Awakening weapon systems might drop, Kakao has dutifully produced a teaser.
"Not next week,...
Wisdom of Nym: What I’d like to see (and probably won’t) in the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion
One of the things I do in this column, at times, is stomp on dreams. It's not really an intended function, but it's one...
Chronicles of Elyria details the steps to world creation
How long would it take you to whip up an MMORPG world? That all depends, of course, on how detailed you want to get...
Landmark is working on a fix for its parlor
If you've spent time on tweaking your appearance just so in an MMO, it can be disconcerting to have all of that work undone...
World of Warcraft: Legion’s Azsuna is a ‘broken land’
It's kind of a little strange to be reading zone previews of expansion areas, as you know that what is largely unknown and foreign...
The Daily Grind: How do you decide when MMORPG class revisions have gone too far?
A bunch of my guildies flocked back to World of Warcraft during its pre-Legion festivities. One of them mentioned in passing that he'd been...
Ultima Online’s latest patch heralds Eodon event, 19th birthday gifts
"Publish 94 is out the door," wrote Ultima Online Producer Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong in a newsletter earlier this week. Broadsword has added fresh anniversary...
