fantasy
Project Gorgon’s Q&A gives a cancer update, shares why a weather magic skill line was killed
A recent town hall Q&A over at Project Gorgon kicked off with a somber-but-optimistic update concerning lead developer Sandra Powers and her ongoing battle...
MGI & Gamigo Q1 2022: Atlas Rogues is dead
I'm sorry to report this morning that Gamigo is sunsetting Atlas Rogues. The news came on Memorial Day when nobody in the US was...
The Daily Grind: How much does an MMO’s population influence your perception of its success?
A few weeks back, there was a flurry of panic on Reddit over the realization that Final Fantasy XIV's Steam counts had fallen 70%...
Final Fantasy XI developers talk the game’s 20th anniversary while preparing more reward campaigns
There's a lot to celebrate when a game hits 20 years of age, and Final Fantasy XI has been celebrating all month. It's still...
Wisdom of Nym: Reconsidering Final Fantasy XIV’s Primals
Back in the early days of Final Fantasy XIV, Primals were kind of a big deal. Not the biggest deal in the game's lore...
Lord of the Rings Online is ending MacOS support on August 25
For a number of years, Mac users have been able to play Lord of the Rings Online in pre-Catalina versions of the MacOS (though...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique hybrid class in an MMO?
Back in the long long ago, the idea of "hybrid" classes and skills sets was a big deal. Classic EverQuest, for example, borrowed from...
Blade & Soul outlines fixes coming to materials, event rewards, and the broken Soul Boost meter
Community feedback for some of the latest content added to Blade & Soul has been coming in fast and thick, prompting a forum thread...
The Stream Team: Riding the Trusts train to some Reaper levels in Final Fantasy XIV
Hey kids! Are you sick and tired of waiting forever for a queue to pop whenever you level a DPS class in Final Fantasy...
One Shots: Modern vampire home decorating
Forget the dusty castles and damp basements of your father's Transylvania; the modern, on-the-go vampire has a refined taste that apparently includes neon caskets...
Here’s how Dungeons and Dragons Online is going to handle its level cap increase
While it's completely understandable if the sudden abundance of cat hair from the new Tabaxi race has blinded you to a significant development for...
Guild Wars 2 will release a fix for the Zhaitan legendary skin completion problem on June 7
Yesterday, we reported on a community kerfuffle in Guild Wars 2 all about a step needed to earn Zhaitan variants of legendary weapon skins,...
Ashes of Creation gives a first look at its season-changing landscapes
MMO landscapes that experience not just weather but actual changes to their seasons is always one of those features that is much-requested but rarely...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 helpful tips to improve your LOTRO experience
Recently, my 12-year-old daughter began playing Lord of the Rings Online for the first time after having watched the movies and read The Hobbit....
Former Guild Wars 2 cinematic animator calls out NCsoft for withholding owed back pay
Apparently, NCSoft has a policy in place that withholds owed back pay even if an employee has the courtesy to put in a notice...
The Daily Grind: What is your MMO pet’s name — and why?
The other day in Lord of the Rings Online, I learned something I never knew before: How to re-name your cosmetic pets. Unlike combat...
The Stream Team: A very Voltaire AQ3D on Skull Punch Island
New AQ3D story release? Yes please! This time, the story is revolving around musician Aurelio Voltaire and a guitar he once found on Skull...
Old School RuneScape releases an unranked Group Ironman mode and a Group Boss Bash event
The newest update out of Old School RuneScape is all about Group Ironman, leading off with a new unranked version of the mode that...
Final Fantasy XIV plans for the Make It Rain campaign while explaining its PvP balance mistake
The team behind PvP balancing in Final Fantasy XIV made a mistake, and producer and director Naoki Yoshida is owning up to it in...
Albion Online is making the Outlands more accessible and offering a new Crystal Arena format
What's it going to take to get you into the Outlands in Albion Online? The developers are aware that this can be a tall...