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Final Fantasy XIV finishes its anniversary stories with a look behind the scenes in Ishgard
The tour of Final Fantasy XIV's world back through fiction finally comes to a close with today's final entry in the game's anniversary story...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on why avatars traipsing across the metaverse are a major tech challenge
Virtual worlds... how the eff do they work? Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has an idea or two, and he's dishing them out in a...
Ultima Online is 24 years old today, celebrating with its 111th update as New Legacy dev continues
Well well well, look what we have here: Somebody's turning 24. It's Ultima Online, broadly considered the grandfather of the genre and the coiner...
World of Warcraft nerfs several Legion raids for solo play
Let's take a moment to close our eyes and think back to several years ago when Legion was the current landscape of World of...
Chronicles of Elyria’s subreddit reopens, promising ‘no more censorship from Soulbound Studios’
Back in the middle of July this year, Chronicles of Elyria made the decision to shut down its subreddit, claiming a “torrent of abuse”...
The Daily Grind: Are we witnessing the rise of the ‘life sim’ MMO?
What do you call games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing? MMO dev Damion Schubert recently put out a call for a good term...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
Final Fantasy XIV is why Final Fantasy XI didn’t get a PlayStation 3 port
If you're wondering why you never got a version of Final Fantasy XI to play on the PlayStation 3 (back in the years when the...
Riot hires Witcher 3’s lead quest designer for its MMO, imposes stiffer AFK penalties in League of Legends
This news post is basically a grab bag of tidbits from Riot Games' projects. That's the lede. That's all the lede you're getting. I'm...
LOTRO is once again giving away 26 quest packs and selling eight more for cheap
With Gundabad fast approaching this fall, Standing Stone Games is rolling out the red carpet for Lord of the Rings Online players who might...
Perfect Ten: Ranking the Guild Wars 2 professions from best to worst
There are a lot of times when this column is not in any way a ranking, when it is just a list of things...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft replacing sexualized artwork misses the point
So World of Warcraft has been on a bit of a tear with replacing achievement names, artwork, and so forth recently. At the time I'm...
Amazon on New World: ‘We really wanted to make sure that this time we get it right’
The multi-million-dollar question of the hour is whether or not Amazon finally can pull off a successful launch of a major game. The studio...
World of Warcraft brings Brewfest around once more in both retail and The Burning Crusade
Do you feel like celebrating right now in World of Warcraft? No, not so much? Can't imagine why. Let's try a different question: Do you...
Neverwinter brings back the Harvester of Nightmares to consoles and offers a balance patch to Wizards
You might think that someone called the Harvester of Nightmares might actually be a halfway decent guy in Neverwinter. Ominous name, sure, but maybe he...
The Stream Team: A return to raiding in Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers
It's been a long time -- a number of years to be precise -- since MOP's Chris has done any of the raid level...
Amazon is publishing Glowmade’s new ‘creative online co-op experience’
What else does Amazon Games have cooking besides New World, Lost Ark, and that unnamed game from Smed? Apparently, it's also publishing a game...
Massively on the Go: How to actually have fun in Pokemon Unite as a new player
The mobile version of Pokemon Unite has landed as of today, and those of you who do not have a Nintendo Switch but wish to...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Test driving Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst elite specs
It’s time again for another End of Dragons elite specialization beta! It’s an exciting time for Guild Wars 2 players, who are learning what elite specs...
Final Fantasy XIV players memorialize Stephen Critchlow, the voice behind Count Edmont de Fortemps
The Final Fantasy XIV community is in mourning this week as English actor Stephen Critchlow has passed away at the age of 54. Critchlow...
