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Fight or Kite: Surveying Crowfall’s new Frostweaver class and interface updates
I’ve been itching to get back in and play some Crowfall, and with the War of the Gods update I've got a good reason:...
The Daily Grind: What MMO should a true MMO newbie try in 2020?
If you've ever been to generalist gaming Reddits, you know one of the most common threads is the "what should I play" thread, which...
The MOP Up: Bossa Studios releases World War AI
Bossa Studios, the team behind the late Worlds Adrift, just rolled out a new prototype game for you to check out for free: World...
Hearthstone kicks out some balance updates while Overwatch starts previewing anniversary skins
Blizzard's not-WoW games Hearthstone and Overwatch are in the news together today, mostly because each update is sort of like two halves of a...
Global Chat: Just say ‘no’ to coin weight!
When Pantheon recently announced that it would be adding coin weight to its inventory management system, little did the devs know that they were...
One Shots: This is my rifle, this is my gun
Let me tell you, the wilds of Fallout 76 aren't a place for nerf guns and slingshots. When you're facing down deathclaws and up-armored...
LOTRO community unravels mysterious cipher to reveal a new dungeon
For the past week, the Lord of the Rings Online community has been hard at work trying to decipher a secret code that the...
LOTRO Legendarium: What I want from Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO
While my primary interest and focus in this column continues to be Lord of the Rings Online, I'm not so stubborn as to refuse...
Chinese World of Warcraft players beg NetEase to rescue them from RMT bot infestation
How is World of Warcraft doing in China? If one player's collected account is anything to go by, not well at all. A Chinese...
The Daily Grind: What was the most recent MMO guild event you enjoyed?
At a baseline, I expect my MMO guilds to at least keep me entertained and socially connected through chat. But the really good guilds,...
Final Fantasy XI offers free login goodies for players with two campaigns
We've already talked about how Final Fantasy XI had had to delay some anniversary fun, but that's not the same as removing all of the...
Check out some of the art from the Diablo III that never was
The development and release of Diablo III happened without Blizzard North, because at that time Blizzard North no longer existed. If you're a fan of...
Albion Online kicks off its ninth guild season tomorrow on May 16
The eve of guild supremacy battle in Albion Online is once more upon us. Guild Season 9 is starting on Saturday, May 16th, and...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II’s Blood of Luclin offers an aggravating lesson on gated MMO content
To the moon, Alice! Well, I may not be Alice, but I did go straight to the moon. EverQuest II's Blood of Luclin expansion...
WoW Factor: Why I genuinely miss World of Warcraft’s old janky Retribution Paladin
So now we've gone through all of the ability unpruning and changing coming with World of Warcraft's next expansion. We know what it's going...
NCsoft Q1 2020: Double YoY revenue thanks to Lineage 2M, Tencent to pub Guild Wars 2 in China
Business is booming over in NCsoft's world, though it's not because of its western holdings. In this first quarter of 2020, the South Korean...
Blade and Soul confirms the launch of the Steel Bonds update for May 20
Players of Blade and Soul have already had to deal with a Steel Uprising, and now that story is due to continue with the...
World of Warcraft rotates in the Gravity Lapse brawl as the Impressive Influence buff winds to an end
It's time to get used to going up into the air in Eye of the Storm over in World of Warcraft; the most recent...
The Daily Grind: If you had your way, what one MMO patch in history would you roll back?
Rollbacks are in the news lately, and not for great reasons - some Guild Wars 2 players did indeed lose hours of time played...
The Stream Team: Finding The Lost Gatekeepers in Dungeons and Dragons Online
Apprentices from the Gatekeepers -- an order of druids that protect the world from extraplanar threats in DDO -- have gone missing, and Massively...
