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EverQuest II fixes accidental nerf to auto-attack damage
A small patch that's going out to EverQuest II's servers today is correcting one slight issue that players have had on the time-locked expansion...
Neverwinter is making maps look creepy again and strongholds more small-guild friendly
The bright side for environmental artists working on Neverwinter's next module is that so much of the content takes place in familiar areas. That...
Absolver offers multiplayer melee action, now in open beta form
Ever fancy yourself the wanderer type, fated to roam the lands while righting wrongs and becoming a legend in your own right? A new...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 113: Avatar vs. toon
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Trove, LOTRO, TERA, Elite, WoW, Star Citizen, and WildStar, with a mailbag question on MMORPG midcore accessibility.
Final Fantasy XIV makes everything a little easier with patch 3.57
The last patch for Final Fantasy XIV before the expansion has been released. Does it contain unexpected in-depth content to delight and amaze players...
The Stream Team: Beast’r egg hunting in EverQuest II
Today is the second-to-last day to hunt beast'r eggs in EverQuest II, and Massively OP's MJ really wants one of these cute little cosmetic...
Crowfall has big changes in store for its alpha UI
An MMORPG with a crappy user interface doesn't last long in 2017. ArtCraft has this lesson memorized and has put it to good use...
Flameseeker Chronicles: 5 brilliant Guild Wars 2 YouTube content creators
I often find that playing Guild Wars 2 leaves me with more questions than answers when it comes to lore and story predictions, build...
Analyst suggests Tencent’s new global games service will compete with Steam
If you're not a big fan of Steam's dominance of gaming trends in the west, maybe you think a competitor will do the service...
World of Warcraft patches in some reward adjustments for Nether Portal Disruptors
You there! When you play World of Warcraft, are you just focusing on Nether Portal Disruptors on the Broken Shore? Well, stop that; do...
Diablo III temporarily removes the Necromancer from testing
And lo, it did pass that a select group of players of Diablo III were invited to test the Necromancer in the beta version...
Guild Wars 2 player recreates Mona Lisa in guild hall
Never underestimate the ingenuity and creative spirit of players when they are given even the most bare-bones tools in an MMORPG.
To wit, a player who...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has seen the most improved graphics over the years?
In each of our articles about Black Desert's upcoming graphics upgrade, there have been a slew of comments about how the game doesn't really...
PSA: RuneScape’s sub fee is effectively $0 this month for Twitch Prime peeps
Remember last fall when Twitch and Amazon announced Twitch Prime, a new combined service for Prime that grants customers a bunch of video game...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon runs down its pre-launch checklist
With less than a month to go before flipping on the switch to its live servers, the Darkfall: Rise of Agon team must be...
Tree of Savior is in the midst of a massive combat and leveling do-over
Earlier this month, Tree of Savior dropped a bomb on the beta playerbase with the news that its combat and experience will be completely...
Greg Street discusses balancing League of Legends for all skill levels
How do you balance a video game? It's kind of an ongoing question, but it's also one that Greg Street (aka Ghostcrawler) has been...
Neverwinter’s Shroud of Souls endgame quest comes with a new companion
Endgamers are getting lots of love in Neverwinter's Shroud of Souls campaign. That's the takeaway from today's PWE dev blog, which covers the new...
Leaderboard: Are you sick of MMORPG quests?
When World of Warcraft was in beta and I first gave it a go, I remember being absolutely captivated by questing. It wasn't as...
Pearl Abyss might be hiring for a Black Desert Southeast Asia localization
It's always tricky to suss out unannounced plans for a developer from nothing more than job postings, but that's never stopped anyone before. Pearl...