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Black Desert’s just pushed out a farming minigame in its latest patch
Lakiaro content has come to the world of Black Desert in today's patch. "While the world was fighting for grind spots the once thought...
Albion Online delves into Crystal Realm PvP battles ahead of Nimue update’s release
In two days, Albion Online's Nimue update will go live, bringing with it an array of new features, such as the new Crystal Realm...
Black Desert’s Xbox One beta has officially begun – here’s the trailer
It's happening: Black Desert's Xbox One beta has officially begun as of today, running through November 12th, with a slew of events on tap...
WoW Factor: We’re all farming Nature Resistance gear now
First and foremost, I'd like to note that I am writing these columns consecutively and immediately, so all I can do is hope that...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of skill in MMOs
Everyone has a very strong opinion about player skill in MMOs. This is understandable. Furthermore, I've met a lot of different people with different...
WoW Factor: Examining excitement, accomplishment, and elitism in Battle for Azeroth
It's been a while, and for good reason. But now that we're nearly three months into Battle for Azeroth, the World of Warcraft community...
Stardew Valley’s iOS version is coming soon – but without multiplayer
October 24th. That's pretty much all you need to know if you're (a) an owner of an Apple device, (b) have a fondness for this...
EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s expansion prelude event, Against the Elements
Sometimes it feels like forever before the next expansion comes -- even when it's regular every year! That's what this year has been like...
Guild Wars 2 tweaks class balance, adds buyable stools and resource contracts
Guild Wars 2's promised mini-balance-patch has arrived on schedule, and it... sure is a pile of class tweaks. Even Reddit doesn't know quite what...
Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.4, Prelude in Violet
I mentioned a few days ago that I follow the same somewhat ridiculous process every time there's a new Final Fantasy XIV patch. Every...
Path of Exile now has big plans to rebalance sulphite drops and Delve’s azurite mines
It turns out that yesterday's patch to Delve League wasn't the only change Grinding Gear has in store for Path of Exile. As we...
PAX West 2018: The PWE gauntlet of Neverwinter and Torchlight
If you had told me five years ago that Perfect World Entertainment would not only own but make many of the games that they...
Endless Trials seeks $66K on Kickstarter to build a semi-hardcore endgame PvE MMO that omits grind
Here's a new one for us, and if you like it, you can throw money at it right now: It's called Endless Trials, and...
Gloria Victis’ latest patch introduces proper crop farming and camping placeables
This past weekend, Gloria Victis received what it's calling one of its biggest updates ever; specifically, it allows players to add interactive objects to...
EVE Evolved: A furious supercapital war is raging in EVE Online
This year kicked off with a bang for EVE Online as rumblings emerged of impending war on a scale that the gaming world had...
Citadel: Forged With Fire reignites today
It's almost like a brand-new game altogether.
Tomorrow will witness a massive revamp for the multiplayer magic sandbox Citadel: Forged With Fire. The team has...
Time to go shopping and make friends in retro-sandbox Staxel’s latest update
Ah heck, as I started writing this post, I remembered I defied my "no early access" rule and bought this game on the Steam...
Chaos Theory: A year in the life of Secret World Legends
We've talked all about Secret World Legends' first anniversary party, but now it's time to talk about the game's first year. Fans can easily recall...
Citadel: Forged with Fire begins testing major game overhaul
Citadel: Forged with Fire underwent a major evolution yesterday as it began testing out a major overhaul to the game's core systems and the...
Perfect Ten: The best MMO debuts by year, 1997-2006
By now, many of you probably know that I'm the curator of the MMO Timeline on my personal blog. On this page, I've attempted...
