Official Site: Final Fantasy XIV Studio: Square Enix Launch Date: September 30, 2010; relaunched August 27, 2013 Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark Business Model: Subscription (Cash Shop) Platform: PC, PS3, PS4
Justin and Bree discuss Onslaught aka SWTOR's first expansion in three (!) years, Fallout 76's latest kerfuffle, the return of Kritika Online, ArcheAge's ArchePass confusion and rework, DDO's mounts, BlizzCon, and Halloween, with a mailbag topic on MMO toxicity.
It's that time of year again when strange little MMO players put on clever disguises, thrust their inventories at developers, and shout, "Deceptions or...
Ah, another live letter, another lack of official translation despite a lot of important information being conveyed that way, and another round of people...
There are a number of things intrinsic to the Final Fantasy experience. Magitek. Airships. Crystals of varying importance and use. Outfits that likely give...
One of my favorite modern trends of MMORPGs is that studios are no longer saving the entirety of a soundtrack for the base game or expansion releases. Oh sure, those usually get a great album push -- especially if it's one of the bigger games -- but for a while now, many studios have also been releasing new music on a steady basis with significant content patches.
Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss the Blizzard boytcott and fiasco, the Daybreak layoffs, Shroud of the Avatar's sell-off, the Guild Wars 2 hacker piece, and a few happier stories too.
Following last week's nasty Blizzard Hong Kong mess, many players publicly stepped away from the studio and its games, in some cases deleting accounts...