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Elder Scrolls Online follows up Greymoor and Harrowstone announcements with ESO Plus free trial week
So Elder Scrolls Online is having a good week: Last night, ZeniMax laid out the year's theme, Dark Heart of Skyrim, and previewed its...
Armor-reducing weapon reloads and brittle weapon bugs arrive with Fallout 76’s latest patch
Some sunny day, we'll all be able to look at Fallout 76 updates with excitement instead of concern that they'll introduce new and horrifying...
Fallout 76 wraps up 2019 with Halloween and Christmas combined
Fallout 76 may be riddled with radiation, bugs, and non-stop controversy, but Bethesda is determined to finish the year on a positive note with...
Survival shooter DEATHGARDEN announces its shutdown and goes free-to-play in the meantime
All things must die. It is the way of nature and underperforming multiplayer shooters. So it is with DEATHGARDEN, the multiplayer survival shooter/battle royale...
Astellia Online is free to play again this weekend starting November 1
I always feel bad for games that run events on BlizzCon weekend because I always suspect they'll be underattended, but maybe this BlizzCon will...
Astellia Online runs a pair of free trial weekends
Do you have any pressing plans this weekend? Astellia Online hopes not because the team would really like to get you into this new...
Elder Scrolls Online is offering free sub access and perks for everyone until Tuesday
Moonsugar? No... no moonsugar here. Just some Elder Scrolls Online.
Yep, if you've ever wanted to know what the paying customers in ESO get that...
LOTRO Legendarium: A timeline of Lord of the Rings Online from 1994 to 2019
When I wrapped up writing my previous LOTRO column on the game's first year of live operation, I felt that I had left this...
The Daily Grind: Has a free trial ever convinced you to buy an MMO?
Many years ago when my guild was between home games, we decided to conduct a little experiment to entertain ourselves while we waited for...
One Shots: Playing favorites
Oh sure, we all say that we're impartial and we love all our alts the same... but admit it, there is one race that...
Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a potential WoW sequel?
It's a rare MMO player who's never played World of Warcraft, which makes this particular summer an interesting one for the whole genre. Even...
Massively Uplifting: Charity comes in many forms for Bethesda, Square Enix, and Digital Extremes
Summer smiles -- get 'em while they're hot! If you are looking for a way to make your mood rise like the temperature, we've...
Fallout 76 will keep its battle royale mode Nuclear Winter live past its ‘pre-beta sneak peek’
Stop us if you saw this one coming: Bethsoft says it's going to go ahead and keep Fallout 76's Nuclear Winter mode "pre-beta sneak...
Fallout 76 announces double XP event following its week-long free trial
In case you'd forgotten, you can currently jump into the Appalachian wastelands of Fallout 76 and play for free until June 17th, and if...
Massively Overthinking: Super wrong snap judgments of MMORPGs
The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...
Elder Scrolls Online’s latest free trial event has begun as fifth anniversary celebrations continue
If you've somehow never managed to try The Elder Scrolls Online in the last five years, first of all, what are you playing that's...
The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn
Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...
Elder Scrolls Online is handing out 500 cash-shop currency to current players
If you're an existing Elder Scrolls Online player who's logged in between the start of 2017 and now, heads-up: ZeniMax is handing out a...
Elder Scrolls Online loses its beloved loremaster, plans new free trial event
Elder Scrolls Online is losing a key developer: Loremaster Lawrence Schick, the man whose fatherly drawl and broad knowledge of the Elder Scrolls franchise...
Anthem starts its demos on January 25
Whether you're already so far on-board for Anthem that you've already pre-ordered it or you're waiting to see how the actual game works out, you...