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World of Warcraft is changing the guild name service to charge gold rather than real money
Your World of Warcraft guild is probably named something mildly offensive that seemed like a funny joke when you named it but now feels...
Final Fantasy XIV fan claims to have reverse-engineered the same ID info used in the blacklisted doxxing mod
Among the many other changes made to Final Fantasy XIV with the launch of patch 7.2, one of the subtler ones was meant to...
Conan Exiles’ March has arrived with stamina balancing and a nifty compass feature
Have you ever been wandering in the wasteland of Conan Exiles desperate to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the...
Amazon says it knows it made Throne and Liberty’s solo dungeons too hard, and it’s fixing them
So how are Throne and Liberty players feeling about the Wilds of Talandre at this point? Because no matter how much you might be...
World of Warcraft player Chimneytime has one mission: Stick players in chimneys
In Shadowlands, many World of Warcraft players were annoyed when the Jailer tried to pull the now-tired excuse that he was just attempting to shield...
Eterspire adds the lava-filled Arid Ridge with its most recent patch
So let's talk for a moment about convection. It's the way in which heat moves from warm things to cool things. If you put...
Final Fantasy XIV posts the preliminary patch notes for Seekers of Eternity
The process of slowly teasing out patch notes for a major update has become a very normal thing for Final Fantasy XIV at this...
Warframe takes the stage once again with the new Techrot Encore patch
It's a well-known fact that when a musician asks the crowd if they are ready to rock, the only correct answer is an enthusiastic...
Albion Online’s latest patch to Rogue Frontier is all about the balance changes
If you've thought to yourself recently that ZvZ combat in Albion Online feels like an all-axes pass because axes were just too powerful, good...
Path of Exile 2 gets a teaser for its next major content update, Dawn of the Hunt
Good news, Path of Exile 2 fans, you're not going to need to go hunting for information on the game's next major update! Do you...
Final Fantasy XI moves its Limbus items over to Curio Moogles with its newest update
The mog houses in Final Fantasy XI already seem a bit as if they're stashed off in a back alley of the main cities,...
Tree of Savior has added a new melee bone class, the Bonemancer
Being a Bonemancer in Tree of Savior has got to be hard to explain to people. Like, when you tell people you dress in...
Eterspire adds its first two mounts with its latest update
Moving faster is important in any MMORPG, but in Eterspire players have been stuck moving at the speed of their own legs for far too...
Smite 2 brings back Artemis and Awilix while giving Thor a new aspect
It's time to go a-hunting in Smite 2 with the game's most recent patch, as it brings Artemis back from the first game to...
World of Warcraft’s Undermine(d) patch is set to debut this evening
Start spreading the news, World of Warcraft fans: You're leaving today. You wanna be a part of it, wherein "it" refers to the Goblin...
Warframe of Mind: How do you find the Warframe you want to play?
I've been circling around writing this column for a while because it is absolutely the most important possible thing for anyone to decide in Warframe,...
Mechwarrior Online rolls out the Fire Moth among other changes, including numerous explicit nerfs
If you're a big fan of the Stone Rhino in Mechwarrior Online, the latest update will have an almost funerary quality to it as...
Star Trek Online kicks off the first part of its 2025 campaign with the No-Win Scenario on console
It would feel weird for Star Trek Online to have a year-long campaign called "No-Win Scenario" without including the Kobayashi Maru, the classic and...
Warframe brings Lavos Prime into the game as its latest Prime offering
When a new Prime warframe arrives in Warframe, fans rejoice. They represent an apex of the form of a frame, improved and idealized. But...
World of Warcraft’s Undermine(d) is going live February 25
Ready to drive cars around, work for a cartel, and wander the city streets? No, World of Warcraft is not sending you to New...