game mechanics
Throne and Liberty unveils its upcoming 2 Star Dungeons for the most dedicated adventurers
Let's be honest, Throne and Liberty calling its new challenge dungeons "2 Star Dungeons" makes them sound less like the apex of challenge and...
The patch notes for tomorrow’s WoW Classic and WoW Classic Classic update are upon us
If you've done the Silithus war effort before in World of Warcraft or even more recent versions of WoW Classic, you might have a...
Dual spec and no buff/debuff limits are coming to the WoW Classic anniversary realms
The fresh anniversary realms for WoW Classic are perhaps not as true to World of Warcraft's past as some might want, or perhaps they're...
Throne & Liberty has kicked off its first Arena season post-launch
No more amateur hour for Throne & Liberty: The first Arena season has officially started with the game's 1.7.0 patch. That means you should...
Final Fantasy XI’s November update adds higher-level Besieged content
Besieged used to be a big deal for Final Fantasy XI, but in large part the game has moved on from when the content...
Eterspire adds wealth hats, golden capes, and a new quest while reducing its load on your mobile device
We know that it's getting colder for a lot of people this month into next, but we feel that we should point out that...
Stars Reach moves its pre-alpha testing from single worlds to multiple worlds
The first thing to note is that Stars Reach, if you hadn't know this, takes place in space. The second thing to note once...
SMITE 2 adds Ra and Sobek to the game’s roster as closed alpha marches on
Readers who have gone down particular rabbit holes online over the past several years will probably look at the headline on this particular piece,...
Rabbit and Steel adds Steam modding support and French translation with its newest patch
Voulez-vous jouer Rabbit and Steel en Francais? If you answered that sentence with "oui, j'aimerais ca!" then you will enjoy the fact that the...
NCsoft’s Blade & Soul has launched its Ashland Village update
Look, you have to give Blade & Soul some credit for delivering what it promises. What's the new update called? Ashland Village. What's the...
Zenith shuts down legacy shards for PS VR 1 and Quest 1 on November 6
It's bad enough that Zenith fans have had to deal with the game hitting maintenance mode just a couple of months ago, but it...
Fallout 76 previews its upcoming four-person Gleaming Depths raid and playable ghouls
First and foremost, it is important to note that no matter how much you might want to, you will not automatically be as insanely...
EVE Online previews new Mercenary Dens and new weapon systems for its Revenant update
The spooky season might seem like it begs for an update called something like "Revenant," but this particular patch for EVE Online is going...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews the Feast of Prosperity starting on October 8
Quick, what's the best way to restore fear in a galactic crime syndicate overseen by corpulent slugs? If you said "throwing a gigantic feast...
Nightingale fixes issues include with pots, boss AI, and NPC dialogue
So apparently pots and garden plots in Nightingale were accidentally being possessed by a thousand angry vengeful plant spirits. That's the official explanation in...
Necesse’s latest update brings the plains biome to the game
The change in game is mainly on the plains... in Necesse, anyway. The game's most recent update has recently gone live - and faster...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best options for punching stuff?
In pretty much every MMORPG with a fantasy theme, you have people with gigantic swords. You have spellcasters of some variety with arcane arts....
Embers Adrift’s latest update revamps Redshore and character creation
Can you believe that October will mark two years since Embers Adrift first launched? It's hard to believe, but it's true, and there will...
The Daily Grind: What MMO class or archetype do you personally identify with?
I've done a few tongue-in-cheek Perfect Tens about common class archetypes from Warriors to Rogues to Bards, but jokes aside, not every MMORPG has...
Albion Online releases the fourth Paths to Glory patch with numerous combat balance changes
The fourth patch for Albion Online's Paths to Glory is out today, and it is basically all about combat balance. Some of those balance...
