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Corepunk shares its plans for a new PvPvE dungeon experience, literally called Prison Island
Have you ever felt as if your real opponents in a dungeon were the other players, potentially rolling for the drops you wanted when...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO patch that punched above its usual weight?
Whatever your MMO of choice has as a patch schedule, the game has a cadence to it. You expect certain things from a patch....
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Fallen Banners DLC and update 45 hit the public test server
If you're worried about the future of The Elder Scrolls Online updates and its overall content cadence right now... we know. We're worried too....
The Daily Grind: When has a character option in an MMORPG been more fun than you expected?
We've all gotten hyped about new classes or weapon options or whatever in an MMORPG before. It's just to be expected. But what's even...
Aion Classic brings back Class Changes for a limited time
Aion Classic EU has been busy with a roadmap, so what's Aion Classic NA up to? Changing your class and your destiny, apparently.
Now, there...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the worst about requiring you to wait?
Time-gating is a practice done throughout the MMO space for a variety of reasons, ranging from giving players with less time to play at...
Albion Online’s fourth Horizons update is a patch full of combat balance changes
You kids today fail to give the Dreadstorm Monarch's Eye of the Storm ability the respect it deserves in Albion Online, and so the...
World of Warcraft is surveying players on removing the Mythic+ timer and replacing it with a death counter
In any sort of combat-focused gameplay, the player character is generally seeking to not die. (Also during non-combat-focused gameplay, to be fair, but the...
Crimson Desert’s latest promo trailer showcases the creepy Hexe Marie boss fight
It's been a long time since Crimson Desert was announced, its entire gameplay style has changed multiple times, and at this point it is...
Runes of Magic outlines big changes ahead, starting with a leveling curve revamp
It's been a long time since Runes of Magic first arrived on the MMORPG scene - 15 years, in fact - and it has...
Wild Terra 2 is adding a PvE server while discontinuing its legacy servers
If you've ever looked at the screenshots of Wild Terra 2 and thought that it looked like a lot of fun right up until...
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...
