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Ultima Online’s F2P mode launches spring 2018, limits housing, boats, and banks
Two decades after launch, Ultima Online is still going strong, and as we reported over the weekend, soon - spring 2018, to be exact...
Elite: Dangerous players are putting together fragmented accounts of fighting the Thargoids
One of the first players to encounter the Thargoids in Elite: Dangerous provided a video of the encounter, and the bad news is that...
Perfect Ten: How MMORPGs become so darn complicated
MMOs are complicated. This seems like a fairly non-controversial statement; there are more or less complicated games, but they all tend to be complex...
World of Warcraft hotfixes include an account-wide Argus unlock
How many alts do you have on World of Warcraft? Be honest, we won't judge you (and can't hear you anyway). Because unless the...
Armored Warfare deep-dives the role of Armored Fighting Vehicles
The latest development diary on the Armored Warfare site is trying to answer a remarkably unclear question: What are Armored Fighting Vehicles? It sounds...
SWTOR plays the nerf-and-buff game with Assassins, Shadows, Sages, and Sorcs in 5.5
The latest set of class changes for Star Wars: The Old Republic are like the circle of life. Deception Assassins and Infiltration Shadows? You've...
Kritika Online opens up its test server for its next update
The next patch for Kritika Online is on its way, and this time you get to try it before you... well, play it. (You're...
The Repopulation’s next patch is on the way, and so is more visual lore
Fans of The Repopulation have been waiting for the game's next patch for a little while, but it shouldn't be much longer now. A...
Wisdom of Nym: Deep-diving Final Fantasy XIV’s leveling structure
I do a lot of leveling in Final Fantasy XIV. This is, in part, because I am stupid; for several dumb reasons I have...
MMO Mechanics: Material storage and the Guild Wars 2 economy
Guild Wars 2 launched its second expansion, Path of Fire, a few days ago, and as you might expect, a new expansion means some immediate...
Wild West Online begins its second tech alpha test today
The first technical alpha for Wild West Online was a success, at least in that lots of stuff broke. But when you're running a...
Citadel: Forged With Fire balances all the things with its weekly patch
There's no new content being added to Citadel: Forged With Fire with its latest patch. Instead, this patch is all about squashing bugs, fixing...
Dark and Light explains the basics of the refining forge
Why stop at a normal forge? Normal forges are fine, we guess, for doing normal things, but Dark and Light lets you make yourself...
The Daily Grind: Is inventory management a fundamental part of MMO gameplay?
Growing up mostly on consoles, inventory management was not a big part of gaming when I was younger. Downright irrelevant, even; the question was...
Final Fantasy XIV makes both Sleipnir and financial earnings fly
Players have long awaited the chance to make Sleipnir, the mount of the Dark Divinity Odin, soar through the skies in Final Fantasy XIV....
MechWarrior Online integrates special events with its newest patch
If you played BattleTech around the table before jumping into MechWarrior Online, you're probably familiar with the "IIc" designation attached to certain 'Mechs, marking...
Conan Exiles offers its first weekly progress report to fans
Last week, Conan Exiles players got an apology and a promise that Funcom would do a better job of communicating what was going on...
Skyforge’s Revenant update is live today
It's time for a new sort of death to take to the fight with the latest Skyforge update. The Revenant is a class that...
Check out Elder Scrolls Online’s Clockwork City patch notes, new houses, and new cosmetics
Who doesn't like some nice fresh patch notes? The Elder Scrolls Online is letting players into the Clockwork City, at least on the test...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Stormblood dungeons in review
Have I really not talked about the dungeons of Stormblood yet? That's unexpected. Usually I would have mentioned them by now, I talk about...
