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Worlds Adrift previews the new mechanics coming to island creation
When September rolls around, island makers in Worlds Adrift will have more options for building a truly unique experience for players. The first island...
Paragon introduces the upcoming ranged hero Drongo
Up until now, players who loved Paragon but really needed to play a character who looked like a cut extra from Mad Max: Fury...
WildStar explains the operation of communities
Everyone lives with everyone else with the next WildStar update; you form a community and everyone gets to be together. Although perhaps it's not...
Guild Wars 2 kicks off a week of mounts and a month of weapons
Are you ready to ride around in style when Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire rolls around? Of course you are; Tyria is filled...
Wisdom of Nym: Four years since Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch
I find it kind of wild to think that when I wrote my last Final Fantasy XIV anniversary column, we hadn't yet actually heard...
World of Warcraft shows off the Seat of the Triumvirate dungeon on Argus
When players land on Argus in World of Warcraft's next major patch, they will be walking through a place with plenty of history and...
The Daily Grind: Should expansions change the core of an MMO?
Those of us playing Final Fantasy XIV have had about two months with Stormblood now, which has prompted one complaint to come out as...
Star Wars: The Old Republic has launched Crisis on Umbara
You didn't like having to wait unexpectedly for the next major update for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We totally understand that. But you...
Absolver shows off its grouping options in a new video
It should come as no real surprise that Absolver is not a private journey (otherwise we wouldn't really cover it here), and thus there...
Dark and Light runs down the basics of crafting
We understand that you, personally, are committed to playing Dark and Light the way it was originally meant to be played. And we respect...
Wisdom of Nym: The jobs in the middle of the road in Final Fantasy XIV
The first time, it was all about the jobs everyone thinks are garbage now. The second time, it was all about the jobs everyone...
Wurm Online adds a new highway system to the game
Roads! You use them to get from place to place. The same is true in Wurm Online, where the latest patch has added a...
Worlds Adrift introducing anti-cheat measures sooner than anticipated
It's best to read the latest letter from the Worlds Adrift development team with a slightly exasperated tone of voice. After all, the developers...
Revelation Online outlines the lore-hunting Scene Chronicle feature
Are you fascinated by the lore of the various locations in Revelation Online? In the event that you don't care about that at all,...
Diablo III is testing item changes and no XP support for its next patch
Look, we realize that you can't really test for abandoning Windows Vista and Windows XP support for Diablo III patch 2.6.1. But that change...
World of Warcraft shows off the caster animation changes coming in patch 7.3
Casting spells has been a cornerstone of World of Warcraft since the game launched, and while the models and particle effects have gotten better,...
Worlds Adrift adds ship pulses and ship part rotations with its newest patch
Your ships in Worlds Adrift are getting better with the latest patch. Now you can rotate ship parts to afford a wider range of...
EVE Online pushes back its August patch until August 16
There was supposed to be an EVE Online patch here. It's not here now, though; instead, it's being pushed back by a day until...
Citadel: Forged with Fire deployed a patch to finally stop non-responsive AI
In the strictest sense, there's nothing wrong with non-responsive AI in a game. Even in Citadel: Forged with Fire, it just means that whatever...
Destiny 2 is fixing a lot of bugs for its PC beta
The down side for players looking forward to Destiny 2 on the PC is that they have to wait a little longer for pretty...
