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Secret World Legends patch 2.0.3 changes auctions and dungeon requirements, adds a new lockbox
Good news for players of Secret World Legends eager to play the market: The newest patch contains a couple of big changes to auction...
Albion Online introduces its character builder
Like any game with a surfeit of character build options, Albion Online can be a bit overwhelming at first. What are you supposed to...
Revelation Online promotes mentoring with the Journeyman Alliance
We all know that playing a new MMO can be a challenge. Heck, sometimes it's even a nigh-on impossible one; you have a lot...
Skyforge takes a first look at regional invasion
There are regions in Skyforge that are largely irrelevant to higher-level players. There are a lot of invasions in Skyforge. The two things have...
Lord of the Rings Online explains the Allegiance system in Mordor
We're probably not going to blow your mind by saying this, but here it is anyway: Mordor in Lord of the Rings Online is...
Check out the character creation options for Black Desert’s upcoming Mystic class
As it has always gone with Black Desert, there's another new class coming to the game dubbed the Mystic, meant to function as the...
The Daily Grind: What simple tasks does your favorite MMO make unnecessarily difficult?
For the longest time, logging out of Final Fantasy XI was something of a nightmare. First, you had to get to a mog room,...
EVE Online previews changes coming to mining moons
Mining makes the world go round for EVE Online. You need those resources to construct space stations, to build ships, and to barter with...
Take a look at Path of Exile’s new Charged Dash skill in action
Charged Dash is a new skill coming to Path of Exile, and when you read about how it works it probably seems a little...
Neverwinter reveals gear sets found in Tomb of Annihilation
When you dive into Chult for Neverwinter's next expansion, you're going to be facing new threats. And what goes well with new challenges? New...
Final Fantasy XIV adds Creation tomestones with patch 4.05
It's been just about four weeks since Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood launched, and now the game's usual endgame setup is fully in place. Today's...
Star Trek Online patches in Season 13.5 today
Soon, Star Trek Online will be heading to the next big Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, with big announcements for the future of...
DC Universe Online is releasing its stat rebalance with its next major patch
No one likes seeing numbers go down in an MMO. You work really hard to make sure your attack power goes as high as...
Wisdom of Nym: The numbers game in Final Fantasy XIV
It's not really hard to figure out the best stats for melding in order to do the maximum damage in Final Fantasy XIV. You...
Final Fantasy XIV details some of the balance changes coming to the game on Tuesday
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV arrives tomorrow, and everyone who has been following the game knows that it's bringing the new weekly...
Cloud Pirates update 1.5 adds new content and changes its ranking system
Ah, there's nothing like the smell of a fresh new patch. It's full of new things to do, new stuff to explore, and new...
Paragon introduces its new character, Zinx
The lack of humanoid cat-people in certain games is a failing that urgently needs to be addressed by developers, so it's a good thing...
Path of Exile updates fans on the state of Fall of Oriath’s beta
The sixth week of beta testing of Path of Exile's next expansion is kicking off, and the good news is that the developers still...
Gigantic highlights the backstabbing fun of Tripp
Every game needs one character who slinks around in the shadows and stabs people in the back, and in Gigantic that character is Tripp....
Secret World Legends update continues the main story
Boy, the Secret World Legends story is just clocking right along, isn't it? The game's latest update continues past the end of the "Mortal...
