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ARK: Survival Evolved adds in underwater housing and laser-equipped mosasaurs
Would you like to be under the sea in a technological garden in the shade? ARK: Survival Evolved has you covered with its latest...
The Daily Grind: What MMO April Fools’ Day joke makes you sad it’s just a joke?
It's not really difficult to tell when an announcement is an April Fools' Day joke; they're usually pretty obvious. Final Fantasy XIV's announcement of...
Shroud of the Avatar launches Release 40 and its next few update plans
It's the end of the month, and that means that there's another Shroud of the Avatar patch available right now. The bad news is...
Why World of Warcraft’s item level scaling is really, really, dumb
This has been a very stupid week. I know this because any other week, World of Warcraft completely destroying the reason for acquiring new...
World of Warcraft implements undocumented item level scaling in patch 7.2
The reward scaling in World of Warcraft has always been pretty straightforward. At the start of the expansion, everything at max level is a...
Final Fantasy XI previews its April version update
The monthly update cadence of Final Fantasy XI is continuing into April, but this time around the game is actually moving backwards a little...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the healer skills Final Fantasy XIV could delete
Tomorrow, we're getting the end of the Heavensward story quests in Final Fantasy XIV, which means I need to start looking at Heavensward as...
The Exiled launches Season 2 with a trial extension and a big patch
The second season of The Exiled is arriving, and while that sounds like the preamble to some critically acclaimed drama series starting up again,...
Frostkeep Studios explains the ‘why’ behind the game and the studio
If you've ever been responsible for interacting with a toddler for any length of time, you'll probably have some idea of the nature of...
Lord of the Rings Online sends players to the Black Gate with today’s Update 20
The path of Lord of the Rings Online has always pointed, inevitably, toward Mordor. Update 20, live today in the epic MMORPG, brings players...
Skyforge explains tweaks to the Cathedral and the Tower of Knowledge
There are few feelings as negative as being unable to catch up. That's been a major problem with Skyforge's Tower of Knowledge for a...
Master x Master introduces Koom and Vonak
Eager to know when everyone gets to play Master x Master? We can't tell you that, on account of not actually knowing. Still, the...
Pathfinder Online has a roadmap forward and a plan for completion
If you'd lost hope in Pathfinder Online ever making any forward motion again, you should be happy to see that there's a new letter...
World of Warcraft plans to add unobtainable transmog appearances in the future
Items are a big part of playing World of Warcraft. Sure, dropping ancient elves and demons and dragons to 0 health is its own...
World of Warcraft previews the Broken Shore experience for patch 7.2
The Broken Shore in World of Warcraft is no one's idea of a vacation hangout. For one thing, it's covered in demons; for another,...
The Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives Morrowind’s Ald Carac battleground
The launch of the Morrowind expansion will bring three separate battleground maps to The Elder Scrolls Online, and while all three feature the same...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat feedback?
I'm quite fond of 20XX, but I really hate the upgrades you can pick up in the game that eliminate hit stun. Sure, it...
Star Trek Online offers a broad overview of upcoming space combat balance changes
The space combat of Star Trek Online is pretty much the crown jewel of the game. It's intriguing, diverse, engaging, and pretty much everyone...
No Man’s Sky patches in a fix to allow faster movement on every planet
Last week, No Man's Sky patched in the option to build rovers for quickly traversing the landscape. That's just a good thing, right? After...
Paragon celebrates a year of early access with a big patch
Has it really been a year since Paragon first went into early access? It certainly has according to the developers, and they would know....
