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Crowfall chats about the commanding power of chat commands
Years of playing MMOs have no doubt left your slash key withered to a nub, scarcely fit for use except for the vitally useful...
Overwatch introduces the Halloween Terror event with PvE brawling and new item packs
It's time to get into the spirit of ghoulish glee in Overwatch with the new Halloween Terror event, and it's bringing more than just...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 3.4 in review, continued
There's never really a good splitting point when discussing Final Fantasy XIV patches. They always cover so much ground with features and additions that...
MMO Mechanics: Enhancing MMORPGs with experiential learning mechanics
Ever since I considered the responses to a Massively Overthinking article in which a developer asked if a prestige system to encourage replaying an...
The Daily Grind: What MMO would you like with a different game’s combat engine?
There are things I really like about The Secret World; the combat has never been one of them. However, if I could somehow mix...
Season 7 is rumbling to a close in Diablo III
For everything, there is a season, and in the case of Diablo III, there are several seasons. One of those seasons is coming to...
WoW Factor: A WoW Legion wishlist
Legion is humming along nicely as we near the two-month mark. It's still got that decent balance of having enough to do that you're...
Dual Universe shows off character customization and group ship building
The end of the Dual Universe Kickstarter is just a couple of days away, and the project has a little bit further to go...
TERA’s next major update brings big changes for Sorcerers
The next major update for TERA is dubbed Spellbound, and it's bringing two new dungeons and two new armor sets to go along with...
Overwatch has two new heroes in development and more character adjustments planned
What's next for Overwatch? Well, not a version of Symmetra that heals, that's for darn sure. The latest video featuring director Jeff Kaplan covers...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO mentors have special rewards?
No one respects the mentor tag in Final Fantasy XIV. It's applied via an automated process, and the idea is that you're supposed to...
Grand Theft Auto Online: Bikers lets you be the outlaw motorcyclist you always wanted to be
Here in the real world, your options with a motorcycle are more or less limited to "riding it." You can't really whip into a...
Eco delays its Alpha 5 update to October 24th
Eco's Alpha 5 brings in its comprehensive ecosystem mechanics, but as a result of polishing those mechanics, it's going to take a little longer...
EVE Online details the major changes coming to being a mining foreman
For larger mining operations in EVE Online, you need a foreman. Not just because you need someone to complain about to your fellow mining...
Blade & Soul introduces Ebondrake Citadel and the Tower of Memory
It's the most wonderful day of the week for fans of Blade & Soul because it's patch day. Not only does this patch include...
TERA’s Civil Unrest causes actual unrest when it fails to function
One of the big centerpiece features of TERA's most recent patch was the Civil Unrest event, with players teaming up to take on other...
The Daily Grind: What cosmetic changes would you like for your MMO character abilities?
We live in an era when most designers have noticed that we like to control what our characters look like as well as how...
Riders of Icarus previews the Rift of the Damned and steps back on Alliance changes
Don't be nervous about entering Riders of Icarus' Rift of the Damned; as a recent development diary shows, it's just a name. The eponymous...
Blizzard clarifies World of Warcraft quests that can’t be cleared in LFR
The World of Warcraft community was in a bit of a tizzy yesterday when it collectively discovered that you couldn't complete a quest chain...
You can’t get raid quest items from LFR in World of Warcraft: Legion
The lack of a queue option for Mythic dungeons in World of Warcraft hasn't sat well with many people, but it appears that's not...
