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Guild Wars 2 kicks off the fourth PvP League season
To everything, there is a season, and this is the season for Guild Wars 2 players to resume beating the snot out of one...
Wild Terra adds a new Russian-specific server
The latest patch for Wild Terra is live, and it brings along with it a Russian server for players to explore. The bad news...
Riders of Icarus shows off the mechanics of Manastone battles
Do you like picking fights in PvP? Riders of Icarus gives you plenty of options in that department, but the biggest fights are the...
World of Warcraft hotfixes loot and item issues
The Burning Legion is invading Azeroth, Demon Hunters are showing up, everything is chaos and nothing makes sense at all. A lot of that...
Overwatch players are warned: use Lucio in Lucioball or face consequences
The whole point of Overwatch's Lucioball mode is that everyone plays as Lucio. The name of the mode is already "Lucioball," the only character...
No Man’s Sky launches today on console
In this episode, Larry, Brendan, and Tina debate next-gen MMOs, unfinished games, and MMO buzzwords.
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s seasonal events, dungeon mining, and leaving Eorzea
Not every topic that I can talk about in this column is actually a good column topic because some stuff just... isn't robust enough.
I'm...
Albion Online previews its passive weapon abilities
The final beta test for Albion Online has added in plenty of stuff for players to explore, and that includes more passive weapon abilities....
World of Warcraft shows off its Legion leveling experience
The leveling experience of World of Warcraft: Legion is going to be rather different from previous expansions, starting with the fact that the answer...
Vindictus Eternal promises all of the hack-and-slash action of the title on mobile devices
Do you love Vindictus so much that the thought of having to not play it in the waiting room of a doctor's office makes...
Diablo III brings patch 2.4.2 to the live servers
The latest patch for Diablo III is here, and it brings with it new challenges. Specifically, it brings the new Torment XI-XIII challenge levels,...
Crowfall shows off the power design for the Myrmidon
Crowfall's Myrmidon is the kind of fighter who attacks first, then attacks second, crushes everything to dust, and then asks questions of the smoldering...
Escape from Tarkov previews its technical alpha testing specs
The purpose of Escape from Tarkov's technical alpha starting on August 4th is to see how the game works under strain. It is not...
Atlas Reactor opens up free play for everyone
The business model for Atlas Reactor has undergone a fair number of shifts over time. The latest announcement is that the game will be...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the weirdness of Yo-kai Watch
The fact that Final Fantasy XIV has now officially had a crossover with Yo-kai Watch feels rather odd to me. I'm honestly not a...
Allods Online adjusts endgame gearing in patch 7.0.1
If you're big on endgame content in Allods Online, you probably have strong feelings about how you get geared up. You might be frustrated...
Skyforge outlines the fight against Melegh in the D3 Distortion
The Reapers serve as low-level punching bags in Skyforge, but they're also capable of being higher-order threats as well. In the game's next major...
WoW Factor: The Legion prepatch brings the storm front
On some level, it honestly feels weird to be excited by this patch in World of Warcraft. There's no new stuff to actually do,...
Master X Master highlights Poharan and Kromede
There's more to Master X Master than just bringing in characters from several NCsoft games under the same roof, but that is still part...
Ana gets some big buffs with the newest Overwatch patch
Ana has gotten just a little bit more effective in Overwatch with the game's most recent patch. While she was considered fun, her healing/damaging...
