game mechanics
Final Fantasy XIV’s newest patch brings The Feast to live servers
If you've grown weary of the PvP options available in Final Fantasy XIV, take heart that today brings you a new method for beating...
New and tweaked class specs arrive in WoW’s latest Legion build
The testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is almost finished adding new specs for players to try out as the latest Legion test...
Star Wars: The Old Republic developers expound on Eternal Championship and companion delays
Another month has arrived, another story chapter has gone live for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and another producer's livestream has happened. You can...
League of Legends previews the abilities and strategy for Aurelion Sol
The newest addition to League of Legends has been unveiled in his totality today: Aurelion Sol, the Star Forger, more informally known to people...
EVE Online delays its March update
Today was going to be the day that EVE Online dropped another monthly patch to its live server. It's not happening, though, and you...
Wisdom of Nym: Odds and ends from Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2
I spent all of the last column talking about Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch, but boy, there's still more to talk about. Who...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal progression rate in an MMO?
One of the things that I like about the original Guild Wars was that leveling was pretty much locked into the same speed from...
Crowfall looks at the early version of the Ranger’s powers
The Ranger is not a ranged character in Crowfall, but she's also not a melee character. She's a hybrid between the two playstyles, able...
Path of Exile posts Ascendancy patch notes, preps Friday launch
The Ascendancy expansion for Path of Exile is on track to be released on Friday, but what are you supposed to do today? Stare...
Gigantic releases a big (experimental) update today
The beta test for Gigantic is still ongoing despite the financial difficulty of its development studio, but you can't take part in that test...
World of Warcraft updates its expansion alpha and opens up PvP testing
One of the big elements being introduced to World of Warcraft when Legion goes live is an entirely revamped PvP system, rebuilt from the...
DC Universe Online deploys new Superman-centric update
You know who Superman is. He's kind of a big deal in the DC Universe, which means he's also a big deal in DC...
The Daily Grind: Is there anything that could get you to enjoy free-for-all looting PvP?
Some of you out there already like free-for-all PvP in which all of your stuff can be taken by whosoever chooses to kill you...
Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan on Overwatch’s ranked play philosophy
If you were hoping that the latest development video for Overwatch from game director Jeff Kaplan would reveal the ins and outs of the...
Star Trek Online plans an Admirality campaign for the Romulan Republic
The Romulan Republic has been in the background for a bit in Star Trek Online. Obviously the faction is still important, considering that it's...
Camelot Unchained discusses balance in the midst of the beta crunch
The developers behind Camelot Unchained are currently in the midst of a hard crunch to get the game's beta ready for players to, well,...
Asta opens up client download for its open beta on March 2nd
Boy, it seems like only yesterday that March wasn't yet a month to be worried about, doesn't it? Probably because yesterday it was still...
Survarium deploys patch 0.40 to its live servers with UI changes and weapon modules
Sure, you're in the middle of a pitched battle for survival with whatever you can find in Survarium, but that doesn't mean that you...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 is a return to form
I've expressed my misgivings about Final Fantasy XIV's first major post-expansion patch before. It wasn't terrible, but it didn't really hook me in like...
Allods Online explains gearing changes for the New Order update
The New Order hitting Allods Online is going to be changing how players acquire gear in a big way, and it's going to be...
