game mechanics
Star Trek Online previews the community-designed Jupiter carrier
The first community-designed starship is coming to Star Trek Online with the Jupiter-class carrier. While it's got sleek lines, the Jupiter's biggest selling point...
Wisdom of Nym: Much ado about Final Fantasy XIV’s Diadem
There's a whole lot to be said about the Diadem. Let's start: It's kind of a mess because it's a really solid idea lacking...
Elite Dangerous shows off the system specs for Horizon in its latest newsletter
What will it take for you to land your ship on planets in Elite: Dangerous? Well, at the very least it will take a...
MMO Mechanics: Three game-changing movement mechanics
In order to create the most truly challenging MMOs that connect players with the specific virtual environments they're traversing, developers have always worked on...
The Daily Grind: What do you do while you’re waiting in MMOs?
Let's face it, MMOs are not always filled with new stuff happening every minute. You wait for queues, you wait for enemies to spawn,...
WoW Factor: The look of the Legion class previews
Last week was a pretty fun ride, I have to say. Leaving aside everything else we had to chew on after a weekend's worth...
Skyforge is prepping the War’s Onset update for December 2nd
Boy, Skyforge has launched a lot of updates pretty quickly, hasn't it? But the game has to be quieting down now, and that... oh,...
Neverwinter’s Underdark is available now, Astral Diamond economy is being examined
As of today, Neverwinter players are going underground. Not in the sense that they're becoming very obscure, but in the sense that the Underdark...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs contrary to their design?
If you play Final Fantasy XIV, you know that it is not a game that rewards players for playing multiple characters. Quite the opposite, in...
WoW Factor: In the wake of BlizzCon’s Legion content
Well, folks, we're officially living in a post-BlizzCon world. Until the next one. The point is, we're done with that convention, and all that's...
WildStar details the ins and outs of its world bosses
There are lots of bosses out in the world of WildStar. They're larger, they're in charge, and they're designed for groups with two tanks,...
Skyforge’s Journey of the Divine patch rolls out
The Journey of the Divine patch is live in Skyforge today, heralding several new game systems:
Invasion Avatars - The deadly Avatars of invading alien gods...
What to do in RIFT when you’re level 65
So you've reached level 65 in RIFT, and as in any MMO, reaching that level means there's nothing else in the game for you to...
World of Warcraft wraps up its Legion class previews with Druid and Rogue
There are a lot of leather-wearing classes in World of Warcraft at this point, and two of them are sharing the last round of...
World of Warcraft outlines the changes coming to Monk
Monks are the only baseline class that's been added to World of Warcraft since the game's launch - two hero classes have been added...
World of Warcraft outlines the changes coming to Shaman and Warrior in Legion
Big changes are coming to every single class in World of Warcraft when the next expansion goes live. The official site has already shown...
World of Warcraft outlines the Death Knight changes coming in Legion
The next World of Warcraft expansion is adding the game's second hero class to the lineup, but that doesn't mean the first one has...
Neverwinter outlines the path to masterwork crafting
Masterwork crafting in Neverwinter is not meant to be something you just start doing on your second day of crafting. It's right there in...
World of Warcraft outlines changes to Paladins and Warlocks
Paladins and Warlocks, together at last! They're like the original odd couple - she's a stalwart defender of the Light, and her roommate is...
Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.1 notes
There are a lot of things that I really like about Final Fantasy XIV, a fact that should come as a surprise to practically...
