game mechanics

Any game with classes adds new classes over time. It's almost axiomatic. I don't know why absolutely every game cannot be designed with the...

The developers of SMITE looked at the game and saw that quite frankly, parts of it were getting stale. The most recent patch notes...

Star Citizen aims to make its damage feel complete. Your ship doesn't take a 15-point hit; you have a blowout in your starboard plasma relays,...

The early Overwatch gameplay videos continue moving through the cast with a robot that has the heart of a human and a woman with...

Let's assume you're playing World of Warcraft's latest big patch, but raiding Hellfire Citadel isn't in the cards for you for whatever reason. What...

Part of the very premise behind Worlds Adrift is exploring the great big sky on an airship. Sure, we've seen how you can design...

Early access for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion is live in less than two days, and boy, there is a lot coming along with...

It's a rough ride when your main deity in SMITE gets hit with big changes; you have to learn how to play the character...

Beta testing for Path of Exile's next major update, The Awakening, is going about as well as testing ever does. The newest patch for...

Do you feel your home on Tatooine in Star Wars: The Old Republic just filled up too quickly? The developers think it did. A...

If Overwatch were a tabletop RPG, Reinhardt is the guy who didn't bother listening to the setting information and just made a knight with...

If you want total and absolute balance for one-on-one classes in Crowfall, you will be disappointed. That's the first answer in the new question...

The next major patch for World of Warcraft is pitting players against what remains of the Iron Horde in the Tanaan Jungle, but unfortunately...

Launch rushes onward toward The Repopulation like... some sort of extremely fast launch-related thing. The metaphor isn't perfect. Neither is the game's combat system,...

Just because you're a blindfolded warrior empowered by the Mists in Guild Wars 2 doesn't mean you can't support your allies. That's the big...

The wheels in my head have been turning over non-combat mechanics in MMOs for a while now, perhaps because of the buzz surrounding Wander,...

Torbjörn, aside from having a name that's very satisfying to type when you're familiar with Unicode inputs, is a simple kind of guy. He...

The latest update for Elite: Dangerous does not allow players to personally claim big chunks of the galaxy, but it does allow players to...

In the context of the tabletop game that gives Dungeons & Dragons Online its name, a Warlock is a class defined by making a...

After a few days of teases, another legend has been formally revealed for Guild Wars 2's upcoming Revenant profession, and it's all about healing. Yes,...