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Closers kicks off a Fireworks Festival and offers some new costumes for athletics or bedtime
If you were wondering when Closers was going to get to the fireworks factory, we can't help you. If you were instead wondering when...
Lineage II Aden asks you to defeat Nurka with its newest update
It's time to defeat Nurka! "Who's Nurka?" you ask. The guy we're going to defeat, duh. We just covered that, keep up. Look, if...
Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 6.15 goes live with hippo carts, custom deliveries, and quests
Who wants to go screaming around Thavnair on hippo-drawn carriages? The answer to that question is "the Arkasodara," but if you instinctively answered that...
The Daily Grind: Do you like repeated event content in MMOs?
When World of Warcraft's holidays come around each year, they are largely the same as the event that you experienced last year, which was...
Shroud of the Avatar lets you process the heck out of new fetid fish types
Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever been playing Shroud of the Avatar and found yourself with an inventory downright overflowing in...
Wakfu reduces dungeon rooms for a more streamlined experience
How long are dungeons supposed to be? That's an eternal debate for every MMO, and it's a debate that players in Wakfu have been...
The Daily Grind: How do you define ‘solo’ in MMORPGs?
When I played Guild Wars, I mostly did it solo. I'd go to towns, load up on my henchmen, and then go out and...
The Daily Grind: What system in your main MMO have you just never been interested in exploring?
Look, I'm sorry, I know there's a lot of interesting stuff going on with gardening in Final Fantasy XIV. I know that this system...
War Thunder prepares to give players a ride into the Danger Zone with the eponymous update
Cynical Brain: "Oh, look, here comes another War Thunder update. And they're calling it the Danger Zone update and they're adding the F-14 Tomcat...
Final Fantasy XIV plans for the Make It Rain campaign while explaining its PvP balance mistake
The team behind PvP balancing in Final Fantasy XIV made a mistake, and producer and director Naoki Yoshida is owning up to it in...
Albion Online is making the Outlands more accessible and offering a new Crystal Arena format
What's it going to take to get you into the Outlands in Albion Online? The developers are aware that this can be a tall...
ArcheAge’s latest patch improves a number of facets of the player experience
At long last, you can climb up to the masts on the Cargo Ship in ArcheAge. The game has long forbidden players to go...
Neverwinter reduces the stat bonus on the Bone Devil’s Ribcage to more reasonable levels
That Bone Devil had a heck of a ribcage, huh? Neverwinter had a bit of a problem with the Bone Devil's Ribcage, because the...
Blizzard posts patch notes for World of Warcraft patch 9.2.5 with cross-faction grouping
We mentioned recently that World of Warcraft's newest build of patch 9.2.5 on the test servers was flagged as a release candidate. Turns out...
Final Fantasy XIV patches in some more PvP balance tweaks
If you're still not interested in PvP in Final Fantasy XIV despite the most recent patch's changes, the newly released patch 6.11a for the...
Babylon’s Fall extends its second season for three months to re-evaluate its future roadmap
Call us cynical, but we have the vague impression that all is not quite going according to plan when it comes to Babylon's Fall....
Final Fantasy XI developers plan a Reddit AMA for next week
The Final Fantasy XI team is still not the best at talking to the game's North American fanbase, but it's getting better. (Getting better...
EverQuest II invites players to test the newest incarnation of Tinkerfest
How do you feel about tinkering? If your answer is "ambivalent to negative," you may want to just move on; EverQuest II is trying...
The Daily Grind: What are your main areas of focus when you play an MMORPG?
It's probably not a surprise to anyone reading this that I really like stories in MMOs. They're important to me. And if you've read...
World of Warcraft is testing a ‘social contract’ for its players in 9.2.5
"For the love of the Titans, please be a decent person to your fellow players."
That is not what the new social contract in World...
