game mechanics
Black Desert announces the upcoming co-op dungeon Atoraxxion
It's time to team up in Black Desert this summer. Players on both PC and console will be able to take part in exploring the...
No Man’s Sky launches the Prisms update to make the whole game look prettier
There are times when No Man's Sky can be a remarkably beautiful game. It gets even prettier with the new Prisms update, which adds in...
Final Fantasy XI ups equipment drops and brings back Sunshine Seeker
Dang, your gear in Final Fantasy XI leaves something to be desired. You should get some better gear. If only the game would run some...
Bless Unleashed answers player questions on PC with a whole lot of nope
There's a whole lot of no in the latest set of community answers for Bless Unleashed. Can players have the option to turn off censorship...
World of Warcraft adds PvP gear scaling in 9.1, WoW Classic songifies the Burning Crusade
If you're primarily a PvP player in World of Warcraft, you almost certainly want the gear awarded by the format to be the best stuff...
The Elder Scrolls Online offers a new unified tutorial experience with Update 30
The tutorial experience for new characters is changing when The Elder Scrolls Online launches Update 30 for free next week alongside Blackwood, and it's changing...
RuneScape outlines the new Guardian’s Gift item which offers wishes to compensate for account lockouts
Do you wish that RuneScape had never had account issues that needed to be corrected in the first place? If so, you and Jagex...
Swords of Legends Online previews its floating house islands
Today's challenge when reading about Swords of Legends Online's housing is to not compare it to some other game where you had a floating...
Fallout 76 patches in fixes for more Locked & Loaded bugs, including multiple exploits
Bugs in Fallout 76: Don't you hate them? No, we're not talking about the kind that you deal with by pumping rounds of ammunition into,...
Final Fantasy XIV introduces the new Zadnor battlefield with patch 5.55
It's time to push your Resistance weaponry in Final Fantasy XIV to the apex of power with the arrival of the newest patch, 5.55, offering...
Atlas addresses Armored Docks and other balance issues in its latest Q&A session
Armored docks in Atlas: Are they a good thing or a bad thing? The latest Q&A acknowledges that the answer is kind of both, and...
Path of Exile promises its graphical improvement patch is coming this week
There isn't a way for Path of Exile to fix every graphical and display issue the game has with a single patch, but the team...
The Elder Scrolls Online confirms that the 12-person group limit is about performance
Some people are not terribly happy about the 12-player group limit in The Elder Scrolls Online for understandable reasons. It makes anything you'd want to...
World of Warcraft: Classic launches The Burning Crusade pre-patch today
Today's the day for WoW Classic players to start leveling their Blood Elves and Draenei because the game's pre-patch ahead of The Burning Crusade is...
Final Fantasy XI celebrates 19 years and promises new job progression and storage options
It's been 19 years since Final Fantasy XI first launched, and yet the game is still going strong with an update cadence the envy of...
Path of Exile promises more aggressive VRAM engine changes to make for a better game experience
Who wants to learn how VRAM works today? See, Path of Exile is making some changes to how it utilizes VRAM in terms of resource...
The Daily Grind: What’s your ideal play session length in an MMO?
One of the things that always strikes me as interesting is the different opinions regarding what an MMO play session should look like. Some people...
World of Warcraft’s lead system designer Morgan Day talks about Torghast, raid design, and class tuning
When is patch 9.1 arriving for World of Warcraft? According to a new interview with lead system designer Morgan Day, the answer is still "soon."...
Final Fantasy XI brings back Mandragora Mania for its 19th anniversary
After 19 years of operation, Final Fantasy XI no doubt finds anniversary celebrations just a little bit tedious. It's been 19 years! There's a ton...
Skyforge’s Days of Glory event pits players against robot ghosts from the past
The world of Skyforge has a lot of invasions happening all the time, but the Days of Glory event is a bit different. You're not...
