game mechanics
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...
Mortal Online 2’s latest beta patch lets you put bags on your pets
Why do you have pets? Is it for companionship? Security? Transport? No. It's to carry things for you. Heaven knows that the reason there...
Bless Unleashed has released its Secrets and Scions update
Ready for some more story in Bless Unleashed? Here's hoping you are because the console game's latest update, Secrets and Scions, brings exactly that. The...
Blade and Soul’s next major update, Winds of Rage, launches May 12
There's an angry wind blowing in Blade & Soul with its next major update, Winds of Rage. What does the angry wind bring with it?...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its upcoming Moogle Treasure Festival for the digital Fan Festival
When the digital fan festival kicks off for Final Fantasy XIV on May 14th, the digital events start too. Want to pick up some emotes?...
Wakfu introduces Demonic Pacts for open PvP in update 1.72
Would you take a big bonus to your experience and loot in exchange for the risk of losing all of it? That's the fundamental...
World of Warcraft: Classic details major arena rating changes for The Burning Crusade
At this year's online BlizzCon offering, the WoW Classic developers joked that they were moving on from hashtag-no-changes to hashtag-some-changes. It now appears that perhaps...
Here’s how the scoring system in World of Warcraft’s Torghast will work in 9.1
When patch 9.1 goes live in World of Warcraft, it'll bring no shortage of changes to every area of the game including the randomized dungeon...
The Daily Grind: What’s your least favorite mechanic in an MMO you like?
It's not a surprise to anyone who reads this that I like Final Fantasy XIV. That having been said, there are also things I really...
Fallout 76 makes plans for adding the Steel Reign update to the test server in May
The last update for Fallout 76, Locked & Loaded, just arrived on the live servers, but that doesn't mean that the update train has stopped...
Vague Patch Notes: The win state of MMOs
So how do you win an MMO? The general consensus is that you don't. The whole point of an MMO that this is an...
Final Fantasy XI kicks off multiple boost campaigns in May
If you still have leveling to take care of in Final Fantasy XI, you might want to hold off until May 11th. Not because you...
Fallout 76 launches its Locked & Loaded update
Today, Fallout 76 is ready to lock things and load other things, or possibly load something and then lock it when it's been loaded? That...
The Daily Grind: How important is an MMO’s combat to you?
Today, we don't want to talk about whether you prefer tab-targeting gameplay or action combat. It's not important if you prefer harder fights or...
Magic: Legends is looking ahead to the endgame amidst another patch of bug fixes
How's stuff going for you in the endgame for Magic: Legends? The bad news is that the game's latest patch is not going to...
Early access title Craftopia patches in a new biome, new gear, and new skills for spring
The latest Craftopia patch has arrived for the game's early access, and it contains what may be the greatest patch note of all time within...
Dungeons & Dragons Online adds the Perils of the Planar Eyes and spikier damage calculations
The latest update for Dungeons & Dragons Online is adding some spikes. No, not with the game's newest set of adventures that are available to...
Project Gorgon brings out its Attack of the World Bosses event with new signposts and fewer adds
Eager to go fight some world bosses in Project Gorgon? The Attack of the World Bosses event is kind of the time to do that,...
