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Albion Online celebrates the season with the return of Uncle Frost
It's time for the Yule season in Albion Online, and that means the return of Uncle Frost. Rather than being a more paternal figure,...
Black Desert starts pre-creation for Nova and the winter season
The latest patch for Black Desert is all about pre-creation. Do you want to create your Nova character now ahead of the full class...
Blade & Soul previews the item upgrade changes for its next update
With the next Blade & Soul update arriving on Wednesday players will have access to a new legendary ring and gloves. That means you should...
The Daily Grind: How quickly do you aim for the level cap in MMOs?
It's rare for me to not be done with the leveling in a Final Fantasy XIV expansion or a World of Warcraft expansion in a couple...
Blade & Soul’s final major update of the year includes a new specialization and heroic dungeon
The last update for Blade & Soul this year arrives on December 16th, and it brings with it a third specialization for Blade Dancer. The...
Dungeons & Dragons Online patches in a number of Augment fixes
The newest update for Dungeons & Dragons Online has a whole lot of stuff about augments in there. Some of it is as simple as...
Final Fantasy XIV posts its full patch 5.4 notes during 24-hour patch maintenance
We hope you got anything you wanted done in Final Fantasy XIV yesterday because the game is currently undergoing maintenance. In fact, it'll be undergoing...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually consider yourself a good MMO player?
There is an assumption, for some reason, that most people who work as game journalists are pretty bad at playing video games. I don't...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is launching Episode 6 on December 9
It's almost time to reach for new heights in Phantasy Star Online 2. The game started running its campaign for the road to episode 6...
Temtem answers questions about early access on PlayStation 5 on December 8
It's a good thing that Temtem is going into early access on the PlayStation 5 as of December 8th, as that means a chance for...
Albion Online explains the big changes coming to PvP with the newest season
Don't you love when developers give you a choice? Albion Online has done that with its latest official dispatch, providing a video you can view...
World of Warcraft explains the Threads of Fate system in Shadowlands
The basic flow of zones in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is fixed. You start out in Bastion and finish up in Revendreth by following...
Star Trek Online lets Klingons fly the new and improved Titan
If you haven't yet watched Star Trek: Lower Decks... well, what are you waiting for? But if you have, you'll know that there's an...
RuneScape’s latest patch is all about improved tooltips for abilities
You'll notice a lot of changes for the tooltips of combat abilities in RuneScape with the latest patch. The bright side is that this isn't...
Skyforge is playable on the newest console generation via cross-generation play
Were you considering picking up a PlayStation 5, but didn't want to lose your progress in Skyforge? That's... kind of an odd decision, but hey,...
Neverwinter is retiring Bonding Runestones and making changes to companions
How well does item level match to actual player power in Neverwinter? Not well enough, at least according to the way developers see it, and...
EVE Online is getting some changes to torpedoes with its next update
When you fire a torpedo in EVE Online you would like it to have a notable impact. You are firing at a ship with the...
World of Warcraft kicks off the Shadowlands expansion event following maintenance today
We hope you haven't gotten your fill of spooky scary skeletons from World of Warcraft just yet, because the Shadowlands pre-expansion event kicks off today following...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines the changes coming to tomestones in patch 5.4
The penultimate patch for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is coming in early December, and that means players will be dealing with a new shuffling...
EVE buffs up the Encounter Surveillance System to encourage player fighting even after taking out PvE bounties
The upcoming new Dynamic Bounty System for EVE Online gives players a reason to fight PvE pirates and earn bounties, with the game's multiplier...
