game mechanics
The Daily Grind: What systems do you avoid learning properly in MMOs?
Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was meant to break some degenerate enhancement effects, but it also meant that you had to think a...
Albion Online invites players to earn a ghost pig through the Undead Challenge
You might not think of July as a particularly spooky month, but Albion Online is still choosing this month to bring back the Undead...
Temtem shares the initial details of its plans for clubs
The upcoming summer update for Temtem (which we've known about for a while) is going to include the game's first iteration of clubs, its...
Crucible plans voice chat soon along with adjustments to its Heart of the Hive
The post-release deployment for Crucible has been a bit shaky, something that the team acknowledges in its latest preview for players; no one has...
Blizzard celebrates 20 years of Diablo II
It brought us memes, it brought us Necromancers, it brought us farming for loot, and it theoretically brought us a showdown against evil creatures...
The Daily Grind: Do you watch developer videos for MMOs?
Covering videos in this job is just plain annoying. It is. An information-dense text post takes me a few minutes to read through, I...
Fallout 76 previews the rewards of its first seasonal progress event starting June 30
An entire season's worth of progression in Fallout 76? Who could ask for more? Lots of people, maybe, but seasonal progress is what you're...
Gatewalkers is a new co-op survival ARPG hosting an alpha test on Steam now
Smash things, survive things, go through procedurally generated worlds, repeat. That's the core gameplay loop for Gatewalkers, a new game described as a co-op...
Diablo IV shows off the development of its open world and item progression
It's going to be a while before Diablo IV is in the hands of players, but the team is certainly keeping at work even...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is letting you swim and dive starting on July 3
Sure, having your own private island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is nice, but why not just descend into the water around it and...
World of Warcraft’s latest Shadowlands build includes profession updates, dungeon journals, and customization
Another alpha update has hit World of Warcraft's test servers, and this one wound up with a few technical issues ensuring that the alpha...
Blade & Soul shows off all the new features with today’s Divine Break update
Haven't you earned a break in Blade & Soul? The newest update is dubbed Divine Break, and it... actually doesn't give you a break...
Overwolf details the changes coming for Curseforge and using World of Warcraft addons
So what's going to happen with Curseforge and your precious, precious World of Warcraft addons? You need those to play! For those who missed...
Diablo III adds random elemental power discharges for Season 21
If you're still waiting for Diablo IV, you are still going to be waiting for quite some time. That's just the reality of the...
Albion Online offers more mobile improvements and queue improvements
The latest patch to the Albion Online Queen update is certainly going to make mobile players happy, as it allows you to drag items...
The Daily Grind: Do you like collecting trivia about unused MMO content?
We recently ran a feature all about an iceberg of obscure World of Warcraft knowledge, weird unused parts of the game or old promotions or...
World of Warcraft introduces an Auction House ‘action budget’ that is then immediately removed
It's time to talk about Auctioneer for World of Warcraft. If you're unfamiliar with this particular add-on, what it does is pretty scan the...
World of Warcraft brings back Single-Minded Fury in Shadowlands
All of you who play Warriors in World of Warcraft and like to be in the class of characters who flip out and break...
The Daily Grind: What do you think is right to charge for in a free-to-play MMO?
We all understand that free-to-play games still basically want your money, yes? That's the whole point of the business model. But the question is...
Wild Terra 2 opens its beta up for free play until June 22
The developers of Wild Terra 2 would like you to play the game, see how much stuff has been added to the game in testing,...
