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Blade & Soul launches the Steel Uprising patch today
Bad news, Blade & Soul players, you are going to once again be fighting robots. This is a challenge. Reports indicate that robots are...
More World of Warcraft: Shadowlands covenant abilities unveiled as Classic returns layering for population issues
As the testing for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues, players continue to datamine the game and find new information about what's coming with the...
Twin Saga updates for spring with a pirate invasion of Alfenheim
It turns out that pirates can kinda be jerks sometimes. The newest storyline in Twin Saga is all about how a bunch of pirates...
World of Warcraft boosts reputation through May 18 and extends its experience boost
If you've got some lingering reputations you want to raise before Shadowlands arrives in World of Warcraft, you've got some added help in doing...
WoW Factor: Examining Shadowlands’ Shaman, Monk, and Druid ability changes
So, here's something you might find funny: My greatest struggle with this particular ongoing World of Warcraft column was deciding the best possible order...
Final Fantasy XIV’s first patch 5.3 preview is due for April 24
We already know that patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV is going to be a little bit delayed, but it turns out that even...
Magic: Legends details the mechanics of Artifacts
In the traditional card game of Magic: The Gathering, Artifacts are special sorts of permanents that offer a variety of different effects for gameplay...
Zul’Gurub is live in World of Warcraft: Classic with an actual world first kill achieved
So Zul'Gurub is available for raiding in World of Warcraft: Classic right now as part of the fourth phase of content updates, and the...
The Daily Grind: Do you want controller support for your PC MMOs?
The fact that it looks like World of Warcraft will get some sort of controller support is a piece of news that fills me...
Zul’Gurub and Phase 4 goes live in WoW Classic tomorrow
Is it troll time? No, it's not quite troll time in World of Warcraft: Classic. But it's almost troll time because the next content...
World of Warcraft updates its quest icons, director Ion Hazzikostas talks big changes
The floating "!" has become such an iconic part of World of Warcraft's interface that it's hard to imagine it ever going away... and...
Star Trek Online resolves PC bugs while launching First Contact Day on consoles
The level of excitement to feel over the newest Star Trek Online will depend entirely on whether you are playing on console or on...
Sea of Thieves launches its next update on April 22 and it has cats
That's right, April 22nd is the date for the next monthly update for Sea of Thieves, and it has cats. You can pick out...
World of Warcraft previews the class changes arriving in Shadowlands
If you had hoped that perhaps now you weren't going to need to learn how to play your class all over again with the...
Blizzard alters Warcraft III: Reforged’s matchmaking system while players are waiting on basic features
You know that old joke about how you could get the Model T Ford in any color you wanted as long as it was...
World of Warcraft previews the first pass of Covenant abilities for Shadowlands
Players were promised yesterday that the developers behind World of Warcraft would be shedding some more light on Shadowlands in the near future. That...
Final Fantasy XIV launches patch 5.25 with new Relic weapons
It's time for players to start in on the latest set of relic weapons for Final Fantasy XIV today, as patch 5.25 opens up...
Soulworker explains why the game’s updates have been slower recently
The update cadence has been slow for Soulworker of late, but it turns out the reason was Gameforge has been trying to give players...
Final Fantasy XI introduces its April version update
This month's update for Final Fantasy XI is a bit lighter than usual, and in the video digest for the update it's explained quite...
Crowfall’s latest ACE Q&A covers class design and the safety of the ArtCraft team
We've all gotten accustomed to videos from the Crowfall team, but the latest ACE Q&A video is a little different from usual as it...