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Blade & Soul launches the Forgotten Souls update today
Gosh, don't you hate when you're going from the Earth Realm to the Spirit Realm and you forget all your souls? Has that never...
PlanetSide 2 plans for Desolation changes hitting the live servers this week
There was a playtest for PlanetSide 2 changes this past weekend, which ran a special Outfit Wars schedule on the test server to try...
Wisdom of Nym: Expected expansion features still unseen in Final Fantasy XIV
We're still not into the period of time in which we'll learn about patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV. Indeed, there's a lot of life left...
Marvel Future Fight adds in crossover content from House of X/Powers of X
Let's be honest, if you are not already familiar with the House of X/Powers of X storyline in the various X-Men books, there is...
EVE Online rolls out faction war changes for testing
The latest changes to EVE Online's faction war system are not yet on the game's live server, but they are available for players to...
Blade & Soul previews the item changes and treasure trove for its Forgotten Souls update
How could Blade & Soul have a Forgotten Souls update? Souls are right there in the title! You can't forget about them! Ah, well, it's...
Red Dead Online adds in a new featured series of Showdowns with more on the way
You've got map objectives to capture, you've got some throwing knives, and that's your lot in life. That's the experience in the latest Showdown...
Phantasy Star Online 2 introduces its ‘scratch tickets’ lockboxes as the open beta kicks off
The open beta for Phantasy Star Online 2 has kicked off today on the Xbox One, with Windows 10 still listed as "coming soon."...
Secret World Legends celebrates the Spring Equinox until March 31
The Envoys of Avalon have decided that now is the right time to show up in Argatha again, because it's March 17th and that...
World of Warcraft details the acquisition of currency to buy rank 3 Essences on alts
It was announced last week that players in World of Warcraft would get account-wide access to rank 3 Essences following repeated insistence that this...
Camelot Unchained’s latest mini-update is all about incoming testing and Devout classes
There's still work being done on Camelot Unchained right now, and it's the sort of work that requires some devotion. See, one of the...
New World’s latest video dev diary covers weapons and specializations
If you're eagerly looking forward to New World, you will want to watch the video below. Then you will hear the first words spoken...
Phantasy Star Online 2 can be pre-loaded now for the open beta
The open beta for Phantasy Star Online 2 is finally arriving in North America at 9:00 p.m. EDT on March 17th. But you don't...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of the second set of Ishgard Restoration in Final Fantasy XIV
All right! So this is not actually the column topic that I announced last week, but in my defense, I legitimately did not know...
Crowfall details a quartet of its racial disciplines
Your choice of race matters in Crowfall. Not simply in the sense that it affects your options when it comes to character classes, although there's...
World of Warcraft is finally adding account-wide essences with its next server maintenance
Amidst all of the other things that players have been upset about during this expansion for World of Warcraft it can be easy to miss...
Revelation Online previews the City of the Demon Gods
You've got to be a pretty rough town to be dubbed the City of the Demon Gods, but the new dungeon being added to...
Albion Online works to limit alliances, ganking, and underwhelming loot in its latest patch
It'd be unfair to call the latest patch for Albion Online a course correction; rather, it's more of an ongoing course adjustment. Alliances, for example,...
Players claim to be hitting rank 1000 in Red Dead Online
Big numbers are impressive, and thus it's something of a milestone that a player in Red Dead Online has hit rank 1000 for what he...
Final Fantasy XIV brings in a new wave of Ishgardian Restoration content with patch 5.21
It's time to limber your saw, get your tree-chopping arm ready, and start scanning your recipe book, because a new batch of Ishgardian Restoration...
