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Star Trek Online starts off another event campaign with a return to the Battle at the Binary Stars
The anniversary event for Star Trek Online has just about wrapped up, but starting on March 5th, a new year-long event campaign is kicking off...
The Daily Grind: What would tempt you to buy something in an MMO when you hate the business model?
Longtime commenter and friend to man and beast alike Danny Smith mentioned recently that there's a rumor of Blizzard putting World of Warcraft allied race...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO consumables are the most completely useless?
It's very obvious why Final Fantasy XIV has items like Antidotes. These medicines are consistently present across the series, so they need to be in...
Blade & Soul patches in the third specialization for the Assassin along with Lyn Assassins
Yes, you can now make a Lyn Assassin in Blade & Soul. If you have a burning need to do an in-game version of that...
Bless Mobile is built from the ground up as a different game from the original Bless
If Bless Unleashed fails when it launches, we'll still have Bless Mobile, which is also claiming to be using the original Bless graphical assets but have nothing to...
Black Desert Mobile brings Nouver to the world as the newest boss
Ah, world bosses. Why do we have to bother them, again? Black Desert Mobile is encouraging players at level 55 and above to take...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2, Echoes of a Fallen Star, is live today
It's time! After a wait that may have felt longer than usual but was actually entirely normal, Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch is available...
Experience all the play of Red Dead Online in Dreams… sort of
So you want to experience the gameplay of Red Dead Online but you spent what would have been your new game release budget on...
Blackwing Lair’s first kill in WoW Classic happened less than an hour after the raid went live
Technically, there was another race for a world first clear last week in World of Warcraft, specifically in WoW Classic with the opening of...
WoW Factor: How could World of Warcraft restore confidence ahead of Shadowlands?
The last opportunity that Blizzard had to really restore player confidence was Warcraft III: Reforged. And...
Yes, that's very good, please stop laughing. I know. It's...
Astellia Online patches in a quest merge and a difficulty adjustment that wasn’t meant to be in-game yet
Sometimes you just get stuff you weren't expecting. An extra McNugget in your McOrder from McDonald's. An extra few LEGO-brand construction bricks in your...
Final Fantasy XIV updates its patch site with umbrellas, armor, and lore
There's no new information needed for Final Fantasy XIV players to be excited by patch 5.2, especially not when it arrives on February 18th and is...
Path of Exile previews the improvements to its item filter interface
Look... sometimes, improvements to Path of Exile take the form of giving you new ways to make things explode with lightning if you so much...
Failing to down Drakkar in Guild Wars 2 turns on free-for-all open PvP in the zone
All right, so it's a little bit harder to beat Drakkar at this point in Guild Wars 2. That's fine. You kind of expect to...
Wisdom of Nym: Our last preview of Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2
For a lot of people, patch 5.1 felt sort of like a breather. Obviously, it had a bunch of new stuff in it, but...
Bless Unleashed outlines plans for guild mechanics in the future
There are some things you just can't get done in certain time windows. Bless Unleashed has done as much as it can to be...
Albion Online patches in some gentle nudges to the Queen update
The Queen update for Albion Online was a big one, and so it makes sense that the latest patch has a few things in it...
Final Fantasy XI adds Siren for Summoners in the next version update
Sorry, folks, but you will not be able to stay away from the next update to Final Fantasy XI. You might want to, you might have...
Blizzard despawns N’zoth across all WoW NA servers due to an encounter glitch
Good day, everyone. The race to Mythic world first over in World of Warcraft has taken an almost comical turn in the wake of...
Closers adds its new Team Challenges for weekly rewards
Ah yes, teamwork. That's the focus for the new Team Challenges in Closers in the broad strokes. Each week, there are specific challenges added for individual...
