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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...
The Daily Grind: Is there MMO content you won’t do because it’s too difficult?
The difficulty of raids in World of Warcraft does not contribute one whit to my lack of desire to take part in raids in World of...
World of Warcraft kicks off the last season of Battle for Azeroth item level increases
We're all still up to date on the fact that World of Warcraft's Visions of N'zoth patch is a bit of a mess, right? Well,...
Fortnite bans certain actions in competitive play to avoid cheating
Good news, Fortnite players, you can be issued a ban for jumping during competitive play! Sort of, anyhow. See, Fortnite really doesn't want players signaling to...
Albion Online hot-fixes a Hideout issue while acknowledging issues with the Battle for Caerleon event
Every big patch has some issues, and Albion Online's Queen update, which landed yesterday, was no exception. It turned out that Hideouts were getting completed...
Bless Unleashed unveils the Union system and crafter-centric society
It's time to team up with other players in a very passive sense in Bless Unleashed with the addition of the game's Union system. More...
PlanetSide 2 patches in weapon changes and major shifts to continent lockdowns
The latest patch for PlanetSide 2 does not contain some of the database migration that was originally planned for the title. That's the bad news....
Final Fantasy XIV brings back the Moogle Treasure Trove on January 20
It's time for another run of the Moogle Treasure Trove event in Final Fantasy XIV, because the event is a good way of making sure...
