game mechanics
The second week of Anthem’s Season of Skulls starts up today
The latest Anthem event leaves no time for seasons of love because it's the Season of Skulls. It's also rolling on to the second week...
SWTOR previews Juggernaut and Guardian changes coming in tomorrow’s Onslaught launch
The Juggernaut and the Guardian in Star Wars: The Old Republic, two sides of the same coin. On the one hand, the Light-side practitioner of...
Wisdom of Nym: What we know in the wake of Final Fantasy XIV’s second 5.1 preview
Ah, another live letter, another lack of official translation despite a lot of important information being conveyed that way, and another round of people...
Star Trek Online patches in the new Event Campaign system for a Tier 6 ship
Tier 6 ships are not precisely rare in Star Trek Online, but they sure can be expensive. The new Event Campaign system in the game...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite improves Chamber UI and storage options with patch 2.5
Yes, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is still a thing. The game is still running, and it's even updating. The latest major update is being rolled...
Path of Exile outlines further fixes moving through the halfway mark of Blight league
Here's the bad news for Path of Exile: The developers aren't planning on holding some sort of community event in the Blight league simply because...
Bless Unleashed announces combat changes arriving to the first open beta
The upcoming open beta for Bless Unleashed has a fair bit riding on it, since this really-not-the-original-game-we-promise title doesn't exactly have an unblemished legacy from...
Rumor: Riot is working on an anime and digital card game based on League of Legends
Are you ready to explore the rich lore of Runeterra? Because you - wait, what do you mean "what the heck is a Runeterra?"...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines the changes coming to the game’s performance system in patch 5.1
It'd be nice enough if Final Fantasy XIV had a system for musical performances that was just dropped in the game and then functionally abandoned,...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its site for patch 5.1 and the All Saints’ Wake event
It's time for a whole lot of reveals for Final Fantasy XIV, starting with the special site for patch 5.1 having gone up. Yes, you...
Dauntless has patched in frame rate uncapping and aether striker balance tweaks today
Do you get deeply upset when games don't allow you to reach FPS counts in the high hundreds, never mind whether or not your...
EVE Online previews its October patch and releases its monthly economic report
The October release approaches swiftly for EVE Online, with the update scheduled for October 8th (in the wee hours of the morning for most players...
WoW Classic continues un-layering layered servers, video examines WoW Classic’s meaningfulness
Blizzard continues to shut down layering across various realms in World of Warcraft: Classic, with another batch having deactivated the intentionally temporary measure to...
Star Wars: The Old Republic reaches final phase of Onslaught testing, previews Mercenaries and Commandos
It's the final countdown over on the Star Wars: The Old Republic's test server, or more accurately, the final test phase. Yes, there's still more...
Red Dead Online offers a new legendary bounty for the Owlhoot family
It's time to hunt yourself a new bounty in Red Dead Online with the addition of the legendary Owlhoot family. This group of desperados is...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best non-combat PvP?
PvP is about more than just getting into the dirt with your opponent and seeing who drops first. Sure, it frequently is exactly that, and...
Hearthstone makes plans for more events, more shakeups, and quest improvements
With the third chapter of the Tombs of Terror campaign rolling out, Hearthstone is giving players a chance to peek behind the curtain to see...
Star Trek Online’s patch today continues adjusting patrols rewards
Here's the bad news for today's patch in Star Trek Online: The Delta patrol missions will be providing less experience at the end of the...
Fallout 76 kicks off another cleanup project while planning for 2020
The Meat Week has returned in Fallout 76, but players can already look ahead to the next part of cleaning up Appalachia starting on October...
Wakfu’s latest update, the Return of the Thirsters, is now live
If you play Wakfu but don't follow the associated animated series, you might just think that "Return of the Thirsters" sounds like a vaguely bad...
