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Black Desert Online previews a quartet of upcoming Awakenings for the PlayStation 4
On September 24th players who enjoy Black Desert Online on PlayStation 4 will get a wake-up call with the introduction of Awakenings. Fans already familiar...
Dauntless previews the punchy nature of Aether Strikers
Go ahead and get your falcon punch memes out of your system because the newest weapon in Dauntless is going to let you deliver...
The Division 2 releases a sweeping set of balance changes on its test server
The next major patch for The Division 2 is scheduled for release in October, which means that the game is running out of time...
Albion Online improves guild logs and adjusts enemies with its latest update
Have you ever found yourself fighting an enemy and think, "gosh, this boss has really let himself go?" Because the latest patch for Albion Online...
PUBG is adding survival mastery to its progression system
Weapon Mastery is a thing in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a progression track following your ability to inflict significant harm upon your opposition over time and...
RuneScape patches in changes to player-owned farms
Changes to player-owned farms are in the air today for RuneScape; the game's patch this week implements changes announced recently. Experience gained for individual...
Path of Exile makes a number of tuning adjustments to the Blight league with its next patch this week
The Blight league in Path of Exile will spawn fewer monsters when the game's next patch arrives this week. It was just spawning too many...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.1 is on its way after the first live letter
We had a good string there of proper translations, didn't we? It was really nice to be able to tune in and just get...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the best at encouraging players to take on older content?
Games don't usually need to do much to point players toward the new. If you're logging in to Guild Wars 2 when the new saga-story-season thinger...
Fallout 76 offers up another Meat Week for cleaning up Appalachia
Appalachia is kind of a mess in Fallout 76. To be fair, so is the world as a whole since nuclear conflicts tend to end...
MMO Burnout: Greedfall is a pretty interesting swing for the fences, even when it misses
It's been said by me many times before now, but here it is again: I really appreciate a game that swings for the fences....
World of Warcraft: Classic is nerfing threat generation on Demoralizing Shout
Demoralizing Shout has numerous effects in WoW Classic; it reduces the attack power of nearby enemies, gives you a nice shouting animation, and generates...
The Division 2 is adding in targeted loot in its sixth major patch
In any game with gear, we've always had the one piece of gear that just does not seem to show up no matter what....
A player is leveling Priest in WoW Classic entirely by phone
In 2004 when World of Warcraft initially launched, leveling your character by phone presumably meant calling someone up from a land line and sitting there...
The Daily Grind: Do DPS numbers help you improve your play in an MMO?
Let's be perfectly clear here, this question is not meant to be theoretical but personal. Whether or not DPS numbers should be in World of Warcraft...
Blade & Soul is splitting damage types and adding new bracelets with the Storm of Arrows update
The next update for Blade & Soul is dubbed Storm of Arrows and that sounds absolutely horrifying. You might say "it's just a little rain" if...
Fortnite adds in the unfortunately named Moisty Palms with its perfect prop disguises
You there! Do you want to shoot people in an area dubbed "Moisty Palms?" No, probably not, but that is the exact level that Fortnite's...
RuneScape has cancelled the Weapon Diversity project, but not its goals
There was a noble goal at the heart of RuneScape's Weapon Diversity project: making every individual weapon type feel like a distinct choice beyond raw...
Closers brings Seth to the battlefield today for pre-creation players
Gosh, why do people keep shoving monsters into things which are not monsters? The latest addition to the team in Closers, Seth, was just a...
Lineage 2M shows off new trailers seemingly showcasing all in-game footage
The original Lineage still makes bank in South Korea, which is probably part of the reason why the upcoming Lineage 2M is highly anticipated by players...
