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Sunday will be the one-month anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion launching into early access, which means that players have been deep into...

I really like the Deep Dungeon content in Final Fantasy XIV, but I kind of dislike people who spam it relentlessly to level up....

You probably don't spend a lot of time thinking about the work that goes into making big trees in your favorite MMO. It's enough...

Sure, you spend a lot of your time in Grand Theft Auto Online doing entertaining and exciting crimes, but isn't it high time you...

The next season of Albion Online's GvG battles has two goals. The first is to make it easier for guilds to actually take part...

Ah, the weekly reset! It's a thing in a lot of games. It's a thing in Final Fantasy XIV, in World of Warcraft, in...

One of the big centerpieces of Astellia Online's next beta test is the Avalon battlefield, and it's a bit part of how the game...

It was a giant leap for mankind when Neil Armstrong took his first steps onto the surface of the moon in 1969. It seems...

Let me be up-front with my own feelings: Bots are bad. Not robots, of course; we all know how I feel about robots. No,...

Sometimes a ship's cargo can be theoretically volatile, but the treasures unearthed in the new content for Sea of Thieves are very literally volatile....

If you're following the Save the World portion of Fortnite's latest patch notes, you'll see that there's a second birthday celebration running for the...

If you want to prove yourself the absolute best player in Blade & Soul, your chance to prove it is now. Player registrations are...

The big summer update for Wizard101 is in testing now, and it brings with it a long-awaited facelift for Crab Alley. Wizard City got...

You might feel like striding across an irradiated wasteland in a full set of power armor somewhat undercuts the feeling of bare-bones survival that's...

I've been using my mouse for hotkeys for years, to the point that I feel most comfortable doing that for abilities rather than clicking....

Yes, it's time for the first patch to Final Fantasy XIV since its most recent expansion, and... oh, stop staring in dumbfounded shock and...

Ah, the endless dance of issues and things which are not actually issues in World of Warcraft: Classic. Let's recap quickly. The fact that...

The latest balance patch for Heroes of the Storm has arrived, and it starts by making everyone faster. No, really, everyone has gotten a...

If you're really tired of waiting for the mobile version of Final Fantasy XI, perhaps you're willing to go a bit more low-tech with...

How's your supply of ammunition for hunting varmints in Red Dead Online? Not critters, but specifically varmints. Because you can get a nice round...