game mechanics

A mid-season patch is on the way for Albion Online and it's including new regions of land in the Outlands, giving players a new avenue...

If you were looking forward to selecting your duchy in Chronicles of Elyria today, we have bad news for you, as the development staff has...

Once upon a time, Planes of Power was the fourth expansion for EverQuest and it focused more upon alternate advancement for max-level players. The expansion has...

Sad news for Lost Ark fans; not only does the latest roadmap not include any definitive information about when the game will be localized for...

There are a lot of MMOs that pit two teams against one another, but the new game KurtzPel is different from most of them insofar...

Sure, Bless Unleashed is all about the active combat, but that doesn't mean there's no time to stop and drop some healing on your allies....

A lot of stuff is arriving in Star Wars: The Old Republic with its next expansion, Onslaught. There's a new playable race (Nautolans), two new planets...

Itemization is more of an issue than you might think of in World of Warcraft: Classic. Sure, there's a pretty clear progression of gear in...

From this point on, you'll be going in blind to land auctions in Albion Online. The newest patch has changed the way bidding for land...

Historically, one of the best parts of Blizzard's various single-player games has been building custom maps; it worked out well for Warcraft III, clearly, and...

Lighting, like ambient sound, is one of those things that you tend to notice most in MMOs when there's something wrong with it. You...

Star Trek Online fans, point your eyeballs at PC Gamer this afternoon, as it's got the scoop on Rise of Discovery - that's the...

Sure, World of Warcraft fans don't yet know when the next major patch will be going live, but there's been another update to the test...

It's a time-honored rule that stunned people are not particularly good at fighting back. This is as true in Aion as it is in any...

Those of you who don't remember the last time I did this particular column series (which is understandable, it was two years ago) should...

The engine upgrade for APB Reloaded is still coming, but the most recent update on the state of the game addresses why the next...

You forgot that Twin Saga existed, didn't you? Look into its eyes. Look at those dinner saucer-sized eyes and say that you forgot about it....

In real life, as near as we can tell from the science, the only place you get transported to when you enter a black...

The planned raid for The Division 2 is being pushed back until May, because the developers have something else to focus on first. Yes, it's...

At long last - seriously, it's been weeks of delay - everyone can play a female character in Star Citizen. Everyone who can play...