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Final Fantasy XIV producer letter addresses gender-locking and job balance in Shadowbringers
The revelation of having no new healer job and two new gender-locked races added to Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has prompted no small amount of...
Check out some video of the power in Peria Chronicles’ character creator
The first round of testing for long-awaited cel-shaded MMOÂ Peria Chronicles has arrived, running until May 12th. But does the game's distinct graphical style mean...
The Daily Grind: How much free time do you have to spend on MMOs?
Time is money, as the adage goes, and that's often used as justification or at least explanation of the idea that certain MMOs will...
Defiance unveils the Event Horizon event (on the horizon) along with the Engineer
The upcoming Event Horizon incident in Defiance 2050 is going to require some adjustments to standard player operating procedure. It's pitting players against enemies using...
Bless Unleashed unveils a trailer for the Mage class
Who needs weapons to lay waste to enemies? Certainly not the Mage in Bless Unleashed. This class is all about delivering devastation to the battlefield...
Star Trek Online unveils the Discovery Legends Reputation (with minor alterations)
Captain's log, stardate... Tuesday. Point five. With the impending launch of a big update for Star Trek Online, there's also a new reputation on the...
Albion’s mid-season patch includes three new Outland regions as devs focus on performance
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...
Chronicles of Elyria delays ducal land selection due to technical issues
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...
EverQuest offers a refresher course on Planes of Power progression and impact
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...
Lost Ark unveils its latest Korean roadmap – including a new continent
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...
KurtzPel early access starts today
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...
Bless Unleashed offers up a trailer for the Priest class
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....
Star Wars: The Old Republic outlines the plans for upcoming reveals surrounding the Onslaught expansion
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...
World of Warcraft Classic will be using up-to-date items, but not all items at once
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...
Albion Online changes land auctions and hellgate rewards with its latest patch
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...
Overwatch introduces the Workshop to build truly custom game modes
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...
Crowfall talks about improvements to alchemy and lighting
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 announces Rise of Discovery, two new discounted Command Dreadnoughts
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...
World of Warcraft gets a new update on the patch 8.2 test server
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...
Aion outlines a first pass of revisions to control effects
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...
