game mechanics
The Daily Grind: How long does it take for wipes to bother you in an MMO?
This is not a question about wipes in general. If the first wipe in a Final Fantasy XIV dungeon happens with a veteran party with...
Crowfall details adjustments incoming for a more player-shaped siege window system
The whole point of having a PvP system with captured land and territories is to spark interesting PvP battles between players. If you can...
Apex Legends patch hardens its large lads while making long-range gameplay more viable
Poor Caustic, Pathfinder, and Gibraltar in Apex Legends. They were just trying to run around and not get shot, but they're dummy thicc, and the...
AdventureQuest 3D shares some notes on the design of New Battleon
So... well, we don't technically know what's going to be happening that will make New Battleon a thing in AdventureQuest 3D. It's probably going...
Lineage II shows off plenty of buffs and promotions for its 15-year anniversary
Going for a decade is a nice milestone for any MMO, but Lineage II passed that milestone a while ago. About five years ago, in...
World of Warcraft details the new zones and new Heart of Azeroth upgrades for patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara
It's almost time for players to start testing World of Warcraft's patch 8.2, the Rise of Azshara. But you won't be going into testing...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer target locks or free aiming in MMO action combat?
In the world of active combat, the mechanics are split between two separate yet equally important combat styles. The first is the open free-aiming...
Fallout 76’s latest Wild Appalachia patch is live now
It's time for players to take on new quests in Fallout 76 with the new Wild Appalachia update, which puts a new quest line...
Sea of Thieves on transitioning a live service, plus the Arena mode reveal
You know what's wild? When players buy an online game, they want stuff to do in that game. Not just one or two things...
Blade & Soul’s Legends Reborn is live today as NCsoft merges western servers down to two
It's time to be legendary in Blade and Soul, or at least adjacent to the rebirth of legends. Or something like that, as the...
EVE Online dials back repairs and rebalances capital and subcapital ships with its newest patch
The most recent patch to EVE Online is all about balance, and part of that balance is about reducing the effectiveness of repairs. Players...
TERA releases the Skywatch: New Heights update
It's time to reach new heights in TERA. It will be, anyhow, when the Skywatch: New Heights update launches today after maintenance. And it's...
Warframe’s latest development stream shows off the Wisp and the new Garuda Deluxe skin
The developers behind Warframe love showing off new frames and new skins, and the most recent development stream involved both. The Wisp is slated...
MapleStory 2 outlines the major Gemstone changes arriving with its New Leaf update
The developers behind MapleStory 2 know that nobody likes having things removed, which is why the big rundown on Gemstone changes arriving with the next...
Blade & Soul is patching up its dungeons for its next event on April 10
The upcoming event for Blade & Soul is all dungeon-based, so it makes sense for it to come alongside a patch that's all about dungeons....
Skyforge updates its interface and smooths the process of playing catch-up in New Horizons
The next major update for Skyforge, New Horizons, arrives on April 9th. It wants new and returning players alike to be up to the most...
Final Fantasy XI makes Rangers faster and adds new monthly objectives
Rangers are just faster with the newest version update for Final Fantasy XI. They don't move faster, but with Velocity Shot down to a 60 second...
Fortnite updates competitive play fans on the state of competitive development
Tournaments are generally rather straightforward affairs in which people compete, someone wins, and then everyone goes home. But why can't you have a warm-up...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas explains the philosophy behind Azerite now and in the future
It turns out that even if you liked World of Warcraft's Artifact Weapons and how they were designed, their front-loaded nature was very bad. That's...
Wisdom of Nym: Thoughts on the end of Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.x story
So now we've gotten the ending. And... gosh, sometimes these patches really do not merit splitting up, which is kind of the case for Final Fantasy...
