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The developers at Albion Online are hyped about the game's new randomized dungeons. That makes perfect sense. But they also recognize that players have...

Good news, Baptiste fans, the new healer is going to be deployed to Overwatch's live servers within the next couple of weeks according to the...

It's not quite launch for The Division 2 (that's tomorrow), but the game has dropped in a nice solid patch to fix lingering issues ahead...

So, what will it be like to get into the real loot-grindy aspects of Pagan Online when the game is available for everyone? It's hard...

The most recent patch to Crowfall quietly tweaked a rather important aspect of the game's spawning Hunger crystals, and it's a small change but a...

Is the original EverQuest doing better than it ever has? Probably not; the game has been running for 20 years now. But it has been...

Sometimes the best way to improve content in an MMO is to throw it away, remove it from the game, and then pretend it...

If you've ever really wanted to ride around in a ball while being shot at, Fortnite's latest patch has you covered. Those of you who...

The fact is that EVE Online's whole "skills on demand" concept is slightly misleading. It's more like the ability to purchase the skills you want...

The randomized dungeons are the biggest feature arriving in Albion Online with the Oberon update on March 20th, but they might be a bigger...

Balance is a tricky beast in a game like Apex Legends, and that's the core of the philosophy behind Respawn's overall approach to changes. The...

Glory, glory, hallelujah, twice the glory, hallelujah. Yes, a patch has been deployed for the competitive crucible playlist in Destiny 2, and it increases the...

There are big new profession quests arriving in World of Warcraft with the game's next major patch. It's an exercise for the audience whether this...

There are classically two schools of thought regarding Puppetmaster in Final Fantasy XI. One school of thought is that the job is not actually...

You might recall that Blade & Soul showed off its new talent system for a handful of classes last week. It was toward the...

For too long in Path of Exile, casting spells has been a sub-par path to being a caster. You'd think that would be, like... the...

If you think about it, Star Trek Online has its own mirror universe in the real world thanks to its split between console and PC...

Is your life an empty morass without a new World of Warcraft raid to keep you entertained? If so, maybe you should consider doing...

When the next update for Blade & Soul arrives, players will be able to start specializing their characters through the use of the new talent...

The latest patch for Shroud of the Avatar is all about prongs. Well, partly about prongs, anyhow; the new three-pronged one-handed spears are out with...