game mechanics
AdventureQuest 3D is revamping combat to make it more fun, even when you die
Combat is supposed to be fun in AdventureQuest 3D. Is it currently not fun? That's not important; what's important is that it could be...
Choose My Adventure: Capping things off in Final Fantasy XI
All right. When last I left off my Final Fantasy XI time, it was... wait, June 7th?! What the heck happened? If not for...
Final Fantasy XIV reveals details about Heaven-on-High and Fan Festival ticket purchases
The next deep dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV is really the opposite of "deep." You're not going down in Heaven-on-High; you're going up. But...
Crowfall explains the Hunger that’s killing everything
The Hunger is going to destroy everything in Crowfall. That's how the story ends. You can stave it off for a time, and the...
The Daily Grind: Should every MMO with factions have mechanics to switch factions?
Lots of things bug the living heck out of me about World of Warcraft, but one of the bullet points on that list is...
DC Universe Online launches part 3 of the Death of Superman
He lived, he died, and he'll probably live again. Not just because comics tend to bring people back to life, but because, well, the...
Guild Wars 2 deals with disconnections and progress-killing bugs for its latest episode
Finally! You can play the newest episode of Guild Wars 2's Living Story! And by "play" we of course mean "attempt to play before...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the improved search function arriving with patch 4.35
There's a real dearth of vendor trash in Final Fantasy XIV. Almost everything is useful for something, somewhere. This encourages players to hoard a...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida re-asserts his commitment to the game in a recent interview
If you are currently enjoying Final Fantasy XIV, you probably don't want the game to massively change and rewrite the systems that you are...
Dark and Light announces its first expansion, Shard of Faith, for later this summer
It's been a year since Dark and Light went into early access, and the game has been updating ever since that launch. To celebrate,...
The Daily Grind: Do you take the lead in MMO groups?
There are many different sorts of leaders in group content. There are the people who are "leaders" in the sense that they set the...
The Repopulation details the changes for art assets and how they help players
The odds are high that when you walk through an MMO's landscape, you are not thinking about art assets beyond "this looks pretty" or...
Dauntless explains the mechanics of its rotating islands
The landscape of Dauntless is not static. Islands rotate in and out of the game's play area constantly. If you're unfamiliar with the game's...
Closers details the effects of removing the game’s fatigue system
When you're enjoying a game, the last thing you want to be told is that it's time to stop playing for a while because...
Overwatch explains how the new group finder shouldn’t affect win chances
Absolutely no one likes to start a match in Overwatch and then immediately feel outmatched. It's easy to look at the game's upcoming group...
Rend is moving faction bases as its alpha rolls on
Everything is moving in Rend. That much should be expected, of course, because the game is still early in its testing cycle. In this...
Riders of Icarus outlines plans for its relics and world raids
It's so disappointing when an evil deity fails to adequately plan for an invasion, isn't it? That's what's hitting Riders of Icarus, and really,...
Dungeon Fighter Online outlines plans for a new character, a system revamp, and Hatsune Miku
The team behind Dungeon Fighter Online have some pretty big plans for the summer. How big? Big enough that you can see the full...
Blade & Soul offers the notes for the Celestial Dawn patch on June 20
It's almost the dawning of the age of... celestiality? You know, there's probably a reason why Blade & Soul didn't make that joke for...
Blade & Soul shows off enhancing your gear with its new Augment system
Legendary accessories in Blade & Soul are the sort of things that you know you can wear for a very long time without replacing....
