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"My friends," you ask your corporation in EVE Online, "what is the real meaning of Christmas?" And to that they all laugh, because Santa's...

Ready for a little holiday cheer in The Elder Scrolls Online? Then you'll be wanting to enjoy the New Life Festival, which is very...

The bad news for Final Fantasy XI players is that the story content originally planned for this version update was delayed until January 2023,...

If you've been enjoying the lack of pressure to get in on weekly clears and such in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight thus far... well,...

The nature of PvP in Star Wars: The Old Republic is changing when patch 7.2 arrives. No, not the part where you fight people...

All MMO playtimes follow the same basic arc. First, you're just curious about how much time you've played this game. Then, you're impressed at...

Anyone participating in Albion Online's next season of fighting amongst guilds (don't use the word war here, for obvious reasons) is hopefully a big...

For too long - meaning "since the early access stage of Fractured Online began" in this case - Wildfolk have had to deal with...

If you love Elden Ring and also love beating the snot out of your friends, the game's newest update will provide you with everything...

Are you waiting for Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming patch 6.3 but feel like you have nothing to do in the interim? Are you dejectedly...

Some things in Lord of the Rings Online are not in place intentionally, like whatever error it was that led to players having a...

After more than a decade in this ridiculous field I sometimes miss being able to just take expansions and major patches entirely at my...

It's been a year since Lineage2M launched on mobile devices, and the game is celebrating that launch with a content patch. What better way...

Your winter holiday present this year from New World is... a roadmap! No, really, an actual roadmap! Yes, the roadmap is covered in a...

So what's going on with Dual Universe since it launched? Well, you know... post-launch stuff. The game has been doing the things that you...

These days, a lot of the content you explore in Final Fantasy XI will be done with alter egos, because Trust magic has become...

Would you like to have your progress in Neverwinter tracked as part of an ongoing battle pass requesting you to clear content in exchange...

Why should you have something like Empower spells in World of Warcraft? That's one of the questions that lead combat designer Brian Holinka and...

Those of you who had relied upon Eldritch Altars for maps in Path of Exile will have to deal with the fact that when...

On December 3rd, the fate of Fortnite's island will be in your hands. No, that does not mean that if you don't like the...