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Albion Online kicks off its mobile testing on Apple devices
One of the big selling points for Albion Online right out of the gate was the promise of a game that could be played...
Survival sandbox Rust leaves early access on February 8
Remember Rust? It was a survival sandbox and - wait, no, this one was actually one of the first ones! It made people angry...
Champions Online introduces a new Nightmare event through February 1
My word! It's a Champions Online event! Not just an event, but a new event! We're sure that regular players of the game are...
Destiny 2 admits poor communication on weapons and the latest faction rally
The first time Destiny 2 ran a faction rally, its mechanics had a problem where players could basically just earn tons of tokens without...
World of Warcraft will be down most of today fixing patch 7.3.5’s bugs (Aaaaaand it’s back)
So, has World of Warcraft seemed a bit more... buggy to you lately? Because there have been some notable bugs since the whole worldwide...
Dark and Light patches in the new mobile fortress for all your supervillain lair needs
Good news, friends! Are you tired of dealing with all of the hassles of a fortress down on land, like the constant sieges and...
World of Warcraft confirms that raid boss health bump is a mistake and being fixed
It was sort of a smack in the face to go to old raids in World of Warcraft yesterday. Not in the slap-in-the-face disrespectful...
Bless Online team promises that the game is coming to early access ‘as soon as possible’
The whole saga of development for Bless Online has been a lot of false starts and half-launches (the short version is that the game...
World of Warcraft patch 7.3.5 is live in the wild after extended downtime
Some patches just don't go down smoothly. World of Warcraft wound up extending its patch time for patch 7.3.5. pretty thoroughly yesterday, with the...
ARK: Survival Evolved shows off the visuals and abilities of its dinosaur TLC pass
The animal denizens of ARK: Survival Evolved could use some improvements of all sorts, and that's why dinosaurs and mammals alike are being considered...
World of Warcraft patch 7.3.5 arrives tomorrow with worldwide level scaling
Got some alts you want to level up in World of Warcraft? The experience is about to become much broader when patch 7.3.5 arrives...
Check out the gameplay and Awakening of Black Desert’s Lahn class
Good news, everyone! If you've been closely following the Korean launch of Lahn in Black Desert, you'll be happy to know that there's a new awakening...
Dark & Light address holiday bugs and teases 2018 content
If there's one thing you can complain about when it comes to Dark & Light, it's not failure to patch. The game patches a...
Wild Terra outlines upcoming system changes to improve post-launch issues
Bears! What are they good for? Hides in Wild Terra (say it again)! Except that actually getting those hides proved a lot harder than...
Final Fantasy XIV previews beasts, Feasts, and glamorous feats
The newest set of previews for the next Final Fantasy XIV patch are now available, and they are not about the next sequence of...
The Daily Grind: Would you play a PvE game with full item decay?
One of the most insightful comments I ever saw about Darkfall (yes, Darkfall) was that, realistically, in a game with open PvP and full...
Blade & Soul improves items with its anniversary update
The anniversary update for Blade & Soul brings with it, well, an anniversary event. But it also brings a number of other system changes...
OrbusVR passes 8,000 total players
Good news for OrbusVR: It might not be doing great numbers for "not a VR game," but it's doing very well for a game...
EVE Online improves forward operating bases with today’s patch
The pirate factions of EVE Online have always been a threat. We're not talking about player pirates, mind you; we're talking about the NPC...
EA filed an ‘Engagement Optimized Matchmaking’ patent in 2016
Remember Activision's rather skeezy matchmaking patent from last year? That one was pretty straightforward in how it worked, if unpleasant: You buy something from...
