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Destiny 2 makes it look like experience requirements for engrams had increased, Bungie apologizes
Let's just start with the good news here: Destiny 2 actually didn't screw over players by pretending it had reduced experience gains while actually...
Skyforge prepares to roll out its achievement system and asks for more ideas
Achievements! They're how you track your overall progress through the game, see how many bizarre things you've accomplished, and sometimes even earn some fun...
Dark and Light apologizes for a mobile fortress rollback and cancels a stream to work on it
Bad news for the Dark and Light fans who were eagerly working on their mobile fortresses, as the game's developers had to push out...
The Daily Grind: Are there character options in an MMO you want to enjoy but never like?
Demon Hunters are a class I really want to enjoy in World of Warcraft, but I've never really succeeded at that goal. This is...
Crowfall addresses randomness, streaking and deck-style random outcomes
How much time do you spend thinking about random chance? If you play video games, probably a fair amount. The designers working on Crowfall...
Pokemon Go adds more Hoenn pokemon and declares them egg-worthy
You are not getting access to all of the Hoenn-region pokemon added to Pokemon Go with the game's newest update. That's the bad news....
World of Warcraft lays out its class adjustment paradigm for Battle for Azeroth
When Legion was on the way, World of Warcraft had a whole series of explanations about the broad and varied changes coming to every...
Final Fantasy XIV demos new UI options for scaling dialogue and scroll wheel functions
A new Final Fantasy XIV patch doesn't just mean a whole bunch of new content and so forth; it also means new improvements to...
TERA introduces the Guardian Legion on January 30
When the going gets tough in TERA, the tough get going! By the second "tough" we of course mean "max-level characters," and by "get...
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...
