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Japanese MMORPG Caravan Stories officially launches in North America today on PlayStation 4
It's a good day to be a PS4 owner, folks: Bread girl is about to become a reality in North America as Caravan Stories,...
Bless Online has officially sunsetted – RIP, Bless
Back in June, Neowiz announced the sad news that Bless Online's western version on Steam - the last version left alive - was sunsetting...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Dragon’s Quest X’s soundtrack
While just about everyone knows about Square Enix's ashes-to-glory story with Final Fantasy XIV, what often goes unnoticed is that the company runs a...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is getting a new mecha-themed class in Japan
Now that Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to North America (really, they mean it this time, until they don't), it feels a little...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that flirted with permadeath
This month, Dungeons and Dragons Online will be venturing where many MMORPGs have feared to tread: into the realm of officially supported permadeath. The...
Death threats against Square-Enix management employees force the company to cancel tournaments in Japan
There seems to be a rather alarming trend of people threatening horrible things to employees of Square-Enix. Hot on the heels of threats made...
Black Desert Online recaps its PlayStation 4 beta issues and performance
The beta testing for Black Desert Online on PlayStation 4 has come to an end for now, but there is in fact a nice...
Final Fantasy XI plans for Red Mage and Puppetmaster adjustments in its August version update
The many job adjustments of Final Fantasy XI are wrapping up when the game's August version update rolls around with a last handful of...
Final Fantasy XIV is rolling out another live letter in two weeks
Sunday will be the one-month anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion launching into early access, which means that players have been deep into...
Perfect Ten: How Final Fantasy XI shaped my MMO preferences forever
Your first experience with something has an outsized importance. This feels like one of those statements people really want to argue with sometimes but...
Dragon’s Dogma Online is shuttering in December
It's entirely possible you don't remember Dragon's Dogma Online. The game it was based upon, Dragon's Dogma, is a weirdly enduring little game that...
Naoki Yoshida wants to collab with Blizzard to bring Diablo and WoW to Final Fantasy XIV
As any Final Fantasy XIV fan can tell you, the game is known for its bevy of crossover events that range from the logical,...
Blue Protocol’s new trailer shows a vibrant world of adventure
Could Japan be making the next great MMO? It's hard not to feel a spark of hope flare up when watching the debut trailer...
Monster Hunter: World devs discuss Iceborne development as the game’s first beta test draws near
It won't be long now until hunters will be able to get their first taste of Monster Hunter: World's upcoming Iceborne expansion, with the...
Final Fantasy XIV brings a culinary adventure to UK fans with Shoryu cross-promotion
If you're a fan of Final Fantasy XIV in the UK, odds are that you can't just fly out to Japan to visit the...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: World of Dragon Nest, Echo of Soul RED, and Dawn of Isles
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
First up:...
E3 2019: Black Desert will launch on PlayStation 4 this year as the mobile version finally comes westward
Did you think the announcement about a new expansion and new class was all Black Desert had in store for E3? Nope! Pearl Abyss...
Bless Online’s western version will sunset on September 9
Yesterday, we covered the news that Bless Online was sunsetting in Japan, leading many of us to wonder whether the Steam version live in...
Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August
It looks like yet another version of Bless Online is calling it quits, as the Japanese server admins announced yesterday it'll close down that...
Square-Enix announces its own walk-and-catch Pokemon Go-style game in the form of Dragon Walk
We don't really have a name for the genre that Pokemon Go properly belongs to (we've been going with MMOARGs), but it's certainly spawned its...
