lore
The Daily Grind: Do you care about MMO lore?
Lore is a big deal to me when I'm playing an MMO. For all the issues I have with Guild Wars 2, it genuinely...
Final Fantasy XIV releases its first short story for its third anniversary
It's something of a tradition now for Final Fantasy XIV to release short fiction around the time of its anniversary. As the third anniversary...
City of Titans launches a comic-based Patreon
Developing a game is expensive, and that's why City of Titans has taken to Patreon... sort of. See, the developers are not asking for...
WildStar introduces you to the evil pirates of Redmoon Rising
Call me Ish'amel.
Sorry, we couldn't resist the opportunity when WildStar wants to talk about Ish’amel the Bloodied and Captain Mordechai Redmoon. Moby Dick puns aside,...
World of Warcraft continues its audio drama and prepares for the final Harbingers episode
It's less than a week until players get to start exploring the Demon Hunter class in World of Warcraft, ahead of the launch of...
World of Warcraft continues the Tomb of Sargeras audio drama
You didn't think that the first venture into the Tomb of Sargeras would be the end for World of Warcraft's audio drama prequel to...
Livelock’s story trailer tells you what happens after the fall of the world
When the end of the world happens, do not worry. It just means that something pretty awesome is about to happen.
That's the message of...
The Battle of Odessen, the final chapter of SWTOR’s KOTFE, arrives August 11
It was always going to come down to this. It's time to bring an end to Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest expansion story, and...
World of Warcraft drops more pre-Legion lore at SDCC ’16
There's going to be quite a bit of lore in World of Warcraft to lead up to the release of Legion, but not every...
Star Trek Online sends players back in time for mining
Time travel is always a mess. In the past, Captain Kirk of the Enterprise brokered peace with the Gorn Hegemony, resulting in a peaceful...
Aion: Echoes of Eternity goes live
The latest expansion for Aion is now live, allowing players to climb to level 75 and become powerful Archdaevas. Which is a good thing,...
Wisdom of Nym: The missteps of Final Fantasy XIV’s main scenario through Heavensward
There are going to be spoilers in this column. Let's make this entirely clear. If you read this column without having finished up Final...
Allods Online teases a story and a raid with its next update
The next patch for Allods Online will lead players to the Winter Palace, which sounds like a lovely vacation spot. It brings to mind...
New World of Warcraft comic goes over the arrival of the Burning Legion in Suramar
Being the Grand Magistrix of Suramar seems like a pretty great gig for the majority of your rule. For one thing, you have power...
Overwatch tweet teases a new addition to the roster
One of the central elements of Overwatch is the fact that it's built around the careful, balanced interplay between its 21 characters. Naturally, players...
SMITE reveals Erlang Shen, the Illustrious Sage, in massive mid-season update
Finally, Erlang Shen is joining the crew of SMITE! At long last, our Erlang Shen-less nightmare is over with the huge mid-season patch rolling...
Interview: Cryptic on the launch of Star Trek Online’s Agents of Yesterday
Today, players will get to go back in time in Star Trek Online. Only for your new characters, it's not actually back in time...
Aion launches Echoes of Eternity on July 13th
The Tower of Eternity is a big deal in Aion's lore. One could even describe it as the nexus around which the rest of...
Star Trek Online shows off the contents of the Kelvin lockbox
The Kelvin timeline is edging its way into Star Trek Online, but only in little ways here and there. There are incursions from the...
Star Trek Online shows off the rewards for temporal captains in Agents of Yesterday
So let's break this down very simply. There's a crisis in the future of Star Trek Online, which is leading agents further in the...
