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EVE Online celebrates the Minmatar Liberation Day through July 19
As a general rule, EVE Online is fine with letting you choose how much or how little you want to be invested in the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite weird MMO weapon?
Every MMO starts you off with the pretty standard weapon options. There are swords, big swords, axes, hammers, maybe some guns, brass knuckles, staves...
Wisdom of Nym: The status of the Garlean legions in Final Fantasy XIV
The Garlean military, to the best of our knowledge, comprises 14 legions of troops in Final Fantasy XIV. I've pointed out before that technically,...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about PvP design, deific lore, and characterization
Players are loving the new Duty Support feature in Final Fantasy XIV according to Naoki Yoshida. A recent interview with the producer and director...
WoW Factor: What was the point of Shadowlands?
Do I have another column or two in me about World of Warcraft: Dragonflight? I mean, probably, even though we clearly have a long,...
Neverwinter discusses bringing the Tyranny of Dragons campaign into a new Epic Adventure
Players in Neverwinter love some dragons. Don't you love dragons? It's kind of a thing to do in a game based on Dungeons &...
World of Warcraft’s Steve Danuser promises that big sword in Silithus is still something to keep an eye on
So, uh... hey, remember when Azeroth got stabbed with a sword? It was the end of the last World of Warcraft everyone mostly agreed was...
World of Warcraft confirms that all races will be able to be Mages, Priests, and Rogues starting in Dragonflight
The developers want to work toward a place with World of Warcraft wherein race is not a limiting factor in the class you choose to...
DC Universe Online brings the Dark Knights episode to Nintendo Switch on April 28
Poor Nintendo Switch players. You've been forced to sit there and watch while DC Universe Online players on PC got to experience all the...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back The Maiden’s Rhapsody on April 28
It's hard to believe that Final Fantasy XI is going to be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. (Especially if you're marking time by the...
Star Trek Online’s writer and art director talk about integrating the Mirror Universe with the comics canon
Curious about how many people are playing Star Trek Online at the moment? A new Space.com interview with associate art director Thomas Marrone and writer...
World of Warcraft highlights a permanent Mage Tower and 9.2.5 testing in its latest development update
World of Warcraft players will have to wait a little while longer for the full epilogue to the Shadowlands story, as that's not coming out...
Datamining reveals hints at the possible fate of Sylvanas in World of Warcraft’s story epilogue
So the final cinematic for the latest raid in World of Warcraft has been seen, and we all know how that story wraps up. (If...
Final Fantasy XI looks back at developing the story for its three nation-states at launch
It might be easy to forget with another Square-Enix MMORPG being everyone's focus in the storytelling department, but Final Fantasy XI has been doing the...
World of Warcraft reveals Anduin’s ultimate fate in a new raid cinematic
All right. If you need to be told this from the header, this post and this cinematic is into El Spoilero territory. These are...
Vague Patch Notes: Lore is not an excuse for bad MMO design decisions
In a previous column, I wrote about how gender-locking classes is bad. This is because it is bad. It is bad in all conceivable...
World of Warcraft designers talk storytelling in Shadowlands without saying much
Are you wondering why it is that a random baker from Stormwind can casually walk through a portal to the afterlife and sell bread...
The Daily Grind: Are you more about setting or lore in MMOs?
I have never really thought of myself as a lore person. I don't go into an MMO and memorize the lore or the backstory,...
World of Warcraft’s Steve Danuser discusses some of Sylvanas’ characterization in patch 9.2
Oh, Sylvanas; these days just saying your name prompts all sorts of discussions about the way that World of Warcraft is handling your storyline. They...
Pokemon Go’s Johto Event adds twist to shadow issue, plus new Community Day dates revealed
While we're still waiting for Pokemon Go's hourly pokemon spawns for February 26th's Johto Tour event, Niantic released a surprising update concerning the Masterwork...