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Final Fantasy XIV updates its Death Unto Dawn preview site with images and lore teasers
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is approaching quickly on April 13th, and players already have some new things to chew on from the...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about the importance of consoles and story fatigue in new interview
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is bringing an end to the story of Hydaelyn and Zodiark, the central narrative that's run through the game from...
Star Trek Online’s overhaul of the Klingon starting experience concludes with improvements to Grethor
It's going to be a little while longer until the current major story arc in Star Trek Online wraps up, but before that happens you...
WoW Lore TLDR gets a major functionality and content upgrade for catching up on World of Warcraft lore
You really do want to follow the lore in World of Warcraft, honestly. But sometimes the storytelling and the overall quality of the game makes...
New datamined cinematic for World of Warcraft Shadowlands points to major story developments
We're being circumspect here because, well... this stuff is spoiler-ish. If you've been really enjoying the plot of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands up to...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida teases the next expansion while saluting frontline health workers
The new year is here, and Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida has greetings for the playerbase as he always does. Yoshida...
Check out the World of Warcraft cinematic from the end of Castle Nathria
The first tier of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands raiding is out there now if you're playing on normal or heroic. If you're opting to go...
Star Trek Online lets Klingons fly the new and improved Titan
If you haven't yet watched Star Trek: Lower Decks... well, what are you waiting for? But if you have, you'll know that there's an...
Final Fantasy XIV opens its special site for patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten
The next major Final Fantasy XIV patch arrives in early December, but you can start teasing out some information about it now via the newly...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten into MMO lore speculation?
When you play Star Wars: The Old Republic, there is a certain sort of lore speculation that holds that in 3000 years none of this...
Desert Oasis: Is Black Desert’s lore actually a time-travel narrative?
In the last edition of Desert Oasis, I wrote about an absolutely dismal week in Black Desert that ultimately ended with my taking a...
Final Fantasy XIV interviews main scenario writer and lore director Banri Oda
Every single interview with the Final Fantasy XIV development team makes it clear that the people working on this game have a deep and passionate...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO’s story ever turned you off from playing the game?
It was a pretty bold move when Guild Wars 2 decided to indicate that one of the game's playable races had actually been a gigantic...
Star Trek Online prepares a new task force allowing players to relive the Synth Invasion on Mars
It's a bit funny that Star Trek: Picard takes place in the future of all the actual television series, but in the not-too-distant past...
World of Warcraft caps off its Afterlives with a look at Revendreth
Despite the appearance, the Venthyr of Revendreth in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands do not really vant to dreenk your blud. They vant to make you a better person because you...
Final Fantasy XIV’s final anniversary story closes the book on the origin of the Crystal Exarch
Every year, Final Fantasy XIV has a quartet of anniversary stories to shed more light on the characters of the game's story. But this year,...
World of Warcraft: Afterlives highlights Ardenweald – if you can bear it
We are happily resurrecting old memes with the latest installment of the World of Warcraft Afterlives animated shorts because watching this video should aggro every bears...
Final Fantasy XIV posts a new anniversary story and prepares for an online Tokyo Game Show
The third of four anniversary stories for Final Fantasy XIV has gone up today, and it covers an old friend. And an old enemy. An...
Final Fantasy XIV serves up a new anniversary story along with more special site updates
Every year, Final Fantasy XIV provides players with a quartet of stories to commemorate its anniversary, and this year is no exception. Indeed, in the...
Blizzard plans a book of World of Warcraft fairy tales… but no more scrolls in Shadowlands
So remember how people still blame World of Warcraft's current class design on the old statement of "bring the player, not the class"? That...
