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Final Fantasy XIV kicks off its anniversary stories with a tale of the last days of Voeburt
The Rising has begun because it's Final Fantasy XIV's relaunch anniversary, and that means stories. Yes, every year's anniversary is marked by stories exploring...
DC Universe Online launches the Wonderverse episode on July 30
Remember when DC Comics completely destroyed its multiverse only to bring it back a couple of years later, tops? We sometimes do. But it...
World of Warcraft has been post-Pandaria longer than it has been pre-Pandaria (in the EU)
When dealing with a long-running MMO, it's easy to sort its history into eras based on expansions. But it's also good to remember that...
Magic: Legends shows off the process behind giving life to the land of Shiv
Despite the fact that the name makes it sound like a sharp implement destined to slide into somebody's ribs, the land of Shiv is...
World of Warcraft previews the undead might of Maldraxxus
Maldraxxus is one of the new areas in World of Warcraft, and it's a portion of the realm of the dead with a very...
World of Warcraft previews the region of Ardenweald and the Night Fae
A land of perpetual twilight, overseen by the Winter Queen, Ardenweald is a forested portion of the afterlife players will be exploring in World of...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO antagonists do you still fondly remember?
For some reason, even in the earlier years of World of Warcraft, my favorite antagonists were never the big villains that were supposedly built up...
EVE Evolved: A live event threatens to reshape EVE Online’s map
While EVE Online has always focused on the real stories created by players through player-vs.-player conflict rather than on its NPC storyline, its universe...
Astellia Online’s newest patch adds the Tulie story with new zones, dungeons, and Astels
15It's time to explore a new story in Astellia Online with today's patch, which adds in the new Tulie Main Quests to the game's...
World of Warcraft previews the Shadowlands hub of Oribos
When World of Warcraft opens the gates to the land of the dead in Shadowlands, players are going to need a place to congregate,...
Path of Exile outlines the lore of the Synthesis League and how it made it into the challenges
It'd be easy to think of Path of Exile as having a whole lot of fun systems and having only the most cursory references to...
The Elder Scrolls Online previews the writing behind the upcoming Greymoor story
The problem in writing vampires in The Elder Scrolls Online is not that you have to invent a reason for them to exist; no,...
Jonathan Frakes narrates a trailer full of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds lore for Dinoland
We apparently all need to give far more credit to Jonathan Frakes more credit as a narrator because he manages to make watching a...
Final Fantasy XIV’s NieR crossover happened thanks to bribing the creators with steak and wine
The reason we have a NieR crossover raid series in Final Fantasy XIV is because Naoki Yoshida got Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito drunk....
World of Warcraft appears to be quietly ignoring Battle for Azeroth’s genocidal intro in Shadowlands
Calia Menethil: "All right, fellow Forsaken... I know a lot has happened over the past however long it's supposed to have been since this...
World of Warcraft Shadowlands’ latest alphas has dark-skinned human options, new customization, zone selection
Another alpha build for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has gone live, and that means both more features to test and more gameplay elements to...
Twin Saga updates for spring with a pirate invasion of Alfenheim
It turns out that pirates can kinda be jerks sometimes. The newest storyline in Twin Saga is all about how a bunch of pirates...
DC Universe Online brings out a Birds of Prey episode on April 16
If you haven't already seen the movie Birds of Prey, you can actually get that on streaming right now. That's cool. It also means...
Marvel Future Fight adds in crossover content from House of X/Powers of X
Let's be honest, if you are not already familiar with the House of X/Powers of X storyline in the various X-Men books, there is...
Final Fantasy XIV shares its latest Shadowbringers design video about the visuals of monsters and bosses
It can take about six months to get a larger boss enemy ready for deployment in Final Fantasy XIV, from concept art to a...