maintenance
The Daily Grind: Do you delay uninstalling MMOs you might want to play again?
I am terrible about uninstalling MMOs on my hard drive. It's a bad habit of mine. Despite the fact that my gaming setup is...
The Daily Grind: Are you enjoying the pre-patch for The Burning Crusade Classic?
So that pre-patch for WoW Classic was kind of a mess, huh? Players wound up waiting for hours for the maintenance that was supposed to...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever put MMOs into personal maintenance mode?
There is no point when I stop playing Final Fantasy XIV, but there are times when I'm not playing much. My interest wanes, I have...
PSA: Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online will be offline most of Wednesday
So we've got some mixed news for you, friends. The good news is that usual maintenance for Champions Online, Neverwinter, and Star Trek Online will...
Blade & Soul’s European maintenance is migrating servers to improve future maintenance
Good news, European Blade & Soul fans! Your server maintenance today is going to take twice as long as the North American server maintenance!...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most inconvenient MMO maintenance cycle you’ve encountered?
Back when my wife and I first got together, in the days when The Burning Crusade had yet to happen, World of Warcraft had...
Firefall prepares for update 1.6 with more than a day of downtime
Here's the bad news for Firefall fans: the game is going down for maintenance on January 19th at 11:00 a.m. EST, and it's staying...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for a 24-hour maintenance
The first post-expansion patch for Final Fantasy XIV goes live on November 10th, but you'd better get in all of your gameplay before then....
Trove plans database overhaul to correct for game downtime
At the risk of being presumptuous, we think it's a fair statement that most people who enjoy playing online games prefer being able to...
World of Warcraft weathers an assault from the DDoS legion
Last night was not a fun time to be playing World of Warcraft. Various game servers started going offline, and while the initial statement...
EVE Online offers players a big gift of skill points for unexpected downtime
Server issues happen. They are inevitable. The development teams behind games do everything within their power to make sure that they don't happen, but...
Trove rolls out the neon dragons today
Trove has gone down for maintenance and isn't expected to be back up until 1:00 p.m. EDT. That's the bad news. The good news...
Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s early access
The long wait is almost over. Heavensward early access starts up on June 19th, and it comes with a lot of changes. Starting with,...
Final Fantasy XIV plans 24-hour maintenance for Heavensward
Only a little more than a week remains before Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion moves into early access for players. But if you have...
