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World of Warcraft aims a round of class balance adjustments (and yes, nerfs) at August 13
It's time once again to hem and haw about classes in World of Warcraft. A patch full of balance tweaks is on the way...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen shares what will and will not be in early access launch, elaborates on server wipe strategy
The end of this year is promising to be a pivotal one for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, with the PvE sandbox headed into...
Final Fantasy XIV launches the Moonfire Faire, recounts its EU fan gatherings, celebrates cats
Final Fantasy XIV's latest expansion was already about what a summer vacation would look like for the Warrior of Light, but today brings a...
Finnish game studio Social First secures $4.2M in funding for a ‘cross-platform social MMO’
At first blush, the announcement that's the source for this story looks like a corporate word salad bar, but once you cut through all...
Throne & Liberty KR adjusts item drops for its rune socketing system to reduce grind
A couple of weeks ago, the Korean version of Throne & Liberty got a significant update that applied multiple changes to the MMORPG, among...
MMORPG streamer opens voting for first annual MMO Awards show, which only offers one game-related award
When you hear about something called The 1st Annual MMO Awards, you'd expect that it would be about... well, offering awards for MMOs and...
Allods Online sees a spike of Steam activity as 15.0 update promises a new area and class tweaks
Allods Online is one of those MMOs that just keeps on rolling despite its existence not really making any major waves in the wider...
Drakantos says it is very much an MMORPG, but not exactly like others you’ve played
Is Drakantos an MMORPG? A co-op OARPG? The answer to that question is the primary subject of Wingeon Game Studios' June dev blog, which...
Pax Dei’s next major update will feature prettier crafting materials and crafted goods
If you had to run down a personal list of things that survivalbox MMORPG Pax Dei needed to work on, what would that list...
Embers Adrift promises a ‘crazy’ weekend of in-game events starting August 16
The second weekend event for Embers Adrift is reminding players of the event's date, just in case anyone missed its first such event. Players...
Brighter Shores posts a candy rope timeline of its development, asks players to not try to eat it
Brighter Shores lead developer Andrew Gower is teasing us. Not with the game's mechanics itself - that happened last week - but with the...
Ashes of Creation previews its Bard class, announces Alpha Two’s release in October
It's time to get violently musical in Ashes of Creation, or at least it will be when Alpha Two goes live because the Bard...
Raph Koster on designing and defining Stars Reach: ‘The Tragedy of the Commons is a lie’
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is back with a new dev blog on Stars Reach, and it's not about game design pillars this time; it's...
Old-school web browser MMORPG Tanoth has been resurrected in a playable beta format
Here's a blast from the past that is sure to catch genre fans by surprise. Does anyone here remember Tanoth? It was a web...
Chrono Odyssey shares combat impressions from a recent small-scale test
It's been some time since we've heard a peep out of Chrono Odyssey, the splashy UE5-powered MMORPG from developer Npixel and publisher Kakao Games,...
Embers Adrift adds new chat features and introduces new ‘tree imposter’ technology
Before you ask, no, Embers Adrift is not making trees that spring up and attack you or entering into a collab with a certain...
RuneScape microtransaction survey ponders the potential full removal of lockboxes
RuneScape's Treasure Hunter activity, aka the lockbox portion of its wider monetization scheme, is facing the potential for removal from the game, at least...
Black Desert Mobile unveils Dosa class, summer season server, and new game modes at Heidel Ball
This past weekend saw a Heidel Ball presentation premiere for Black Desert Mobile, and as fans might expect, there were a few reveals for...
Rumor: Blizzard’s new WoW Classic survey once more raises hopes for a Classic Plus launch
If you're anywhere even adjacent to the WoW Classic playerbase, then you've probably seen rumblings about a "Classic Plus survey" making the rounds in...
World of Warcraft debuts the official cinematic trailer for The War Within
Are you ready to get hyped? Possibly confused? Perhaps you're going to wonder just who these people are? There's a little something for every...
