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Wizards of the Coast silently soft-launches character-driven online CCG Magic Spellslingers for PC and mobile
If a digital card game launches and there aren't banner ads slathered all over websites, does its arrival make a sound? This may indeed...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases pilot and player city updates, counts almost 20K new player houses in 2022
It's been a relatively quiet summer for the Star Wars Galaxies rogue servers, but that's only because devs are heads-down working on fall updates....
Why I Play: Returning to Diablo III in 2022
I don't know if there's a marketing term for this phenomenon, but Diablo Immortal did an excellent job selling Diablo III.
Popular streamers all caught...
Splatoon 3 outlines its multiplayer game modes, announces a playable demo’s release on August 25
Today saw the multiplayer team shooter Splatoon 3 unleash a giant info dump in its own Nintendo Direct video showcase, which offered up 30...
Murder at Castle Nathria goes live with a ‘Hearthstone whodunnit’
Unpopular opinion time, but I think that Hearthstone's view of the Warcraft universe always seems more fun and interesting than World of Warcraft's. It's...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
Elder Scrolls Online gamers played over 838,000 Tales of Tribute matches in June
The tentpole new feature of Elder Scrolls Online's High Isle chapter earlier this summer was surely the minigame Tales of Tribute, which invited players...
Magic Legends’ former character artist shares some unreleased concept art
Last year we bid farewell to Magic Legends, a multiplayer OARPG from Cryptic based on the popular TCG. At the time of the closure,...
Battle Bards Episode 214: Thieves and rogues
You may never see them coming, but when the Battle Bards strike out of the shadows, you’ll either find your pocket picked, your fluffy...
Hearthstone’s Murder at Castle Nathria expansion brings a murder mystery and new card types on August 2
Hearthstone is once again playing around with the lore and setting it's based on, though considering this all takes place in the Shadowlands -...
Elder Scrolls Online’s afternoon livestream is agog for Billy Boyd and Brahgas
Have you been having fun with the Tales of Tribute TCG in The Elder Scrolls Online's High Isle chapter? Maybe you've liked the game,...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s High Isle chapter and Update 34 officially arrives to console players
At last, it's time for console fans of The Elder Scrolls Online to see what PC players have been experiencing themselves. The High Isle...
Hearthstone’s latest patch seeks to corral Fel Demon Hunter and Control Warrior decks
Hearthstone is continuing to turn the big giant knobs of balance with its most recent patch, seeking to address metagame concerns related to some...
Vague Patch Notes: Examples of predatory monetization in the MMO industry
So, if you've been paying attention to this column over the past few forevers, you will have no doubt noticed by this point that...
Global Chat: Hot takes from the MMO community on Diablo Immortal’s release
The latest iteration of the Diablo franchise is here with Diablo Immortal, but it doesn't seem to be stirring as much interest among the...
The MOP Up: Star Stable gets into the toymaking business
If you're part of the roundup of Star Stable faithful, you may be interested to hear that the Swedish studio just signed a deal...
The Elder Scrolls Online offers a video overview of High Isle’s Tales of Tribute CCG
You've probably read the deep-dive and maybe even watched actor Billy Boyd talk up the tutorial NPC for the in-game CCG Tales of Tribute...
Tamriel Infinium: The Elder Scrolls Online’s High Isle brings new story, new lands, and a new card game to Tamriel
It’s spring. The birds are chirping, the pollen is flying, and a young person’s thoughts turn to another major chapter release for The Elder...
Hearthstone’s latest patch is all about buffing and nerfing cards, heroes, and minions
It is the way of CCGs to forever chase the dragon's tail of balance, and so it goes with Hearthstone's newest patch, which is...
