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World of Warcraft DPS players stage group finder protests over recent balance changes
When World of Warcraft kicked off its latest patch, it was ostensibly focused on the MMORPG's 20th anniversary, which is pretty understandable. However, there...
World of Warcraft cites ‘significant combat advantage’ for today’s War Within leveling nerf
Just because it's a brand-new expansion and era for World of Warcraft doesn't mean that old Blizzard isn't still lurking around. Indeed, the Fun...
Fractured’s devs smacked it with a nerf bat to reduce ‘crazy solo speedy farming’
Fractured Online's been in early access (again) for only a few weeks, but it's already cranking out patches, and the most recent tackles some...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO class need a nerf?
Fam, my Lord of the Rings Online Hunter is ridiculous. She gets a speed buff that stays on after combat. She gets a heal...
World of Warships’ Lunar New Year update includes controversial captain skills rework
This week, World of Warships dropped update 0.10.0, which includes events for the Lunar New Year, clan brawls, and a graphical update to the...
Massive Black Desert nerfs prompt tamer players to action through a letter writing campaign
As we've previously covered, Black Desert was updated with the PvP changed originally touted during the Heidel Ball last month. Tamer players (including me)...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s comms blackout will lead to absolute anarchy
All hell is about to break loose in EVE Online for the territorial alliances waging wars in the depths of space following some the...
EVE Evolved: Big things are happening in EVE Online this spring
There's a lot going on in EVE Online right now, from the insane storyline playing out right now in-game and new Triglavian ships on...
Nerfs incoming to five Hearthstone cards in February 5th balance update
Ask not for whom the nerf bat bonks; it bonks for thee. At least, it does if you're one of the five Hearthstone cards...
Here are all of the class nerfs and buffs coming with SWTOR’s 5.9
Just like a certain farmboy looking wistfully up at twin suns and thinking of his future, Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are looking...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s March balance update has players excited
The EVE Online community came down pretty hard on CCP Games at the start of the year, with podcasts, blogs, and the Council of...
Overwatch’s Mercy is shown none by Blizzard, plus news on Overwatch League
Mercy just can't catch a break.
The Overwatch healer is due for another round of brutal nerfs, the latest in a long, long line of...
Hearthstone nerfs staple cards to save them
Sometimes you have to hurt the cards you love in order to save them from a premature death.
This is the logic behind the nerf...
EVE Evolved: The controversy over EVE Online’s capital ship nerfs
EVE Online players have been up in arms this week over sweeping nerfs that are about to hit to high-end farming gameplay styles in the...
Heroes of the Storm balance update tunes down Tychus, Varian, Malfurion, and Murky
The latest Heroes of the Storm balance patch isn't going to give anyone a bunch of satisfying new tricks. It's actually taking a lot...
SWTOR nerfs command XP after community farms mobs
The new galactic command endgame system that arrived in last week's SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne has been steeped in controversy ever since...
Skyforge goes on a nerfing-and-buffing spree with Cybernetic Alliance
As part of its upcoming Cybernetic Alliance update, Skyforge's dev team is taking on the daunting task of rebalancing all of its classes, with...
Albion Online starts rework on Morgana’s faction
Expect to hear gamers in the future shout "MORGANA!" in frustrated anger with fists raised to the sky. This will be thanks to Albion...
Neverwinter warns players of incoming nerfs
Nobody loves to be on the receiving end of the mighty nerf-bat, which is probably why Cryptic is trying to cushion the blow by...
Star Wars: Battlefront delivers huge nerfs, announces DLC plans
If you've been playing Star Wars: Battlefront since the series was rebooted back in November, you've probably noticed that a few of the weapons and...