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Final Fantasy XIV unveils new plans to reduce server congestion for the biggest servers
After a lengthy maintenance to facilitate the North American data center relocation, Final Fantasy XIV is back online and ready to play once more. Unfortunately,...
Listen to Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood’s new opening theme
A new Final Fantasy XIV expansion means a new theme song for the game, and while we've had the new theme teased before, you can...
Final Fantasy XI will let you pick your own trust companion for the anniversary
If you're worried about the future of Final Fantasy XI being available, you can rest assured that the 15th anniversary letter by producer Akihiko Matsui...
Erectus stiffens up its competition with the launch of its endgame
While everyone would like to be the great shaft at the heart of progress in Erectus the Game, the stiff backbone around which all other...
Overwatch League allegedly has a $20 million price tag to enter
Remember how Blizzard started to focus MLG in on Overwatch as an e-sports venue at the same time well-known teams started fleeing the scene?...
Runescape Idle Adventures is shutting down on May 15
Remember Runescape: Idle Adventures? Probably not, which is probably a good part of the reason why the game is rather quietly shuttering its doors...
Square-Enix financials show steady incoming but slow sales on online gaming
If you're worried about the overall health of Square-Enix, a glance at the company's most recent financials should assuage any concerns, since the past...
Diablo III’s Necromancer beta is back from the dead
The Necromancer beta for Diablo III was around for a short time, then swiftly died off and went quiet as Blizzard tinkered with various...
Dauntless introduces players to the cramped, cold, unhospitable home base of Ramsgate
Ramsgate is not the sort of city you would choose as a vacation destination. It's cramped. It's built in a terrible spot. It's right...
Grand Theft Auto Online doubles the rewards for Heists
There's a lot of stuff you can do in Grand Theft Auto Online, a lot of sources of money that don't actually intersect with...
Black Desert kicks off a new Lauren family event
You're going to have to forgive us, Black Desert fans, but we don't know much about the Lauren family. We know that the game...
Final Fantasy XI preps a new event for its 15th anniversary
It's been 15 years now since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, and the game is still receiving updates to this day. (Seriously,...
Crowfall posts another teaser for the reveal of teasers
What could Crowfall's teasers for Teaser Week mean? Are they teasing new classes? New races? New combinations of same? Today's teaser is just a...
TERA pushes Velik’s Fate live, highlights the challenges of Demokron Factory
Velik's Fate is live in TERA today, with tier 12 gear and the opening of four rebalanced dungeons (and the closing of a whole...
EVE Online’s patch today changes PLEX and adds new Blood Raider ships and shipyards
The bad news for EVE Online fans is that the game is going to require extended downtime today. There's nothing to be done about...
Razer partners up with Neverwinter for cross-promotional rewards
Do you like Razer products? Do you like playing Neverwinter? Do you eat beans with George Wendt? If you answered yes to the first...
WildStar is finishing its switch to ProtoBucks instead of NCoins
The conversion to a proprietary currency for WildStar microtransactions is almost complete. While WildStar has been using NCoins (NCsoft's microtransaction currency), it introduced ProtoBucks...
Ashes of Creation passes the 8,000 backer mark
It's fun times when a Kickstarter is doing so well that the number of backers alone can unlock stretch goals. Ashes of Creation has...
Shroud of the Avatar adds a small patch with a hidden message
There's a hidden message in the patch notes for Shroud of the Avatar's small patch from yesterday. What could it possibly mean? Is it...
DOTA 2 is getting a co-op story campaign… no, really
The story of DOTA 2 has generally been considered to be a story of racist epithets uttered at strangers in a video game, or...