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Guild Wars 2 kicks off its first World vs. World poll
Are you a dedicated WvW player in Guild Wars 2 with strong views about what project the developers should be working on next to...
Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 3.3 via live producer’s letter
The next Final Fantasy XIV patch doesn't have a release date yet, but it does have a fair amount of its content already revealed...
Hearthstone announces 50 million registered players
The latest Hearthstone expansion release coincides with another bombshell for the game, with an official announcement from Activision Blizzard boasting that the game has...
Elder Scrolls Online previews Dark Brotherhood DLC’s Anvil and Kvatch
The Dark Brotherhood DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online will feature new areas for players to explore, which is a good thing. No one...
Former City of Heroes developers fill out the game’s annual lore reveal
There are going to be two potential reactions to the yearly set of lore reveals from former City of Heroes developers Matt Miller and...
Aeria Games announces anime-styled Twin Saga for later this year
There is not exactly a dearth of games boasting an anime style in the MMORPG market at the moment. Even if that's not enough...
Final Fantasy XI: May version update and Nexon’s mobile edition
Final Fantasy XI is doing a really terrible job of being in maintenance mode; the game's last story update was in November and it's...
ArcheAge producer’s letter announces its next major patch and system changes
It may be hard to believe, but ArcheAge has just about reached global parity. The North American and European versions run by Trion Worlds...
Master x Master details the game’s tag system
No matter how many different characters you have unlocked in a given MOBA, you're usually stuck bringing just one of them into battle with...
World of Warcraft: Legion is bumping the gold cap up to nearly 10 million
Are you a high roller in World of Warcraft? Do you frequently make it rain on lesser players? Do you see things that cost...
Tree of Savior names and shames banned bots and goldsellers
We have a deeply personal question for you: Are you a bot? Because if so, you might be banned from Tree of Savior right...
An EVE Online television show is in the works
MMOs and television series might not seem like two tastes that go great together, but it makes more than a little sense for EVE...
PAX East 2016: Hands-on with NCsoft’s Master x Master
Master x Master might very well be the MOBA that I learn to love in spite of any and all preconceptions.
I am not, categorically,...
Diablo III shows off the rewards for the newly arrived Season 6
It's time to get up and start earning rewards for Diablo III's Season 6! "Now now," you whine. "I have to go to work...
Blizzard responds to vanilla WoW server requests, considers ‘pristine realms’
The shutdown of the Nostalrius private server happened some time ago, but the debate it started hasn't stopped, and today the World of Warcraft...
ArcheAge enters open beta testing in China
The worldwide availability of ArcheAge takes another step forward as the game's Chinese client enters its open beta test. This comes after several different...
PAX East 2016: Guns of Icarus shows off its new ships, new guns, and new maps
How many cooperative airship piloting simulators are there in the marketplace at the moment? The answer is that there's basically just the one, and...
Gigantic hosts one last weekend stress test event
The Gigantic closed beta is closing soon, but not without one last big closed beta event. The team is looking for as many people...
Crowfall adjusts the performance of armor to improve diversity
Armor in Crowfall is about more than just stacking the biggest armor values and praying for rain; it's meant as a tactical choice for...
MechWarrior Online rolls out the next stage of its faction gameplay
If you've played the tabletop games that MechWarrior Online is based upon, you know that factions and allegiances are a big part of those...