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Final Fantasy XI makes Rangers faster and adds new monthly objectives
Rangers are just faster with the newest version update for Final Fantasy XI. They don't move faster, but with Velocity Shot down to a 60 second...
Fortnite updates competitive play fans on the state of competitive development
Tournaments are generally rather straightforward affairs in which people compete, someone wins, and then everyone goes home. But why can't you have a warm-up...
SMITE’s Darkness Falls update buffs new player experience, reworks assault map
It's lights out in SMITE as its Darkness Falls update has gone live, bringing with it some changes to the new player experience, a...
Dauntless lays out its future plans with its new interactive roadmap
The Shattered Isles of Dauntless are constantly expanding with the addition of new features, new activities, and of course new, terrifying behemoths, and now,...
Neverwinter details the creation of Vanrakdoom and the Twisted Caverns
Herein lies the great contradiction for the underground zones of Neverwinter: The designers want you to feel as if you're hopelessly lost within an endless...
PAX East 2019: Destiny’s Sword aims to take the ludonarrative into actual gameplay
They were called Failure Force, and they were the team that could never make a roll.
My roommate, my wife, and myself were playing a...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas explains the philosophy behind Azerite now and in the future
It turns out that even if you liked World of Warcraft's Artifact Weapons and how they were designed, their front-loaded nature was very bad. That's...
Check out some Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Masterminds of Sharn content on the preview server this week
The newest expansion for Dungeons & Dragons Online, Masterminds of Sharn, isn't slated to release until the end of this month, but players can...
Albion Online’s second Oberon patch hits the test server as the game preps free-to-play
The second Oberon patch has gone live on Albion Online's test server, bringing changes to portals and balance adjustments as the game prepares to...
Ashes of Creation is rotating in a new set of cosmetic items for pre-orders
So we all know that the Ashes of Creation alpha testing and planned launch has seen delays and that Intrepid has been rolling out a...
Blade & Soul brings in two new dungeons for the Legends Reborn event
Do you have a deep desire to fight a turtle with sharp weapons? If so, you are a monster for that fact. However, Blade & Soul...
Red Dead Online is blowing up with its new showdown mode, Up in Smoke
Coming hot off the heels of last month's Spoils of War and Target Race game modes is a brand-new showdown game mode for Red...
Project Gorgon previews its new War Cache dungeon feature in latest developer blog
Some brand-new level-50 content is coming to Project Gorgon in the form of War Caches, a new feature coming in the game's next update....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 214: No fools we
Justin and Bree discus MMO April Fools' Day, Jumpgate's sequel, Funcom's new Secret World project, EverQuest 3, Rend's abrupt launch, Star Citizen's ladies, and Neverwinter and DDO's expansion dates, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, DDO, and Blade & Soul, and a mailbag question on MMO emulators.
Dragon Quest X will shutter in China on May 30
And now, we announce the closure of a Square-Enix MMO. No, not Final Fantasy XIV and not Final Fantasy XI; those are both going strong, obviously. It's Dragon...
Fortnite updates with limited-time sniper shootout while players grumble over patch revert
It's not going to surprise you that there's a new batch of stuff out now for Fortnite. That's largely to be expected; if you've...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back Hatching-tide on April 9
The war at the Ala Mhigan border has spun into a stalemate, there's the promise of having to travel to the First, and there...
PAX East 2019: Dauntless talks launching, version 1.0, and the Epic Store
The fine folks at Phoenix Labs aren't bringing Dauntless to Steam; instead, they're heading to the Epic Store as planned. We can all speculate about...
Torchlight Frontiers introduces Contracts in today’s alpha update
Today, Torchlight Frontiers is turning over a new leaf with its New Beginnings alpha update, which introduces the much-touted Contracts system and adds some...
Diablo III kicks off testing for patch 2.6.5 on April 5
It's time for a little testing in Diablo III starting on April 5th (that's how you know it's not a joke) when patch 2.6.5 arrives...