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Global Chat: Why is Guild Wars 2 so addictive?
I am always a huge fan of both writing and reading essays about why people simply love an MMORPG. Over at Tales from the...
Lost Ark promises a two-month roadmap soon, acknowledges ongoing issues
Amazon has its hands full with Lost Ark these days, not only dealing with a myriad of post-launch issues on its plate but trying...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMO NPCs as muffins
You’ve all seen those memes or Twitter threads that try to link celebrities or people to food items or other inanimate objects, but I’m...
Lost Ark’s new patch addresses Proving Grounds MMR and other PvP issues
No, it's not a balance patch of any kind, but the latest patch for Lost Ark does have a PvP focus all the same,...
Prime Gaming teams up with Blizzard to offer freebies for Overwatch, Hearthstone, WoW, and StarCraft
Amazon Prime members are likely already very familiar with all of the free stuff they can claim for a wide variety of games, but...
Diablo IV’s quarterly update shows off the washed-out and muted colors of its open world
As we all know, the key to making a game look appropriately Diablo-like is a forcible walk away from color and silliness. (What's Whimsyshire? Never...
Diablo Immortal opens pre-registrations on the App Store as June 30 launch rumors swirl
Cue the "It's happening!" gifs because Diablo Immortal opened up pre-registrations on the App Store this week, which follows a similar tactic on Google...
The Stream Team: Sailing the seas in search of island adventure in Lost Ark
Yes, it's time for another Lost Ark endgame stream! This time, however, it's going to be solely focused on the variety of islands that...
One Shots: It’s thriller night!
There are no shortages of bizarre and arresting sights in Lost Ark, it seems. Zulika Mi-Nam recorded this strange encounter with a whole host...
Amazon Games’ Mike Frazzini has stepped down following multiple rocky MMO launches
The head of Amazon Games, Mike Frazzini, has apparently stepped down from his role, announcing the move internally in a Friday announcement, as first...
Diablo II Resurrected delays update 2.4 due to ‘showstopper’ bugs, Overwatch 2 outlines its new ping system
For those who are looking forward to the class balancing and competitive ladder features of Diablo II: Resurrected's update 2.4, there's some bad news:...
Lost Ark continues its crackdown on bots and cheaters in this week’s update
This morning's Lost Ark patch has more than the kickoff to season one of the game's competitive proving grounds; it's also got content for...
Path of Exile adds in controller support with its latest patch
Isn't anything you use to control a video game a controller, really? Doesn't that make your mouse and keyboard a controller? It's controlling the game, after all....
Lost Ark launches Competitive Proving Grounds season one tonight, won’t say never to console
Amazon's trucking out an update for Lost Ark tonight - specifically, the release of season one of the MMO's Competitive Proving Grounds. Essentially, this...
The MOP Up: Soul Kingdoms upgrades to an ‘MMO-lite’ experience
Upcoming fantasy title Soul Kingdoms, which previous was focusing only on PvP battlegrounds, announced that it would be expanding its scope to include an...
One Shots: Castle Redskull
As with all impossible architecture in MMOs, I pause at our first picture and imagine what feats of magical engineering it took to carve...
NCsoft is reimagining Lineage Eternal as Throne and Liberty with a new IP and look
Don't look now, but NCsoft is pivoting hard away from the Lineage brand: It's just reintroduced Lineage III aka Lineage Eternal aka Project The...
Lost Ark says it’s slowing content rollout to bolster economy and avoid rushing players to endgame
Amazon and Smilegate delivered a joint address to the Lost Ark playerbase late last night, though whether it sufficiently assuages the core community concerns...
Four Winds: The good, the bad, and the weird of Lost Ark’s endgame
So here I am, at the top of the mountain of Lost Ark, but then another rise greets me. I've been moving at a...
Path of Exile plans to test PC controller support in patch 3.17.3
You can play Path of Exile on a controller... on consoles. That seems a little unfair, doesn't it? If you really prefer playing with a...
