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PSA: Lost Ark can be pre-loaded today whether you’re a founder’s pack buyer or not
Today is the day that Lost Ark can be installed on potential players' computers. It can't actually be launched or played yet - that...
Path of Exile hits a record peak concurrency with Siege of the Atlas
While many online games slowly ramp down over time, it seems that Path of Exile keeps coming up with new ways to climb to...
No, Lost Ark isn’t giving away unlimited founder packs, but the whole thing is definitely a mess
A tiny storm is beginning to brew across the Lost Ark community: The so-called "Ark Week extravaganza" - the week of programming on Amazon's...
Path of Exile’s Siege of Atlas expansion is launching this afternoon
As promised, planned, and predicted, Path of Exile's Siege of Atlas expansion will officially go live today - in fact, it's offline right now...
Lost Ark cranks up pre-launch excitement with videos on voice acting and classes
We are now a week away -- less, for those who purchased founder's packs -- of the launch of Lost Ark, and excitement is...
Activision-Blizzard Q4 2021: Blizzard lost another 2M monthly actives as ABK revenue holds steady
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As readers are aware, the company, its leadership, and its games have been the...
Lost Ark preps promotional ‘Ark Week extravaganza’ with Amazon’s Crown channel
If you thought New World's crossover with Amazon's Wheel of Time TV series was wild, wait until you see what the company is doing...
One Shots: Dancers of the Lost Ark
Every new MMORPG is a tomb waiting to be raided, a dungeon ready for delvings, and a vault ready to be cracked. Adventurers far...
Battle Bards Episode 209: Superhero MMOs
When they’re not saving the world from bad tunes, the Battle Bards stuff themselves into spandex and try out for sixth-tier superhero teams. Because...
Lost Ark posts pre-download timing, with 21 servers planned for head-start
Are you ready for Lost Ark's launch? If not, you're about to be, as last night Amazon and Smilegate posted a launch schedule for...
YouTube series Man at Arms Reforged takes a crack at bringing the Lost Ark berserker’s sword to life
If you're unfamiliar with the YouTube series Man at Arms: Reforged, then you're in for a treat. The series sees blacksmiths from Baltimore Knife...
Atlas expands and bosses multiply in Path of Exile’s Siege of the Atlas expansion, launching February 4th
In Path of Exile's history of consistent, regular updates, sometimes there is a larger focus on the league, and sometimes its on the expansion...
Lost Ark talks name reservations, endgame challenge, and the new level cap ahead of launch
We're just two weeks away from Lost Ark's big western debut now, and Smilegate and Amazon are tuning up the engines to prepare players...
Overwatch lights up Lunar New Years, Diablo II expects a testing log jam for Patch 2.4
The Year of the Tiger roared into Overwatch this week with a multi-week Lunar New Year celebration event.
The celebration, which goes until February 15th,...
Path of Exile outlines extensive balance changes and the philosophy behind them for Siege of the Atlas
You can perhaps fault the Path of Exile designers for laying out walls of text that require advanced knowledge of most of the game to...
Lost Ark will keep you crazy busy at the endgame
We are starting to run out of time to prepare ourselves for the coming of Lost Ark, and so it's that perfect period where...
Getting ready for Lost Ark: Name reservations, founder’s packs, and server choice
We're not saying that you are the procrastinating type, but on the very off chance that you like to leave preparations for a new...
Diablo II Resurrected’s game-changing Patch 2.4 hits the test server on January 25
It does seem a little surreal that Diablo II has returned to such prominence and favor in Blizzard while Diablo III sits neglected and...
Perfect Ten: Bad takes about Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard and why they’re wrong
Sigh. So today's column is one that I really didn't have an urgent desire to write, but then we started talking about the various...
Acti-Blizz buyout, day two: Labor, stock, Kotick, and the reasons behind the sale
The news has been flying fast and furious over the last 24 hours since Microsoft announced it was buying Activision-Blizzard for just under $70B....
