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Blizzard pins Diablo II Resurrected’s server issues partly on 2001 netcode from the classic game
While Diablo and brothers never really had much trouble returning to Sanctuary over and over again, the heroes who seek to slay them (over...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?
Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...
Path of Exile’s Scourge revamps skill tree, adds passive masteries and guild hideouts
While Path of Exile's new Scourge league is fitting for Halloween, the expansion also brings some goodies and changes that will last beyond the...
Path of Exile’s spooky Scourge league offers tricks and treats starting October 22
Path of Exile's new leagues and updates come like clockwork every three months, just like seasons of the year. But it isn't often that...
Diablo III’s Wyatt Cheng claims the game’s tuning wasn’t based on the real-money auction house
Remember the Diablo III real-money auction house? Of course you do; that stuff is like horse armor or "you think you want it, but you...
Lost Ark takes you to a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids zone
There are few MMOs that we have waited for as long as Lost Ark, and at this point we will take any balm to...
Former ArenaNet boss Jeff Strain’s new gaming company is called Possibility Space
There's a new games studio in town: Possibility Space, led by veteran game executive Jeff Strain. Strain, of course, is best known to MMORPG...
Here’s how Path of Exile is tweaking the Atlas of Worlds in Scourge and beyond
Path of Exile's Scourge expansion isn't just balancing flasks, defense, and DOTs; it's also planning a preliminary rollout of tweaks ahead of next year's...
Path of Exile explains how Scourge is balancing auras, curses, and elemental DOTs
Path of Exile’s 3.16 Scourge expansion inches closer, and we're expecting the big reveal on October 14th. But in the meantime, Grinding Gear has...
Diablo II Resurrected is still suffering from major outages several weeks after launch
MMO players have been a been preoccupied with the launch of New World over the last two weeks to pay Diablo II Resurrected too...
Blizzard talks Diablo 4 sound design and finds a new game director in Joe Shely
Blizzard's quarterly update for Diablo IV comes at an unfortunate time, given that the studio is still mired in a massive sexual harassment and...
Path of Exile’s Scourge update includes a major balance pass on defense and recovery
Yesterday, we noted that Grinding Gear Games is set on delivering a trio of dev blogs leading into the reveal and release of Path...
Here’s how Path of Exile is fixing and balancing flasks in October’s Scourge expansion
Grinding Gear Games has been teasing Path of Exile's 3.16 Scourge expansion with announcements of announcements; we already know the big reveal is set...
The MOP Up: Ashes of Creation won’t date Alpha 2 testing – at least, not yet
Ashes of Creation has yet another chunky batch of question-absent answers to the community that it posted on the forums. Intrepid said that it...
Path of Exile will detail its Scourge expansion during an October 14 livestream
It's time to feel the Scourge in Path of Exile. Or it will be later this month as the ARPG's next expansion is coming...
Diablo II: Resurrected updates players waiting for the game’s ranked ladder system
Looking forward to proving yourself the very best of the best in Diablo II: Resurrected? You'll be waiting a little while longer according to the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 340: New World cometh
Justin and Bree discuss New World's launch, Diablo II Resurrected, LOTRO's Gundabad, Warhammer Online's Return of Reckoning, Book of Travels, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on New World's infrastructure and LOTRO's closed servers.
Choose My Adventure: DC Universe Online just ended up making me love City of Heroes more
Third verse same as the first. If nothing else, DC Universe Online is consistent in how its leveling game works, though there were a...
First Impressions: Revisiting memorable locales in Diablo II Resurrected
What a time to be alive. I can't believe I'm playing a remastered version of one of my all time favorite PC games. And...
Blizzard races to address Diablo II: Resurrected launch week woes
It's fair to say there's been a whole lot more pressure on the launch of Diablo II: Resurrected than there would be during a...
