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I finally broke down and watched ARK: Survival Evolved's Extinction trailer. It's not that I didn't want to! On the contrary, I was very...

If you follow the mainstream gaming media meta at all, you've probably noticed that a lot of sites, spurred on by Polygon, have been mulling...

In our first part of this series looking back at the stupendous history of City of Heroes, we saw how the idea for this...

Expertise is a funny thing; it's the sort of thing usually best demonstrated by never claiming it but simply showing it. Most people confronted...

Taugrim raises a very interesting question this week on his blog. Namely, is it really worth your time to alpha test MMOs these days?...

Probably one of my biggest bugaboos (that's a technical term) in MMO play is when I get bogged down trying to progress through a...

Here's something a little different: Usually, before I write a World of Warcraft column (or any column), my assumptions and data are pretty firm...

Our Daily Grind on exploration last week sparked an intriguing follow-up from MOP reader Miol. "When asking about sightseeing and exploration in MMORPGs, you also...

I'm think I'm over factions in MMOs. I get why RvR games need them, and I'll grudgingly concede that the average player is far better...

You don't want to know how much time I've spent carefully decorating my characters' living spaces in Final Fantasy XIV. Or maybe you do;...

You know what gets me excited about upcoming MMOs? It's certainly not the list of expected systems and features that have since become standard...

Unlike some console and PC titles, online RPGs don't typically offer "god mode" (despite what you may have heard about certain classes). We don't...

Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft's lore drama, Star Citizen's stockpiling controversy, DDO's new expansion, Riot's MMO tease, Albion's Merlyn, and TESO's DLC, with mailbag entry on the Horde impact and SC's pay-to-win.

So you've probably heard some news about the Monster Hunter World port. PC performance issues, keyboard and mouse issues, random crashing. I wish I could...

Multiple goodies are coming to Star Wars The Old Republic today via its previously delayed but now launching 5.9.2 update. The headliner content is...

Quantic Foundry's latest report from its gamer motivation study is well worth your time to read, but for this morning's Daily Grind, I want...

Tucked away in the latest live letter was a bit of information that seems like it's more relevant than its rather humble placement would...

By now, to me, Lord of the Rings Online is a comfortable, well-worn friend that always offers a very predictable and enjoyable experience whenever...

A real dream, not just a dream to top the raid leaderboard. MOP reader CamelotCrusade submitted today's whimsical Daily Grind topic. "The other night I...

This year kicked off with a bang for EVE Online as rumblings emerged of impending war on a scale that the gaming world had...