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Fallout 76 buffs the stash and nerfs endgame mob XP with today’s patch
Are you over the Fallout 76 canvas bag thing now that you're actually getting the canvas bag? Cool cool. So now let's get back...
Path of Exile’s manifesto update outlines nerfs for slows and stat sticks, rebalancing for uniques
When Betrayal lands for Path of Exile players at the end of the week, it's bringing with it a number of core changes that...
RuneScape deleted its RTS minigame-within-a-game with today’s patch
RuneScape dev Jagex is clearly feeling the Christmas madness already with today's update. "Remember when they used to count down to Christmas with shopping...
RuneScape decks the halls for its Winter Weekends holiday event
It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas, at least in the world of Jagex's popular free-to-play MMO RuneScape, which this week announced that...
Project Gorgon introduces crafting-material teleportation, UI updates, and QOL improvements
The latest update for Elder Game's in-development sandbox MMO Project Gorgon is now live, and in addition to a few new features, it's got...
Vague Patch Notes: Having fun in an MMO doesn’t actually mean it’s any good
It appears that Fallout 76 has become the latest in a long line of games that launched too early with ill-defined goals, trying to be...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Looking for lore and more in all Paladins places
Let's cut to the chase: There was quite a bit to learn and celebrate about Paladins during the Hi-Rez Expo this fall. Announcements, reveals,...
Hellion patches in a storyline with the Rude Awakening update
Sure, you might have been surviving in Hellion up to this point, but you weren't doing so for a specific reason. You didn't yet have...
Sea of Thieves launches its Shrouded Spoils update
30The prophecy has been fulfilled, for a very broad definition of "prophecy." The new Sea of Thieves update, Shrouded Spoils, is available now along with...
Black Desert’s just pushed out a farming minigame in its latest patch
Lakiaro content has come to the world of Black Desert in today's patch. "While the world was fighting for grind spots the once thought...
Bethsoft acknowledges ‘frustrated and angry’ Fallout 76 fans, previews December patches
You know, I'm almost starting to feel sorry for whichever Bethsoft community manager is tasked with entering the bowels of the Fallout 76 Reddit...
Ultima Online is adding whips and Krampus for Christmas
Thanksgiving? Pff. Broadsword's already gearing up to launch Christmas in Ultima Online. Publish 103 with the winter festivities hit the test server last week...
Conan Exiles is revamping bows and throwing weapons and adding a new katana weapon archetype
With the latest patch on Conan Exiles's TestLive server, players now have more ways than ever to crush their enemies, see them driven before...
Vague Patch Notes: Accessibility vs. relevance in MMORPGs
You know that old chestnut about how the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist? The greatest trick...
Darkfall Rise of Agon patches in old-school mobs, opens supporter pack funding program
Sanctioned Darkfall spinoff Rise of Agon has been busy since its 2017 launch with multiple content and quality-of-life patches - it's even been teasing...
No Man’s Sky’s Visions update introduces strange and deadly planets and biomes, new activities, and more
It's been less than a month since the release of No Man's Sky's last major content update, The Abyss, but the folks at Hello...
Rend aims higher with its combat and streamlines its crafting
Acknowledging that Rend's combat was both imbalanced and lacking useful feedback, Frostkeep Studios has been hard at work this fall shoring up one of...
Elite Dangerous adds two new ships, new scenarios to Beyond – Chapter Four beta server
Frontier Developments is continuing beta testing of Elite Dangerous's upcoming Beyond - Chapter Four update, which is now entering week three, and the beta...
Vague Patch Notes: When World of Warcraft breaks off your friendship
I spent a bunch of time post-BlizzCon thinking about why World of Warcraft personally bothered me. Not why its design pitfalls bothered me; that's...
LOTRO brings back Bingo, blots out bleeds
Everybody's favorite hard-drinking, crazy-swimming Hobbit is back in Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games brought Bingo Boffin and his questline to the...