patch notes
Corepunk updates its website, reopens pre-orders, releases Episode 2, and debuts a new early access trailer
This week was a particularly busy one for the MMOARPG Corepunk, as developer Artificial Core has put its nose to the grindstone to make...
Throne & Liberty has kicked off its first Arena season post-launch
No more amateur hour for Throne & Liberty: The first Arena season has officially started with the game's 1.7.0 patch. That means you should...
Vague Patch Notes: Going solo isn’t a problem in MMORPGs
So I'm wrapping up a month of talking about how MMORPGs are by necessity social games. These are games in which you need other...
Final Fantasy XIV’s first post-Dawntrail content update, Crossroads, is officially live
"Our journey will never end" is a lyrical refrain from a few songs in Final Fantasy XIV, and that proves to be true once...
EVE Online posts the patch notes for tomorrow’s Revenant expansion
It's almost time for even more tools for corps to come to EVE Online, and that means that players are getting a deep-dive look...
Vague Patch Notes: Living like a rock in MMORPGs
So if you are anything close to my age, you probably do not think of Simon & Garfunkel's music as being anything remotely "raw."...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines PvP updates and shows off gear in the preliminary patch notes for Patch 7.1
Next week will bring new things to do for Final Fantasy XIV players, and that means that Square Enix's Creative Studio III has put...
Stardew Valley’s patch 1.6.9 brings the full 1.6 experience to console and mobile while improving life on PC
If you have ever played Stardew Valley and known the pain of having a tree fall over into the lake, good news: The game's...
Black Desert Mobile unleashes the Kurenai class today, dates its Calpheon Ball for December 15
Black Desert Mobile has got a whole lot of news pouring out of it today. Whether it's the newly released patch that introduces a...
RuneScape adds a new Slayer monster, Old School RuneScape preps a classic quest relaunch
Comparatively speaking, news from the worlds of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape is a little shorter this week. Still, there are things in both...
Pixel art MMO Necesse is adding a new adventure journal and better crafting stations in today’s update
Back in August, we covered a new-to-us pixel art MMO called Necesse. The game, which allows servers of hundreds of people, had been in...
Pax Dei debuts a new trailer and condenses the features of its November 5 Proving Grounds update
Tuesday, November 5th, will be upon players of Pax Dei before they know it: That's when the big juicy Proving Grounds update will arrive...
Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs
We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...
SMITE 2 adds Ra and Sobek to the game’s roster as closed alpha marches on
Readers who have gone down particular rabbit holes online over the past several years will probably look at the headline on this particular piece,...
Destiny 2’s Halloween-y Festival of the Lost brings new weapons and sells a witchypoo outfit
Wizards hate this one trick for becoming a magic-wielding powerhouse! All you need to do is put on a floppy hat and bam -...
Nightingale suffers second round of layoffs in two weeks as staff say the game’s early access will continue
Last week, we covered some unfortunate news for co-op sandbox Nightingale when we learned that its studio, Tencent-backed Inflexion, had abruptly closed down its...
Lost Ark opens Ignite transfers and kicks off a newbie-friendly Mokoko Bootcamp event
Perhaps the name Mokoko Bootcamp sounds like a good way to have a bad time, but it's just not so in Lost Ark, where...
The Division 2 revamps its seasonal content and adds new gear in the Shades of Red update
Year 6 Season 2: Shades of Red has arrived today in The Division 2, and with it comes an all-new way for seasons to...
Elder Scrolls Online’s U44 arrives to shake up the PvP meta and introduce two new companions
As promised, today is launch day for Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 - at least if you're on PC or Mac - and this...
Rabbit and Steel adds Steam modding support and French translation with its newest patch
Voulez-vous jouer Rabbit and Steel en Francais? If you answered that sentence with "oui, j'aimerais ca!" then you will enjoy the fact that the...