patch notes
Fortnite has patched in its timey-wimey 10th season, Out of Time
SEASON X: Out of Time. Almost sounds too badass for a cartoony game where you run around clubbing people to death and dancing, but...
Vague Patch Notes: Just stop pre-ordering video games
Look, you've probably heard this before, but it bears repeating now: Don't pre-order that game. Pre-ordering games is a bad idea. And this week,...
Dungeons and Dragons Online opens the Project Nemesis raid
Today's patch notes for Dungeons and Dragons Online may be only a mere paragraph, but within that paragraph lies a big challenge indeed. A...
Black Desert adds new instruments for the Shai and kicks off the Mysteries of Summer event
It's Wednesday, and that makes it patch day for Black Desert's PC version. As promised, Kakao has pushed out the Shai's new talent set...
Yuri joins Task Force Sword & Girls in the latest update to Closers
I know I said this last time, but seriously, can someone make "Task Force Sword & Girls" an actual, full anime please? The title...
LOTRO Legendarium: The first year of LOTRO’s operation
It was April 24th, 2007. World of Warcraft players were deep into The Burning Crusade, SOE had just launched Vanguard, and the indie MMO...
Darkfall Rise of Agon has reverted its combat system to one from over a year ago
I actually blinked when I read the patch notes for Darkfall: Rise of Agon's update this week. It's surprising for an MMO for make...
Diablo III’s season 18 and the 2.6.6 update’s new gear are open for testing
Last night, Blizzard dropped Diablo III's next big thing on the test server. Yes, Blizzard remembered Diablo III is a going concern, and a...
MapleStory 2’s Skilled Ally update lets veteran players earn rewards for partying with new dungeon delvers
I'll be the first to tell you that late-game dungeons in MapleStory 2 can be fun, but also a tiny bit confusing. Thankfully, the...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 68 kicks off a new update cadence
Things are almost always changing in Shroud of the Avatar, but it sounds like some of those changes are now going to be arriving...
Vague Patch Notes: Keeping it simple, oversimplification, and MMO design
People who have read my work for a while know that I really like tabletop roleplaying, and I have copies of two of my...
TERA overhauls quest flow and rewards significantly with its latest patch, Skywatch: Antiquities
The Skywatch: Antiquities patch for TERA is making some big changes to the structure of the game even before you get to the endgame....
Blade & Soul’s Roots of Malice brings two raid dungeons and an event dungeon today
It's patch day today for Blade & Soul, and it's once more got another infusion of high-level content for players to take on. The...
Fortnite launches second-birthday goodies as season 9 ends with bizarre in-game duel
Just about two years ago, Epic Games finally launched Fortnite, a cartoony co-op shooter/sandbox hybrid it'd been working on since 2011 that we called...
Aion news: Mobile gets XP gifting, EU previews the Painter for 7.0, NA celebrates summer
Welcome to a big chunky bundle of Aion news! The mobile and PC versions of the game all look to be extremely busy recently;...
Z1 Battle Royale’s latest patch is adding in race cars
So maybe Z1 Battle Royale (formerly H1Z1, formerly King of the Kill, briefly known as High Lord Algernon Whipoorwill And His Amazing Whirlygig for...
RIFT’s Summerfest 2019 drops surfboards, weapons skins, and masks
RIFT has not had the best run of things since Trion handed over the keys to Gamigo last year, from the premature end of...
Vague Patch Notes: Datamining, leaks, unforced errors, and messaging
So now that Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has been released, basically everyone playing the game has completely forgotten that the expansion actually prompted some...
Fallout 76’s latest patch hit like an A-bomb (and not in a good way)
With an improved new player experience, balance changes, and better power armor, you would think that Fallout 76's latest patch would be received warmly...
Fortnite patches in a new shotgun, floating islands, and a birthday event
If you're following the Save the World portion of Fortnite's latest patch notes, you'll see that there's a second birthday celebration running for the...