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Choose My Adventure Year in Review: Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, WildStar, Black Desert, and Neverwinter
So I've been writing this column for a year now. A little more than a year, as it happens, but last year there was...
Final Fantasy XIV previews 4.2 Rise of a New Sun with a new sub-site
Ready to help rebuild Doma in Final Fantasy XIV? The preview site for the next major patch has gone live, and it makes it...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor says ZeniMax has least ‘two years’ of additional content planned
With over 10 million players (2.5M monthly active users) having come through its doors since 2014, Elder Scrolls Online is one of the stronger success...
Shroud of the Avatar is really truly launching on March 27, 2018
If you're a Shroud of the Avatar player, you've just gotten the last major update of the year. Release 49 rolled out ahead of...
Wisdom of Nym: Taking a peek at Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
Gosh, I feel sort of bad for the person whose job it was to make the next Final Fantasy XIV fan festival reveal seem...
WoW Factor: The fate of WoW’s class orders post-Legion, part 1
In the lull between expansions, I've been hard at work bringing my alts up to the level cap, unlocking all of the class mounts,...
Final Fantasy XIV plans patch 4.2 for late January, with glamour storage, more housing, and new content
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV will arrive in late January according to the most recent live letter from producer/director Naoki Yoshida. Of...
Tamriel Infinium: Our 2017 report card for Elder Scrolls Online
All in all, 2017 has been a fabulous year for the Elder Scrolls Online, and although I have been light on talking about the...
Final Fantasy XIV hopes you can ‘bear’ with another Starlight Celebration
On December 15th, Final Fantasy XIV will celebrate the winter holidays once more with the arrival of the Starlight Celebration. And what could be...
Interview: ArcheAge’s 4.0 Maelstrom launches December 13 with changes to lunagems, raid finder, and more
Batten down the hatches because a big storm hits tomorrow! ArcheAge's Maelstrom, with its cross-server navel arena, launches on December 13th. We got to...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s 2017 in review
It's hard to say whether 2017 was a good year for Final Fantasy XIV.
Sure, on one level it seems obvious. The game launched its...
LOTRO Legendarium: Fixing Lord of the Rings Online’s grouping problem
One of the quirks -- and frustrations -- of MMORPGs is that there never seems to be one game that truly has it all....
The Daily Grind: What feature from another game would you import into your favorite MMO?
One of the everlasting points of contention between me and the MMO industry is that no game gets everything right. Gah! Can't you mold...
Identity answers player questions, gives game overview
A trio of Identity's developers sat down for an extended question-and-answer session about what's happening with the creation of this virtual life simulator. The...
The Game Archaeologist: Vanguard Saga of Heroes
The significance of Vanguard's development, release, long-running drama, second chance, and eventual closure should be of great interest not just to game historians but...
Massively Overthinking: Taking risks in MMORPGs
Last weekend, Brendan wrote a great column on how to stay safe from gankers in EVE Online, noting that the newbies are commonly given...
Trove continues to fine-tune its Adventures update
As any game developer knows, a new content update is not only an opportunity for players to have more fun but for the game...
The Stream Team: Get your Wizard101 Empyrean Castaway’s Bundle
Did you miss out on the holiday deals this weekend? Well, Massively OP's MJ has something better than a sale: a giveaway! She has...
ECO’s player housing is more beneficial than you think
In some online games, player housing is mostly a way to show off personal creativity and set up a space of your own. In...
LOTRO Legendarium: They’re taking the Hobbits to Erebor!
With some depressing news bouncing around the MMO genre as of late, it was particularly welcome to read an upbeat and exciting producer's letter...
