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Dungeons and Dragons Online’s systems designer talks about the epic destiny refresh
With a whole lot of systems under review for Dungeons and Dragons Online's Update 66, it's only logical that the games systems designer emerge...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s petite patch 6.55
There's an odd thing that keeps going back and forth in my head when I look at last week's patch 6.55 for Final Fantasy...
The Stream Team: Fighting Asura and other tasks in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has another primal to defeat with his family! He'll be hopping in to Final Fantasy XIV to take on Asura, then after...
One Shots: A heated meeting
What are two words that delight you to hear as a child in school but terrify you as an adult? "Field trip!"
Rose can attest...
Destiny 2 previews a new activity, new glimmer cap, customization updates, and Halloween costumes
Destiny 2 is once again back to its regularly scheduled weekly newsletters after a holiday-length hiatus, and this week's edition is looking forward to...
The Daily Grind: What will be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?
2023 turned out to be a weird year for business models in MMOs. It was certainly the year of cadence shifts and seasonal shifts,...
Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs
During a recent podcast discussion about City of Heroes' official revival, the MOP writers were talking about its combat, which - let's be honest...
Final Fantasy XIV jumps the gun on Xbox open beta announcement
One of the biggest developments for Final Fantasy XIV in 2024 that isn't named "Dawntrail" has to be the MMO's debut on Microsoft's game...
Dungeons and Dragons Online begins testing its new Dragon Lord Fighter archetype
It was just last Friday that Dungeons and Dragons Online's producer confirmed that the MMO was getting at least two new class archetypes in...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most kludgy MMO system you’ve encountered?
The other day I was watching MMO players have a good-natured discussion about transmog systems among various titles. A few FFXIV players lamented how...
Final Fantasy XIV wraps up Manderville weapons and readies for Dawntrail with patch 6.55 today
It's time to get started on your final push to Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion with today's release of patch 6.55, starting with the...
DC Universe Online marks its 13th anniversary with a returning event and free goodies for all
DC Universe Online is 13 years old this month, which naturally means that the players are the ones getting the presents, along with a...
Wisdom of Nym: Dreaming about Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.55 during the day-long downtime
Somehow, the final Endwalker content patch has arrived. All right, maybe you could argue that's just the tiniest bit premature; technically we've still got...
Final Fantasy XIV player aims to complete every sidequest to relay which ones are worth doing
If you've played Final Fantasy XIV for any length of time, you've probably heard the advice that the standard sidequests are totally OK to...
The Stream Team: Training a burgeoning Astrologian in Final Fantasy XIV
Today's Eorzea Sunday stream isn't primarily about MOP's Chris. No, this time around it's about his husband, who has been slowly learning the ropes...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v7.0
Once again we put a wrap on another year of MMORPG news, opinions, and -- most pertinent to this column -- history. In a...
The Daily Grind: Do any MMO class themes turn you away from playing them?
Last weekend, FFXIV announced that one of its upcoming jobs (classes) will be a Pictomancer -- a mage that flings paint all willy-nilly. As...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its new trial and more additions arriving in patch 6.55
More Manderville madness. A new trial. A wrap-up of the story. A tying together for the various tribal quests from the expansion. All of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
Final Fantasy XIV will run 24-hour maintenance ahead of patch 6.55 starting on January 15
If you want to get things done in Final Fantasy XIV this week, you should make sure to do so before Monday, January 15th....
