NCsoft appears to be blocking former Soviet states from WildStar
Reports this morning that players in various former Soviet countries, among others, had been unceremoniously barred from accessing NCsoft MMORPGs WildStar and Guild Wars...
League of Legends pro teams agitate for better compensation
Last week, the owners of a number of North American and European League of Legends Championship Series teams dispatched a letter to Riot Games...
Moonlight Blade’s Romantic Destiny update is live
You'd be forgiven if you missed last week's Moonlight Blade update; after all, it's currently in open beta only in China, with nary an...
Niantic on Pokemon Go’s community struggles and WoW-like MMO nature
It's no secret that the Pokemon Go playerbase has been falling off since its summer pinnacle, and if you dig around on Reddit or...
H1Z1 lets you put a price on your own head
We have witnessed many bounty systems in many online games, but how many of these have involved putting a price on your own head...
Lineage Eternal schedules Korean closed beta for November 30
It's happening, people. This is not a drill. Lineage Eternal is finally moving into closed beta testing, albeit in Korea. Of course, that won't...
Final Fantasy XI plans several events for XI Day
XI Day is almost upon us. What's XI Day? Well, it's November 11th, which has been designated as a special day for Final Fantasy...
Skyforge AMA discusses pay-to-win and future content updates
Skyforge just released a major update, but it's also making an effort to reach out to its community more enthusiastically. Western producer Volker Boenigk...
Pokemon Go stealth-nerfs passenger and commuter play
Pokemon Go's latest patch introduces new gym- and pokestop-related mechanics that have hardcore players expressing frustration across social media. While the gym changes seem clearly...
Cyberpunk 2077 may be an MMORPG in disguise
Sniffing out promising upcoming MMOs is getting more difficult now that developers and studios are avoiding that label like the plague. Instead, we're looking...
EVE Online players raise $6000 for widow and family of fallen gamer
If you've played MMORPGs long enough -- or played some of the older ones especially -- you've surely met or heard about a fellow...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Amazing Guild Wars 2 in-game Halloween costumes
I've devoured all of my homemade pumpkin pasties and downed the last of my butterbeer while enjoying the Halloween festivities in Guild Wars 2, gaining...
Mark Kern posts new WoW Legacy server petition ahead of BlizzCon
There's yet another petition related to legacy World of Warcraft servers live this week, this one begun by Mark Kern himself.
Kern (more on his backstory...
Guild Wars 2 allows one more week of Halloween fun
As Guild Wars 2 players have been enjoying the Shadow of the Mad King festivities, they have also been wondering when, exactly, the game's...
Star Citizen backer flips pixel ships to buy an actual car
Vice posted a cute piece over the weekend by Star Citizen player who explains how he used the old "one red paperclip" trick plus basic...
Rumor: Diablo III’s Necromancer, Overwatch’s Sombra
As we barrel toward BlizzCon this week, speculation is running high over what reveals Blizzard might make at the show. Two of these are...
Player astronavigators find new alien ruins in Elite Dangerous
It's aliens.
Elite Dangerous players are positively infatuated with the alien relics Frontier scatters throughout the universe. Following the launch of last week's The Guardians...
Apparently hacked No Man’s Sky account tweets that the game was a ‘mistake’
 A Hello Games representative -- or at least someone with access to the right email account -- told Polygon this morning that it was...
EverQuest accidentally deletes many guilds and their homes
What if you woke up one day and your MMORPG guild and its housing was completely gone? This nightmare scenario is what some are...
Elite Dangerous rolls out The Guardians expansion today
Elite Dangerous is busy rolling out The Guardians expansion today, free for folks who already own the Horizons season pass ($29.99 on Steam) and...
