Comparing American and Japanese Pokemon Go culture
My previous article on the culture of Japan's Pokemon Go scene was written before I'd experienced much of the American one to keep my explanations...
Shroud of the Avatar’s release 33, Richard Garriott’s AMA and new book
The final wipe is receding into the horizon for Shroud of the Avatar, but the game is hardly finished patching and adding in big...
Firefall’s status remains in limbo
Even if you don't play Firefall, you know that last week was a bit weird for the game when the game itself and its...
Star Citizens quibble over Squadron 42’s release date
A German games journalist whose Gamescom video report on Star Citizen and Squadron 42 was picked up by an English-speaking outlet has clarified his...
ARK: Survival Evolved dev apologizes for saying expansion critics are ‘too cheap to pony up $20’
If you were one of the folks who were surprised that ARK: Survival Evolved's Studio Wildcard would charge for the Scorched Earth expansion DLC...
Pirates, Bards, and Astrologers abound in Lost Ark
One thing is for sure with Lost Ark: You are not going to find yourself constrained and bored with a paltry handful of class...
Firefall appears to have silently sunsetted (Update: Or maybe not?)
Update, 8:39 p.m. EDT: The game and site are back online now, still with no explanation or clarification from The9 whatsoever. Hopefully it stays up for...
Dark and Light confirms a buy-to-play, sub-free business model
Community confusion over Dark and Light's payment model was cleared up on Snail Games' Facebook page earlier this evening: The rereleased sandbox will indeed...
League of Legends community clashes with Riot over e-sports, patches, and money
It's no surprise when drama crops up in a gaming community of millions, especially when professional e-sports and money are involved. So it goes...
Guild Wars 2 suffers technical difficulties, pushes out gifts following rollback
If you're logging into Guild Wars 2 today, expect a bit of weirdness.
Yesterday's patch caused a soulbinding glitch that took the servers offline and...
Pokemon Go: Appraisal patch, stampedes, and fixing that UI
Pokemon Go's latest patch finally makes the team leaders do something.
"Implemented Pokémon Appraisal: Trainers will now be able to learn about a Pokémon’s attack...
Star Trek Online finally makes a classic T6 Connie available — in a lockbox
If you've waded in the waters of Star Trek Online's community for any length of time, you'll no doubt have noticed that there's a...
Gamescom: Elder Scrolls Online on lockboxes, the gold edition, and One Tamriel
A Redditor who attended The Elder Scrolls Online's tavern event at this year's Gamescom snagged over half an hour of shaky-cam footage and a...
Brad McQuaid: Pantheon will put the ‘E’ back in PvE
Time to feast on the bounty of a rich Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen AMA on /r/MMORPG, courtesy of creator Brad McQuaid. Yesterday, McQuaid...
Gamescom 2016: WoW Legion’s first patch, Return to Karazhan, will include 5-man Kara
At the Legion Cafe event at Gamescom today, Blizzard confirmed that World of Warcraft: Legion's first patch (7.1) will include an epic five-player dungeon...
No Man’s Sky’s procedurally generated rods, tools, and junk
One of the things that always drives me nuts (pun intended) about user-created content in video games is the automatic assumption people have that...
Snail Games’ Dark and Light reboot is ‘technically classless’
After hearing that Snail Games is resurrecting the long-dormant sandbox MMO Dark and Light, we are sure that you have many questions. Heck, we...
Kakao to Black Desert players: Chargebacks have consequences
Kakao is putting its foot down when it comes to Black Desert players' chargebacks -- that is, attempting to reverse payment for a product...
MMO roguelike Lazarus swoops into beta this weekend
If you grew up in the midwest as I did, the word "Lazarus" probably evokes the image of a department store, but the Lazarus...
Black Desert’s controversial cash shop patch is live today
With Black Desert's patch this morning, cash-shop items are officially popping up on the auction house -- that includes pets, outfits, value packages, and...
