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Amazon Games’ Mike Frazzini has stepped down following multiple rocky MMO launches
The head of Amazon Games, Mike Frazzini, has apparently stepped down from his role, announcing the move internally in a Friday announcement, as first...
Lost Ark continues its crackdown on bots and cheaters in this week’s update
This morning's Lost Ark patch has more than the kickoff to season one of the game's competitive proving grounds; it's also got content for...
Lost Ark launches Competitive Proving Grounds season one tonight, won’t say never to console
Amazon's trucking out an update for Lost Ark tonight - specifically, the release of season one of the MMO's Competitive Proving Grounds. Essentially, this...
One Shots: Castle Redskull
As with all impossible architecture in MMOs, I pause at our first picture and imagine what feats of magical engineering it took to carve...
Lost Ark says it’s slowing content rollout to bolster economy and avoid rushing players to endgame
Amazon and Smilegate delivered a joint address to the Lost Ark playerbase late last night, though whether it sufficiently assuages the core community concerns...
Four Winds: The good, the bad, and the weird of Lost Ark’s endgame
So here I am, at the top of the mountain of Lost Ark, but then another rise greets me. I've been moving at a...
Lost Ark addresses bugs, unleashes ‘Fever Time Weekend’, and reminds us to hate Daylight Saving Time
Overnight, Amazon and Smilegate patched up Lost Ark with a mismatchy hotfix that isn't just a hotfix. The patch does include a list of...
One Shots: My best buddy and me
One of the best parts of MMORPGs is when you make good friends while online. Of course, those are supposed to be human friends...
Lost Ark addresses gold sellers, matchmaking problems, and Central Europe queues
While Lost Ark is still a rip-roaring success for Amazon in terms of player numbers (especially when compared to its other game), there are...
The Daily Grind: Is Lost Ark an MMO, MMORPG, or neither?
Longtime MMO and MMORPG players have probably noticed that we do our best to flag games as MMORPG or as merely multiplayer - "not...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Lost Ark’s Hunt for the Guardian Slayer patch is live as Amazon addresses genderlocking and armor
It's a stag party over in Lost Ark today, and by that we mean the Argos abyss raid has officially launched with the rest...
Lost Ark offers a preview of March’s Argos Abyss Raid
The Murder Elk. The Disco Deer. The Stag of Pain Pizza. These are the pet names I've already come up with for Argos, the...
Lost Ark celebrates 20M global players as concurrency dips and roadmap sees delay
You might be eyeing Lost Ark's Steam population with trepidation, but Amazon and Smilegate are looking at bigger numbers, quite literally: Last night, the...
Fight or Kite: Lost Ark’s PvP is a well-designed experience for Lost Ark players
Lost Ark was a game that may as well have been vaporware for so many years. It plays basically like a Diablo game, although...
One Shots: Murder palaces are always so inviting
The Secret World was always good at creating spaces that you take one look at and go, "Nope! Not going to walk in there!...
Lost Ark bans over a million bot accounts, reaffirms there’s ‘more work to be done’ on the matter
After a certain figure, a banwave turns into a ban tsunami: Amazon Games has put out a missive to players regarding bot accounts operating...
Lost Ark’s T1 and T2 content nerf is now live as Amazon sees T3 as the real endgame
If you were still unsettled by the mild controversy over Lost Ark's planned dungeon difficulty balancing update, well, continue being unsettled, as those changes...
Lost Ark addresses gold spam, EU queues, and the big raid and dungeon nerf
Yesterday's Lost Ark preview from Amazon and Smilegate focused on the big March update - content, lore, and islands. But what about everything players...
Lost Ark reveals new storyline, islands, and raids for players coming in March update
Lost Ark hasn't even been out in the west for a month and already Amazon is moving forward with a big March update for...
