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WoW Factor: Why can’t Blizzard stop messing with everything?
It's funny to me that people had such an aggressive reaction to the changes coming to Hunter pets and damage formulas in Battle for...
WoW Factor: How could multiclassing work in World of Warcraft?
Not so long ago, our editor-in-chief was talking about how World of Warcraft needs some form of multiclassing system. So let's talk about how...
World of Warcraft explains hunter pets in Battle for Azeroth while datamining unearths more secrets
We're not going to blow anyone's mind by stating that pets are pretty central to the experience of playing a Hunter in World of...
Datamining hints at story quests coming to Pokemon Go
The thing about datamining is that it doesn't always paint a picture of where a game is going; it paints a picture of where...
Wisdom of Nym: Reacting to the Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.2 notes
My initial plan for this particular column was just to write "woo patch notes woo" but I was informed that this plan had certain...
Amazon’s New World page is back again [Updated]
On Monday of last week, we reported that a video of the anticipated and rather mysterious New World from Amazon had been leaked... and...
Wisdom of Nym: The final countdown before Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.2
We still don't technically know when Final Fantasy XIV is launching its next patch, but we can also figure it out. It was always...
Guild Wars 2 teases the next Fractal arriving with season 4
There's another Fractal arriving with the next portion of Guild Wars 2's Living Story tomorrow, but where will it take you? What will it...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about future Final Fantasy XIV jobs from weapons
The Armoury System places a certain unique burden on Final Fantasy XIV. Any new job doesn't just need to have a distinct mechanical identity,...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s future job from the past of the series
Speculating is fun, as I've opined in the past. We're a while away from the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, obviously, but one of...
WoW Factor: What we still don’t know about World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth
There are lots of things that I'm genuinely excited about when it comes to the next World of Warcraft expansion. Battle for Azeroth has...
WoW Factor: Speculating about World of Warcraft’s next expansion
It's really, really weird to me to think that we're getting an announcement about a new World of Warcraft expansion next week. Admittedly, we...
Wisdom of Nym: What happens next in Final Fantasy XIV?
It's pretty clear that the Final Fantasy XIV team (and the localization team specifically) are pretty huge fans of Hamilton, to the point that I'm...
The Daily Grind: If you could reboot any currently operating MMO, which one would you pick?
It probably won't surprise you to know that we spend a lot of time in work chat behind the scenes of Massively Overpowered discussing...
Cryptic’s Magic the Gathering RPG: Speculating on the lore and game systems
An RPG based on Magic: the Gathering is one of those things I have both long wanted and long assumed was just never going...
Crowfall posts another teaser for the reveal of teasers
What could Crowfall's teasers for Teaser Week mean? Are they teasing new classes? New races? New combinations of same? Today's teaser is just a...
A new job listing for Blizzard suggests another mobile title is in the works
Is there a Blizzard franchise you want to carry around in your pocket? Obviously, you can already play Hearthstone on your phone, but perhaps...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the healer skills Final Fantasy XIV could delete
Tomorrow, we're getting the end of the Heavensward story quests in Final Fantasy XIV, which means I need to start looking at Heavensward as...
Global Agenda may be reappearing in your Steam library
If you don't remember the whole story about Global Agenda, you could be forgiven for pushing it out of your mind; it's a bit...
WoW Factor: The good and the bad of World of Warcraft’s patch 7.2 date
Boy, this is a time I am glad to be wrong. I was outright worried that Blizzard was going to hold patch 7.2 for...
