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Tower of Fantasy teases next week’s update with secrets, bike rentals, and paper airplanes
An update is coming to anime-styled Tower of Fantasy next week, as the team's been teasing some of the features coming with Version 4.3...
First Impressions: The War Within breathes new life into World of Warcraft
After being mostly disappointed with Dragonflight, I was wondering if my decision to return to World of Warcraft for the Worldsoul Saga was a...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida discusses story and player feedback in Dawntrail
It's been about two months since Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail released, and while reaction has been mostly positive, there has been some degree of...
Bungie’s plan for Destiny 2’s eleventh year is less linear and more about world-building
Bungie has been operating Destiny 2 for a decade now, and that means next year is the 11th of storytelling in a world full...
Second Wind: Final thoughts on returning to World of Warcraft in 2024, from community to dragonriding
At long last, we've reached the fourth and final part of my series detailing my experiences returing to World of Warcraft after six years...
Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight story dragonflies right off a cliff
We come now to the third part of our four-part Second Wind series on revisiting World of Warcraft after quitting at the end of...
The Daily Grind: Who’s the MMO NPC you love to hate?
I will never stop making fun of Prince Rurik in the original Guild Wars. It will simply never happen. No one else is going...
Final Fantasy XI’s developers talk about the process of creating the Voracious Resurgence
The Voracious Resurgence was already the post-coda story content for Final Fantasy XI. After the game had already received its last story update, we...
Narrative director Steve Danuser quietly left World of Warcraft last fall
It turns out that World of Warcraft's narrative director left Blizzard last November and no one said anything about it. No, that doesn't mean...
Eternal Tombs boasts that it’s ‘making the most progress’ in development over peers
Hardcore project Eternal Tombs refuses to see itself as a weak underdog in the MMO race. As the game barrels through development, the studio...
MMO Burnout: Dramatic Labs finds the right tone for Star Trek Resurgence
As a longtime gamer and observer of the industry, I know it can be tough to get excited about new announcements and releases. We’re...
Storyboard: Managing the escalating stakes in MMO storytelling
Everyone who has at least passing familiarity with stories, whether they be in MMOs or elsewhere, roleplayed or canonical, realizes that stories need stakes....
Final Fantasy XI offers not one but two version updates for the month of May
The Voracious Resurgence is wrapping up in Final Fantasy XI with the May version update... specifically, the second half of the May version update....
The Daily Grind: What terrible MMO story moment will never leave your mind?
I know I can almost always make Bree giggle by talking about how my father trifles with doors. It's a Guild Wars thing. And...
World of Warcraft looks deeper behind the scenes of Veritistrasz’s quest
It's a bit of a shame that one of the most emotionally engaging quests in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is one of the expansion's...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV Gods Revel, Lands Tremble’s story beats
Considering how I've had to spend my last week and change, I am really glad that this patch hit when it did. I wouldn't...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Natsuko Ishikawa discusses how the pandemic influenced Endwalker’s story
It's been just about a year since Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker released. How's everyone doing with that story emotionally? Still crying uncontrollably when you...
World of Warcraft covers more of the Dracthyr history with the latest installment of Legacies
So we've had a tour through draconic history in World of Warcraft over the first couple of installments of the Legacies animated shorts. But...
WoW Factor: What was the point of Shadowlands?
Do I have another column or two in me about World of Warcraft: Dragonflight? I mean, probably, even though we clearly have a long,...
DC Universe Online brings the Dark Knights episode to Nintendo Switch on April 28
Poor Nintendo Switch players. You've been forced to sit there and watch while DC Universe Online players on PC got to experience all the...
