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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...
Final Fantasy XIV brings back The Maiden’s Rhapsody on April 28
It's hard to believe that Final Fantasy XI is going to be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. (Especially if you're marking time by the...
Datamining reveals hints at the possible fate of Sylvanas in World of Warcraft’s story epilogue
So the final cinematic for the latest raid in World of Warcraft has been seen, and we all know how that story wraps up. (If...
Final Fantasy XI looks back at developing the story for its three nation-states at launch
It might be easy to forget with another Square-Enix MMORPG being everyone's focus in the storytelling department, but Final Fantasy XI has been doing the...
The Soapbox: SWTOR’s Legacy of the Sith is bad, but not for the reasons you’ve heard
I've never been a big Star Wars fan, but I am a big BioWare fan, and after many failed attempts to get into the...
World of Warcraft reveals Anduin’s ultimate fate in a new raid cinematic
All right. If you need to be told this from the header, this post and this cinematic is into El Spoilero territory. These are...
World of Warcraft’s Steve Danuser discusses some of Sylvanas’ characterization in patch 9.2
Oh, Sylvanas; these days just saying your name prompts all sorts of discussions about the way that World of Warcraft is handling your storyline. They...
Indie sandbox Galaxies of Eden shows off its launcher and lore
Bad news, Galaxies of Eden fans, the Earth does not fare particularly well in the game's backstory. Turns out that using the setting's gateways let...
Early datamined cutscenes for World of Warcraft start to piece together the story of patch 9.2
All right, when you get tired of all of the fire covering World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment in general right now, maybe you'd...
Vitae Aeternum: Analyzing New World’s storytelling
I've been wanting to write this column for a while, but it's been a struggle to find the words. I'm never sure of how...
Star Wars: The Old Republic opens up testing for Veteran difficulty in the Elom flashpoint
There is a lot of stuff to test right now on Star Wars: The Old Republic's public test servers. Do you want even more to test out?...
World of Warcraft quietly removed all of its Torghast 9.0 questline with patch 9.1.0
It seems like basically no one was happy with the plotline that stretched through Torghast in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. This is not an indefensible...
The Daily Grind: Which NPC do you personally hate the most in your favorite MMOs?
A while back, Bree and I were sharing memories of the original launch of Guild Wars and talking about the exact moment when we...
