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Wisdom of Nym: Just before patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV
Is it too late to hope this patch ends with a bunch of NPCs from the First watching everyone walk back to the Source...
Final Fantasy XIV launches new 5.3 microsite, hits 1.2M active players (with caveats)
Final Fantasy XIV has today launched a new microsite for the 5.3 patch, arriving August 11, 2020. The site confirms the new content coming...
Final Fantasy XIV offers a few more tidbits about patch 5.3 to its special site
Flight! Letting slip the surly bonds of gravity and taking to the skies! Final Fantasy XIV has let players fly in the expansion zones...
This week’s Black Desert update is Cursed, literally, as the Netflix collab begins
Cursed by Netflix transmedia synergy, that is! Yes, as promised, the Netflix fantasy series Cursed has a big crossover with the Black Desert franchise...
The MOP Up: EVE Online’s Triglavian conflict comes to a head
The big conclusion of EVE Online's multipart Triglavian invasion is coming to a head with Quadrant 3: Zenith, which should hit soon.
"Actions have consequences,"...
Black Desert adds a tactics-based PvE arena, a summertime quiz, and a trial that gives away the game
Free game alert, though with a bit of an asterisk: Black Desert is offering a free trial starting now until August 5th that can...
Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.3 gets a trailer along with more patch details ahead of August 11
Patch 5.3, Reflections in Crystal, arrives in Final Fantasy XIV on August 11th after an unusually long delay. But if you need to see...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset Celebration gives extra rewards for questing in the area
If you thought you were done with the big ol' elf island of Summerset in The Elder Scrolls Online, you might care to rethink...
The Game Archaeologist: World War II Online
The 1990s saw the rise of flight simulators that thrived on detailed, complicated controls and handling. Such games threw out accessibility and casual-friendliness for...
Secret World Legends preps weekend balancing pass test server event
Our recent Chaos Theory column on Secret World Legends' rather dismal last year didn't paint the best picture of the health of the game....
Chronicles of Elyria restores forums and gives parkour demo to all backers
Even as former Chronicles of Elyria backers struggle to get refunds, the sole remaining figure of Soulbound Studio says that development of the troubled...
Cryptic’s MMOs will be offline much of June 23 and 25 for lengthy maintenance
We hope that you hadn't earmarked long stretches of time to play the various MMOs by Cryptic Studios on Tuesday or Thursday. The team's games...
MMO Business Roundup: Richard Garriott, Square-Enix’s charity, Stadia, and Team Fortress’ racist bots
Welcome back to another quick roundup of video games business and industry news relevant for the MMO genre.
Richard Garriott: Apparently, the former icon of...
Hearthstone celebrates the Felfire Festival and makes some changes to Battlegrounds
It's time to celebrate the Felfire Festival in Hearthstone! Which means playing card games! Which is expected behavior in a digital CCG, if we're...
Neverwinter’s hellacious Avernus module is launching June 30
A while back we'd speculated on whether or not Neverwinter's Avernus module would make its original June launch window, and today we learned that...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor chapter is live on console today
Skyrim is finally opening up for everyone in Elder Scrolls Online today as Greymoor finally officially launches on console. It's been delayed a few...
Hearthstone is boarded by pirates while Diablo wraps up Season 20
It's not International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but cutthroat seafarers are making the headlines over in Hearthstone with today's Patch 17.4. The update...
GeForce NOW lets game publishers opt-in, Guild Wars 2 and Albion Online decide to opt-out
The stumble-stepped release of Nvidia's cloud-based games service GeForce NOW is having another wobbling point. Nvidia has elected to let game developers and publishers...
Pathfinder Online moves into open enrollment and makes several updates
Since it's been some time since we last took a peek at Pathfinder Online, we thought it would be a good idea to see...
So ArcheAge Unchained’s Garden of the Gods is not free, and ArcheAge players are not happy
Do you folks remember last August, when Gamigo formally announced ArcheAge Unchained, promising a new monetization model for a buy-to-play version of the sandbox,...