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The ArcheAge consumer lawsuit against Trion Worlds is still inching onward
It seems weird to be writing about Trion Worlds again, but here we are. MMO players will recall that back in 2015, three gamers...
City of Heroes: Community harassment ramps up as Homecoming counts 91,000 players
What should have been a fun Memorial Day weekend in Paragon City turned into nightmares for some members of the City of Heroes rogue...
Crowfall’s three-week Maeve campaign has begun as ArtCraft releases new War Stories video
The Trial of Maeve has begin for Crowfall following last weekend's Kierlan campaign. Maeve, however, runs much longer: through June 12th, with no reset...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – the trials
First and foremost, I freely admit that the title for this one is a bit of a misnomer, since we're covering a lot more...
Massively Overthinking: Super wrong snap judgments of MMORPGs
The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...
Elder Scrolls Online’s latest free trial event has begun as fifth anniversary celebrations continue
If you've somehow never managed to try The Elder Scrolls Online in the last five years, first of all, what are you playing that's...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – side stories, part two
If I'm being entirely honest, I could probably stretch this series out even further from having two columns on side stories in Final Fantasy...
Riot is trying to divert its employees’ gender-discrimination lawsuit to arbitration
Hoo boy. Just when it was starting to look like the seemingly interminable saga of Riot's sexual harassment and gender discrimination scandal couldn't get...
Crowfall Q&A discusses major armor rebalance and being too ‘hardcore’ for regular gamers
Crowfall's J. Todd Coleman and Thomas Blair might be losing their minds a tiny bit in ArtCraft's latest Q&A video, but we're here for...
Be one of the first to visit Elsweyr on the Elder Scrolls Online PTS right meow
Elder Scrolls Online fans were hoping this came sooner rather than later: Elsweyr launched on the Public Test Server! ZeniMax Online Studios has teased...
Crowfall’s Illara campaign – and a wipe – arrives this week
One of the hallmarks of Crowfall is its cyclical campaigns that feature firm beginnings and endings before coming back in different forms. This format...
RIFT Prime character transfers were delayed over ‘unforeseen circumstances’ as Trove loses CM
When Gamigo announced that it was closing down RIFT Prime, the game's progression server, it told RIFT players that their characters would be safely...
PAX East 2019: Elder Scrolls Online Elsweyr makes playing the bad guy feel very good
During this year's PAX East, freelance games journalist Sam Prell - you might remember him from his time at Joystiq and GamesRadar - took...
The Black Desert Shadow Arena banwave and backtrack is an absolute clusterfudge
For the last week we've been covering the hacking wave in Black Desert, as cheaters swarmed the Shadow Arena battle royale mode with trial...
The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn
Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...
Call of Duty swatter receives 20 years in prison
The so-called Call of Duty swatter, Tyler Barriss, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his 2017 swatting call that resulted in...
Black Desert mass-bans Shadow Arena hackers as True or False patch goes live and Black Desert Mobile is teased
If you've been keeping an eye and ear on Black Desert's battle arena mode Shadow Arena, you probably know that the game's been plagued...
World of Warcraft reactivates all lapsed accounts this weekend
With a surprisingly solid patch out the door this month, World of Warcraft no doubt wants to get as many eyeballs on its game...
The MOP Up: Aion’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring
The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full bloom over at Aion Europe, with this spring festival offering a hero trial, a "topsy-turvy" laboratory, a...
Legal proceedings between Crytek and Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium move to alternative dispute resolution
Just when we all thought the matter had seen a major roadblock in the proceedings, a new chapter in the game engine lawsuit between...