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The Soapbox: Why Cryptic’s MMOs are the epitome of comfort gaming
They say you never forget your first kiss. I honestly can't recall much about mine, but I do vividly remember the day that I...
Blizzard promises a fix for Diablo IV’s season battle pass ‘dark pattern’ after widespread player complaints
Among the many complaints that players are leveraging against Diablo IV, one of them is arguably far more serious than class nerfs: a bit...
Lord of the Rings Online just offered a first look at the new Hobbit premium housing
Yesterday, Standing Stone Game's senior world designer Matt "Scenario" Elliot was kind enough to spend an hour showing off my next house in Lord...
PlanetSide 2 adds new implants and construction targeting lasers, heralds double XP weekend
Summer events are reinforced in Daybreak's PlanetSide 2 today with the launch of the July 19th PC update. The release reiterates the ongoing Tides...
Nightingale recaps its most recent playtest and dishes on future plans
So how did playtesting go for Nightingale during its June event? Well, the latest video from Inflexion Games definitely seems pretty positive, although there's...
PvPvE ‘MMO-lite’ Valorbound checks in with updates on models, gear, and its extraction gameplay focus
It has been two years since we heard word about Valorbound, so let us review before we dive in to some of the latest....
Ankama’s Dofus previews the benefits of its move from Flash to Unity
The next major era for Ankama's Dofus is heading our way as the game works on a transition from using Flash to Unity as...
World of Warcraft’s leads are ‘skeptical’ they’ll ever get gearing right
With Update 10.1.5 out the door, World of Warcraft's dev teams have their hands full with the subsequent fallout and adjustments from this kitchen...
The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Mac, the O.G. classic server
In 2003, Sony Online Entertainment tried an experiment to reach out to the (then) small-but-growing community of Mac users. The company released EverQuest Macintosh...
Villagers & Heroes reopens Twilight Vale and adds seahorses for midsummer
Villagers & Heroes players, it's time to emerge from your house decoration frenzy and head to the midsummer event zone, as Mad Otter Games...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration rogue server expands galactic civil war mechanics in latest update
If you think the galactic civil war feature that played out in Star Wars Galaxies was kind of humdrum back in the day, perhaps...
Camelot Unchained recaps crafting mods, environment ‘style packs,’ and more NPC AI work
Here in early July, Camelot Unchained is once more offering its customary reports about June's development progress in its standard newsletter and dev blog...
Choose My Adventure: A Warhammer Online Return of Reckoning reunion with a dash of WAAAGH
It's criminal that there aren't as many Warhammer games that use the Orks. They're my favorite group in the game purely because they just...
EverQuest II burns it up with the Scorched Sky Celebration
It's always interesting to see how MMORPGs attempt to fill up the summer season with a variety of events. And here to take our...
New World previews the rewards waiting in Season 2’s free and premium battle pass tracks
While Season 2 of New World will be bringing things to actually play, it's also bringing another battle pass, and if you're the sort...
Black Desert Console closes the spring seasonal server and makes multiple class adjustments
We are well in to the summer months in meteorological terms, but the console edition of Black Desert has just closed the spring seasonal...
PlanetSide 2 PC tests some new implants, patches in UI updates and bug fixes
Last week saw PlanetSide 2 open up its PTS so players could kick the tires of seven new implants, all of which are being...
Mortal Online 2 provides a look at territory control and siege mechanics ahead of their June 28 public test
Mortal Online 2 is once again using its latest livestream to point in the direction of its upcoming territory control update, as Star Vault's...
Final Fantasy XIV launches its 10-year anniversary site
It's been a decade now since largely unknown producer and director Naoki Yoshida oversaw the relaunch of Final Fantasy XIV, an industry punchline at...
Embers Adrift readies its buy-to-play shift with testing of subscriber features and new zone
The beginning of this month saw Embers Adrift decide to give up the subscriber-only drum-beating and switch over to a buy-to-play model with an...