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Last Epoch’s Tombs of the Erased season brings a spike in player numbers and a buckling of servers
This week brought the second season of stuff for OARPG Last Epoch, as the Tombs of the Erased update and all of its features...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen opens a fresh start server, rolls back other servers over a duping bug
It's a weird, woolly, and odd set of headlines coming out of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen early access, and there's really no way...
Black Desert wrestles with node war problems on console, drops a new Atoraxxion: Orzekea trailer
It's Black Desert news time again, and this week we're going to be leading off with BDO Console, but not necessarily for particularly happy...
Aion Classic readies two new high-level dungeons for next week’s Wrath update
Are you ready for some good old-fashioned wrath? It's OK, Aion Classic isn't really mad at you; it's merely puffing itself up to look...
World of Warcraft’s anniversary Classic servers hit Phase 4 on May 1
All right, let's make something clear for the World of Warcraft fans: It's almost time to go back to Zul'Gurub again. But this isn't...
Vague Patch Notes: Level scaling in MMOs with the lateral spread and the temporary shrink
Last week I talked about how MMORPGs use level scaling to accomplish actually useful and important goals. In short, there is an issue with...
Star Citizen kicks off an alpha 4.1.1 stress test this weekend and showcases digital hair design
If you have no plans this weekend, are a Star Citizen fan, and are among the Wave 1 and Wave 2 testers that get...
The First Descendant’s April patch has arrived with Ultimate Blair and a revamped newbie experience
As promised, Dynamic Motion Online - that is, The First Descendant - has launched episode 2 of its second season in its April update...
Dungeons and Dragons Online drops another new quest, Toil and Trouble, in Update 73.1
Don't expect to binge Dungeons and Dragons Online's latest quest pack because Standing Stone Games is holding back all of its goodness from your...
Throne & Liberty adjusts difficulty for solo dungeons, updates rewards for bosses and instances
The solo dungeons waiting within Throne & Liberty's Hall of Illusion have gotten a bit of a tweaking in this week's patch, with a...
WoW Factor: Six things I really don’t like about World of Warcraft’s War Within
With that rager of a negative title hanging over this column today, I want to start by saying that overall I generally like World...
Pax Dei is finally getting fast travel in next week’s Easter miracle update
So, who called for a surprise Easter patch in Pax Dei? Because that's what you're getting on April 22nd. Perhaps it's to be expected...
Interview: Star Wars Galaxies Legends reveals the long-awaited second part of the Jedi Themepark
If you've been following the Star Wars Galaxies rogue server community, you probably know that SWG Legends has become one of the most interesting...
PlanetSide 2 players offer Daybreak $10,000 to revert last week’s server merge
Earlier this month, when Daybreak and Toadman finally merged the PlanetSide 2 North American servers into one, players had quite a shock when they...
Lost Ark reaffirms April update’s honing tweaks and its next character boosting events
Generally, the Eye on Arkesia video digests from Lost Ark effectively summarize what has been already announced into one digestible format. That's most definitely...
Global MapleStory is bringing back its OG lead dev for Classic MapleStory
From our vantage point, the splitting of Global MapleStory from its Korean version a year ago has been more than a success, with multiple...
The Daily Grind: Are you returning to Guild Wars 1 for the anniversary bash?
I know several MMO gamers - including some of our own writers! - who have been enticed to pick up Classic Guild Wars this...
Baldur’s Gate 3 brings cross-platform play, photo mode, and new subclasses in its final patch
The co-op D&D adventure RPG that is Baldur's Gate 3 has gotten its last patch, and we have to say that Larian Studios is...
Dark and Darker Mobile adds new modes, social spaces for guilds, and new gameplay systems
How many pre-seasons can one game have? If you're Dark and Darker Mobile, the answer is three, especially since the newly launched Pre-season 3:...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
