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Star Citizen shows off new missions coming in 3.9 and recounts February development progress
Star Citizen's update 3.9 is looming on the horizon and the weekly video digest from RSI is once more focusing on the new stuff...
WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Cataclysm
In my mind, Cataclysm still feels kind of recent. I don't know exactly why. It came out closer to World of Warcraft's launch than the present...
Destiny 2 staff told to work remotely to keep season on track (and the novel coronavirus at bay)
As the coronavirus has now passed 100,000 cases worldwide, more than just gaming conventions are angling to make sure they aren't among the list...
LOTRO’s future includes River-Hobbits, Mission feature, and a new type of server
The folks over at MMO Central have posted a couple of interviews with Standing Stone Games that sheds some additional light on Lord of...
The Daily Grind: What MMO quality-of-life update had the biggest impact on your gameplay?
Quality-of-life updates in MMOs don't usually get all that much attention from the most plugged-in gamers, but the truth is, they can have an...
Massively Overthinking: How could MMOs combat endgame rushing?
Rushers, content locusts, world-firsters: Whatever you want to call them, these folks are both a boon and a bane for MMORPGs. They buy the...
Torchlight III adds more skill tiers for Dusk Mage and Lineage skill tiers for Railmaster
It's another Mainline patch for Torchlight III and the work to add more skill tiers to the game's classes continues. This latest update continues...
Star Trek Online shows off the Section 31 battlecruiser in a livestream
If you love seeing those T6 ships in Star Trek Online in action, then the latest episode of Ten Forward Weekly is right up...
PlanetSide 2’s Escalation is really truly launching, this time on March 11
Back in February, Daybreak and Rogue Planet Games were talking up PlanetSide 2's Escalation update, at one point meant to launch February 19th, then...
Hearthstone celebrates its sixth anniversary with the Spirit of Competition event
Hearthstone is both saying goodbye to the Year of the Dragon and celebrating six years of operation in one fell swoop with the start...
Reign of Terror rebuilds Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction in ARPG Grim Dawn
If Diablo III's latest update isn't doing it for you, how about a little Diablo 2... in your Grim Dawn?
One of my guildies (thanks...
Wandering Wraeclast: Musings on Path of Exile’s Metamorph
At the close of Path of Exile's Metamorph league, I've been sitting back and musing on the league that brought about more changes for...
Vague Patch Notes: Why PvP is a cheap way to fill out a game’s content compared to PvE
It feels like about four years ago when I laid down the first in a semi-regular series of columns I see as "useful notes"...
Today’s Warframe update brings a major overhaul of systems and mechanics across the board
Review, refresh, and revise. Those are the three words being used repeatedly for today's large patch for Warframe, and given the content of the patch...
Black Desert’s anniversary event, world boss, new zone, and 10.6 million characters
A very happy birthday to Black Desert, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary here in the west. The popular fantasy sandbox put out an...
Survival sandbox Stars End’s latest update promises to significantly improve performance
When you subtitle your game update with "No More Lag," you are either setting yourself up to stumble or are supremely confident that things...
Frontier tells Elite Dangerous fans there are ‘no plans’ to return GalNet and other lore initiatives to the game
(This post has been updated at the end.) Over the course of February, we covered a growing thunderstorm in the Elite Dangerous community about...
Path of Exile addresses Atlas of Worlds adjustment concerns raised by players
A few days ago, Grinding Gear Games brought up a number of adjustments that are coming to the Atlas of Worlds in Path of...
Final Fantasy XI announces its new Odyssey content with the next patch
Hey, remember when we mentioned with every single post about Final Fantasy XI that the game was supposed to be in maintenance mode? It's still...
Another World of Warcraft: Shadowlands encrypted alpha build is out now
When is the start of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands testing? Well, on a small scale it seems to have already happened, since the latest encrypted...
