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Star Citizen talks alpha 3.9 and beyond in wake of record-breaking crowdfunding year
The Pillar Talk roundtable video from Star Citizen is all about plans. Plans for 3.9, plans for the new Pyro system, plans for the...
Multiplayer-optional ARPG Wolcen just launched on Steam with a huge day-one patch
It's not an MMO, but you might want Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem on your wish-list anyway. It's a new ARPG from WOLCEN Studio, clearly...
Final Fantasy XIV updates its patch site with umbrellas, armor, and lore
There's no new information needed for Final Fantasy XIV players to be excited by patch 5.2, especially not when it arrives on February 18th and is...
Vague Patch Notes: How to read games industry investor reports as a player
The old adage goes that diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock. By extension, marketing is the...
World of Warcraft: Classic is now inviting players into Blackwing Lair for the next phase of content
It's time to raid Blackwing Lair in World of Warcraft: Classic all over again. Of course, people have a slightly better idea of what to...
Life Beyond’s economy gets a boost, plus its studio snags an Epic Mega Grant
MOP's Bree once argued that the economy was the central core of MMOs, the one element that truly bound an online game together and...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing new raid and Rohan housing
Hot on the heels of yesterday's rollout of Riders of Rohan on the progression servers, Lord of the Rings just started testing Update 25.4...
SWTOR’s 6.1 Pinnacles of Power goes live today with new story beat and stronghold
Star Wars: The Old Republic's Pinnacles of Power was meant to go live this past Tuesday. It didn't. It was delayed, according to BioWare,...
The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off the Murkmire Celebration on February 20
Do you like lizards? Of course you do. Everyone likes lizards. The Elder Scrolls Online likes lizards so much that it's celebrating the most lizard-focused of...
Starbase shares work on moon surfaces and advertisements and a new Boltcrackers episode
It's another week of progress notes from Starbase, and just like the last time this one has some shiny new pictures and updates from...
Torchlight III’s latest alpha update focuses on achievements, interface, and polish
The jury is still out on Torchlight III - how MMOsy it'll be in the end, and whether people will like it in spite...
Desert Oasis: Finding the plot in Black Desert’s story
In our preview of Black Desert's new Guardian class, one of the more surprising conversations to come out of the comments was the opinion...
Dungeons and Dragons Online upgrades to 64-bit client, adds Alchemist class
Heady times have arrived for Dungeons and Dragons Online, as it joins its sister game LOTRO today in upgrading to a 64-bit client.
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Perfect Ten: MMOs I’m optimistic about in 2020
I didn't actually plan to make this an annual feature or anything; I thought of it last year as a fun list, and then...
Lord of the Rings Online activates Riders of Rohan, hands out cloaks and armor
Lord of the Rings Online players are about to ride for ruin (in a good way), thanks to today's unlock of Riders of Rohan...
Star Trek Online: Legacy is launching on March 3 for console players
It's been a decade for players of going on a trek across the stars online in... uh... Star Trek Online. It delivers what it promises....
Blade and Soul takes a closer look at the upcoming Way of the Phantom Assassin specialization
While by no means the deep dive that one might want for a new class spec, Blade and Soul has at least offered a...
TERA’s Crescent Sea is live on PC with Elin Valkyries and the new treasure ship dungeon
It's patch day for TERA's PC crowd today, as Crescent Sea officially goes live, bringing the playable Elin Valkyrie to the game world along...
Albion Online now counts 350K monthly active players, plans major alliance changes
We just got some fun numbers on Albion Online, buried in a forum post: Sandbox Interactive says that its massive Queen update in January...
Guild Wars 2 just put an end to cheese mechanics in the Drakkar encounter
It's patch day for Guild Wars 2, and that usually means one of two things: a tiny one-line bug tweak, or a major release....