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Exclusive Interview: Funcom’s Romain Amiel on Secret World Legends’ combat revamp and more
It is no secret that I am deeply vested The Secret World. It is my favorite game, and I am fortunate enough to get...
Massively Overthinking: Competition vs. community in MMOs
Quantic Foundry, the games research group we've been tracking ever since it posted its original Gamer Motivation Model, has a new piece out this...
Gather ’round for a peek at ARK’s retooled inventory UI
ARK: Survival Evolved has a number of cool features that players like, but the UI isn't necessarily one of them. Take heart, survivors: A...
H1Z1 makes it easier for you to see what you’re hitting
H1Z1's PvP side is finally getting some much-needed love (sorry, slight dig at Daybreak's preferential treatment of King of the Kill). The devs posted...
Ship of Heroes touts Unreal Engine 4 progress ahead of Kickstarter bid
Since our community has City of Heroes on the brain of late, let's recall that there are no less than five games inspired by...
Lord of the Rings Online sends players to the Black Gate with today’s Update 20
The path of Lord of the Rings Online has always pointed, inevitably, toward Mordor. Update 20, live today in the epic MMORPG, brings players...
LOTRO Legendarium: Heading into the Wastes as update 20 advances
If all goes well, within a few days the Lord of the Rings Online community will be getting its first glimpse of Mordor with...
AdventureQuest 3D will launch this October after a mega-patch
Following a year of open beta testing, the cross-platform AdventureQuest 3D will launch on October 13th, 2017. Just prior to that launch, however, the...
World of Warcraft plans to add unobtainable transmog appearances in the future
Items are a big part of playing World of Warcraft. Sure, dropping ancient elves and demons and dragons to 0 health is its own...
LawBreakers rolls out massive patch today with first closed beta test
Nexon's CliffyB-designed online shooter LawBreakers enters its first round of closed beta today.
Back in August, dev studio Boss Key told fans it was going...
Here’s how intimacy and marriage work in Revelation Online
Did you know that you can get married in Revelation Online? You can! It's part and parcel of the game's intimacy system, which is...
PAX East 2017: The Elder Scrolls Online’s battlegrounds are exactly that
My absolute first appointment at PAX East 2017 was to stop by The Elder Scrolls Online display to check out the new battlegrounds coming...
PAX East 2017: En Masse tells us all about TERA’s console port
Putting TERA on consoles seems like it's the most obvious combination of games and platforms ever conceived. Even more than Super Mario Bros. and...
Albion Online previews next week’s Galahad update
As Albion Online barrels toward a release this summer, the devs are still frantically working to make the PvP fantasy game the best that...
PAX East 2017: TERA is coming to Xbox One and PS4 this year
Remember those rumors last year about a console port for TERA, buffeted by the surveys to selected TERA players about which consoles they play...
Trove previews upgrades to its console inventory system
Sorting out your inventory in Trove is a bit different from the inventory systems of other games, but it still has the same core...
Lineage II announces Grand Crusade update
The next major chapter of Lineage II's long-running story arc is set to arrive later this month, as NCsoft revealed the Grand Crusade update...
Wurm Unlimited patches up to version 1.3 today
Good news for fans of Wurm Online, as the Wurm Unlimited version patches up to patch 1.3 today. That means both versions of the...
LOTRO Legendarium: A guide to starting fresh in Lord of the Rings Online
This past week, I received this letter from reader Thurro: "Your recent LOTRO resurgence has my interest, and from the sounds of you on...
The Daily Grind: How do you set up your MMO when you first log in?
The other day I was recalling the whole City of Heroes experience (sad sigh), and an odd memory jumped out. It was the most...