zones
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMORPG zone that you think looks visually stunning even today?
I'm really glad that Final Fantasy XIV's first crossover raid with Final Fantasy XI will include an area based off of Tu'Lia, also known...
Vitae Aeternum: Ranking New World’s zones by their player housing
As the interminable wait until October stretches on, New World players and New World bloggers alike search for ways to fill the time. One...
Tarisland looks at the Misty Forest in its latest map preview
Full marks to the Elves of Tarisland, they live in a place called the Misty Forest. That's it. Most Elves, they'd be calling the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the zone you love to hate in an MMORPG?
The Rikti War Zone in City of Heroes kind of sucks. It has ambiguous routing to the point that I have spent a lot...
World of Warcraft previews the Ohn’ahran Plains and the upcoming dungeons of Dragonflight
Gosh, you know whom we haven't fought in World of Warcraft in ages? Centaurs. Let's get on that with the Ohn'ahran Plains in Dragonflight;...
World of Warcraft previews the undead might of Maldraxxus
Maldraxxus is one of the new areas in World of Warcraft, and it's a portion of the realm of the dead with a very...
World of Warcraft previews the region of Ardenweald and the Night Fae
A land of perpetual twilight, overseen by the Winter Queen, Ardenweald is a forested portion of the afterlife players will be exploring in World of...
Black Desert Mobile adds in the North Mediah region
If you're going on a trip, you can bring Black Desert Mobile with you... and perhaps ironically, the game itself is bringing you on a trip...
The Daily Grind: Are there any zones in MMOs you’d like to call home?
My wife has long had an affection for Nagrand in World of Warcraft, and that makes sense to me. The gentle rolling terrain looks like...
Lost Ark announces the upcoming new continent of Rohendel in a new update
We may not be playing Lost Ark in North America just yet, but the game is still humming along with updates during its open beta...
Aion shows off the new area of Lakrum arriving in Awakened Legacy
The next major adventure in Aion will bring players to Lakrum, a heretofore undiscovered land that also happens to be hosting sites of great...
The Daily Grind: What MMO area do you find most annoying to navigate?
I'd like to thank Final Fantasy XI for having some of the most obnoxious areas in any MMO to navigate ever. Maps that are...
The Daily Grind: Where are the spots you most identify with in MMOs?
It's going to be most relevant next week, but honestly I'm not even a little bit sad at the thought of Darnassus burning in...
The Daily Grind: Is zone-wide chat a good thing for MMOs?
The first MMO I ever played was Final Fantasy XI, which meant that I got used to the idea of having no zone-wide chat....
Dark and Light offers a video tour of the Mistvane Shrine
It's funny how something as little as a name change can make a big difference. Dark and Light has been talking a lot about...
Black Desert players take their first peek at the game’s next region, Drieghan
Yes, players have finally gotten a sneak peek at the next new land arriving to Black Desert, a vast and mountainous region to the...
Crowfall is spicing up its maps with ‘adventure parcels’
The maps in Crowfall are assembled in a combination of procedural and hand-crafted generation. Individual bits are hand-crafted, but the maps as a whole...
Pantheon shows off the process of making a city with its latest video
If you wanted to catch the newest Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen stream live, we're sorry to inform you that you're too late. It...
Wizard101 sends players to adventure at the heart of the Spiral with part one of Empyrea
At the center of the Spiral in Wizard101 sits Empyrea, which was made to keep the Chaos Heart safe. It accomplishes that goal by,...
The Division’s new patch 1.8 locations want you dead
Have you ever really wanted to get ganked by the AI in a game? That's what you'll be getting with the two new areas...