Eliot Lefebvre
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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about weird-sounding words.
Betawatch: Pantheon previews primal and possibly problematic PvP
So the Pantheon crew is preparing to add PvP, but the devs are quick to point out that this is raw PvP. So raw...
Necesse’s latest patch puts you into the plains cave biome
The caves on the plain are mainly full of pain in Necesse, but you don't have to take our word for it. You should, but...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity releases on March 25
It's not long until Final Fantasy XIV's next major patch arrives according to the most recent live letter from producer and director Naoki Yoshida....
The First Descendant’s Season 2 Episode 2 update is live
There's a certain irony in having a character named "Serena" added to a game when her whole routine is hosing down enemies with automatic...
Albion Online’s latest patch to Rogue Frontier is all about the balance changes
If you've thought to yourself recently that ZvZ combat in Albion Online feels like an all-axes pass because axes were just too powerful, good...
The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off another free-play event through March 20
Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG... The Elder Scrolls Online? Wait, is this right? It is hosting a free play event, and that...
Vague Patch Notes: Learning to hate the MMORPGs you love
I had to teach myself how to hate Star Trek Online. It didn't come naturally to me.
If you've read the stuff that I've written...
Path of Exile 2 gets a teaser for its next major content update, Dawn of the Hunt
Good news, Path of Exile 2 fans, you're not going to need to go hunting for information on the game's next major update! Do you...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most painful cosmetic choice you’ve made in an MMORPG?
So there I was in Final Fantasy XI wearing sub-par gear because it looked better. This was in 2004, meaning it was well before...
Perfect Ten: The strangest weapons you wind up using in MMORPGs
Human beings have been using things as weapons for about as long as human beings have had hands and needed to hit stuff. That's...
Dungeons & Dragons Online releases update 72.1 today with a free raid for all
It's the year of the snake, which means that it makes a certain amount of sense that Dungeons & Dragons Online has a new...
‘It is raw PvP’: Pantheon prepares for the return of lawless PvP in April
We hope that Pantheon players have enjoyed living in a world where the only things trying to kill them are controlled by computers because...
Final Fantasy XI moves its Limbus items over to Curio Moogles with its newest update
The mog houses in Final Fantasy XI already seem a bit as if they're stashed off in a back alley of the main cities,...
Sea of Thieves prepares for a March full of anniversary celebration – and a Solitaire collab
How many years have you been adrift on the Sea of Thieves? Seven now, and March is going to be a month all about...
Star Wars The Old Republic shows off its reward for today’s Galactic Season 8
It's time for Game Update 7.6.1 and a new galactic season called Rising Powers in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and if you assume...
Split Fiction, a new co-op adventure game from Hazelight, is out now with full crossplay
If you were one of the people who really enjoyed It Takes Two and were hoping for another game along the same lines, good...
Wisdom of Nym: Completely unlikely theories for the future of Final Fantasy XIV stories
I frequently like to make predictions for the future of Final Fantasy XIV that seem reasonable and make logical sense. I'd say "that's kind...
Dieselpunk PvPvE vehicular battler Sand enters early access on April 3
How do you feel about sand? If you don't like it because it's coarse and rough and gets everywhere, maybe you should pre-emptively avoid...