One common thread I've heard about gaming for the past several years is the amazing quality of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Once arguably the worst mainline title in the series, it has evolved into what many, many, many&...

It's a notable week for comic book video games. Just as we're getting ready to cozy up to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, there's news out of Comic-Con about another upcoming Nintendo Switch title: DC Universe Online. After months of buildup, t...

[Header image source] I've posted a few in-game cosplay/glamour appreciation roundups before, but Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn really does continue to one-up itself with each update. As a result of the latest expansion, Shadowbrin...

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers' first wave of post-game content has been dated, and the initial phase unlocks today. Eden, the core raid of the Shadowbringers expansion, is live. Here's how to access it and what you can expect.

Amazon Game Studios has announced plans to create a brand new free-to-play Lord of the Rings MMO. Set for consoles and PC, the title will be made in collaboration with Leyou Technologies Holdings Limited and Middle-earth Enterprises and wil...

World of Warcraft entered a new era recently with its Rise of Azshara patch, and now the main event has arrived: the Eternal Palace raid, featuring Queen Azshara herself, a character that has been part of the overall Warcraft ...

Publisher Gameforge has announced that they have acquired the rights to publish fantasy sequel Kingdom Under Fire II in the west. Blueside's online multiplayer title, which has seen betas and releases come and go in various territories, wil...

I've been putting Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers through its paces, but now that I've completed the new campaign and have toiled away at the current endgame, it's time to really weigh in. The short version? It brings it.

Dragon's Dogma is a strange series. We've technically only gotten one mainline game from the great Hideaki Itsuno (who moved on to Devil May Cry 5 after he headed it up), but the series has lived on for seven long years through the work of ...

Final Fantasy XIV is an interesting MMO in that it doesn't allow for modding support. A lot of other popular genre titles, such as World of Warcraft, allow for "quest helper" add-ons and the like, so that folks can easily find their wa...

I'm making my way through the main story quest of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, and I came across a particularly puzzling mission that a few folks have asked me to share the solution for, since there's no real guides yet. It's called "...

Final Fantasy XIV has been through hell and back: and its producer, Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida, rescued it from the ninth layer. I'll never forget my excitement when I walked up to test out the original version of Final Fantasy XIV at E3 ...

Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has arrived today in early access form before its proper July 2 launch, and you can either dig in with an existing character or try out the two new jobs: Gunbreaker or Dancer. So here's the rub! If you...

We're hosting a MapleStory giveaway for some free DLC! Our friends over at Nexon love giving away DLC to our readers. Don't believe me? Check my account history -- we've done like a billion giveaways with them! (I can't count, so that numbe...

For Final Fantasy XIV players, preliminary patch notes are like mini holidays. We get to see how a major expansion or update is going to shake up before getting granular specifics, which lets us plan our approach before its arrival (in...

Amazon and Square Enix have teamed up to offer a new promotion that benefits Final Fantasy XIV players, and it involves the life-encompassing mount system. If you spend $19.99 on "any game," you get the Black Fat Chocobo Mount for free: the...

I had my fair share of MMOs in high school with Final Fantasy XI, so I've mostly been on the periphery of XIV's tumultuous first year and phoenix-like rise after Square made a monumental decision to reboot the entire game. Since then, XIV h...

It took a good seven months, but Fallout 76 fans - those who plonked down for the Power Armor Edition at any rate - are finally starting to receive their canvas bags, bringing to an end the controversy known informally as "Bag-gate."As a qu...

So for the most part, the way players gear up in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is not changing. There are some tweaks, mind, but generally you're going to be racing to the new level cap of 80, then acquiring better gear through tom...

As popular as the Switch is, there isn't a single traditional MMO experience available for the console on these shores. While it makes some kind of sense in that portable mode conflicts with the always online requirement MMO's have, not eve...

Xbox says that it wants its players to play the best games in the world. It's making good on that promise this afternoon. A bombshell from the Xbox E3 2019 press conference is that Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming west next year. You'l...

Sometimes, Final Fantasy XIV's in-game cosmetic (glamour/transmog) system really blows me away. There are millions of costume combinations at this point, and myriad Final Fantasy and Square Enix references at large. If you wanted to try to ...

Enter our contest to win this limited Elin statue from TERA, and take some free content while you're at it! If you're into MMOs, getting free in-game content just for being a fan, and limited super-expensive statues, then you've come to the...

Square Enix is getting ready to unleash Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers expansion out into the world, and in addition to all of the new content that entails, we're also getting some long-awaited (like nine years, if you count the 1.0...

People often disparagingly ask me why I play MMOs. After I reply that they're cathartic for certain people, I usually wax poetic on all of the unique human moments that only the MMO genre can facilitate. Reddit user unstablereality had...