When does Shadowlands drop? Right before Thanksgiving, as it turns out. After missing its previous October 27 release date, the World of Warcraft expansion will launch on Monday, November 23 at 3:00 p.m. Pacific. That's not as bad as "late...

For most MMOs, a "middle patch" typically isn't that huge. But Final Fantasy XIV is not most MMOs. Although Patch 5.3 gave us the goods with a gigantic storyline injection and several major encounters (including more NieR raid!), ...

Final Fantasy XIV is in-between patches right now, which is a perfect excuse for Square Enix to try and get people back in and playing again. To that end, there's yet another "Returner" login campaign that's kicking off today. It's live rig...

World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion might be delayed, but we have the pre-patch and this newest seasonal event to mess around with in the meantime. Hallow's End has been a staple of WoW for a while now, with the Headless Horseman...

World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion has been delayed, but the pre-patch is still going ahead as planned to tide players over and keep them subscribing until then. If you aren't familiar with the concept, Blizzard typically provides "p...

For years, a common Final Fantasy XIV (and by extension, PS4) "hack" has to been to install an SSD drive in your PS4 just to lessen the load times for hardcore XIV players. Given that the whole process won't be necessary on PS5, i...

[Update: The full patch notes have been released by Blizzard. You can find a list of some of the bigger changes below, or check out the entire thing here.] Big changes are coming to World of Warcraft, and they're happening before the S...

"Shadowlands will arrive in the fall, even if we have to ship it from our homes." That take hasn't aged well! One a few months ago, World of Warcraft executive producer John Hight insisted that nothing is going to stop Shadow...

Years ago, Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida quietly changed the perception of Final Fantasy XIV. I was there at E3 when XIV debuted. I saw the grimacing faces of press and players alike, and witnessed the rocky launch. I was also there when it ...

In case you haven't heard, Blizzard recently provided an update on World of Warcraft's level squish system and managed to bury a pretty big (previously known, but big) nugget inside of that blog post: the paid cosmetic alteration system is ...

Huge changes are coming to World of Warcraft; and like any game that's existed for over a decade, change can be scary. Or downright buggy. A lot of players are hoping that's not the case when the Shadowlands pre-expansion patch hits, i...

[Update: The mount has been chosen! It's going to be the Wandering Ancient, which is described as a "large and leafy mount." Every active Shadowlands player will get the mount in the first quarter of 2021.] World of Warcraft mount...

Sega's giving us more news next week about Phantasy Star Online 2's glow-up. What better place than Tokyo Game Show? Next Friday, there's a big Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis stream where Sega will show the first gamepl...

In today's contest, you can win Star Trek: Discovery content for space MMO CSC! I honestly didn't know there was a such thing as Star Trek Day, but here we are! Space MMO CSC just hit its 1.0 patch, bringing along new content and a sweet ne...

Final Fantasy XIV just got a fresh injection of content due to a new emotional main quest culmination in Patch 5.3 as players work through the new extreme trial and continue to enjoy the second NieR: Automata collaboration. B...

There's a brand new Ni no Kuni game in the works, and it puts an interesting spin on the acclaimed anime RPG series. Titled Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, this is an MMORPG. And it's releasing on mobile devices. And it's only in Japan. Hey...

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is out on October 27, and in true MMO fashion, Blizzard is already prepping folks for the next big thing: the first raid. As is customary with WoW, its inaugural raid will debut a bit after the launch of ...

Yesterday Blizzard finally revealed the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands release date: October 27. But it wasn't all they gave us. A new short is also primed and ready to watch, and it centers on some extremely crucial lore figures as we...

Did you expect to spend Halloween playing World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? During the slow-moving Gamescom: Opening Night Live stream, Blizzard announced an October 27 release for Shadowlands after dumping a ton of cool Uther lore into an an...

Eight years later, Guild Wars 2 is finally coming to Steam. Out of nowhere. ArenaNet also shared a vibrant teaser trailer for the 2021 expansion End of Dragons that references Cantha and Kuunavang. The subscription-less MMO will be pl...

Amazon has more money than God. Why can't it get a first-party release right? I...I don't know. But something tells me that they're going to put a little more oomph into New World than their prior efforts.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is still coming "this fall," and it'll bring hundreds of hours of extra stuff to do. While WoW players are probably champing at the bit to see if the story is any good (knock on wood), for the meantime we...

It started with a simple tweet: "Logged onto FFXIV and some guy gave me 999 eggs and asked me to eat them. I'm down to 685. On Marlboro [sic] if you want to come watch." If you play Final Fantasy XIV and have access to the Malboro...

En Masse Entertainment, widely known as the North American publisher of TERA (formerly TERA Online), is shuttering. The news was announced on the TERA Facebook page, as the publisher explained that they had "begun the process of discomfitin...

Well, here we are. It's been a long time since the last Final Fantasy XIV patch: February, to be exact. There's a reason for that of course! But FFXIV fans have been hungry for more for quite a while, putting a lot of pressure on patch...