Blizzard has announced some additional changes coming for Wrath of the Lich King in World of Warcraft Classic, and the community largely seems pleased with what will be different from the original release. As WoW Classic continues to evolve with further expansion packs, Blizzard says in a blog post (opens …
Read More »World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches this year, Blizzard says
Pre-orders for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight went live today with a promise that the expansion will launch sometime this year. Blizzard’s store page (opens in new tab) for Dragonflight says that “World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will be available on or before December 31, 2022.” The developer had not previously announced …
Read More »World of Warcraft Dragonflights flying mechanics seem pretty familiar to Guild Wars 2 fans
World of Warcraft players are having their say on Dragonflight’s flying mounts. Yesterday, Activision Blizzard announced Dragonflight, the next instalment in the World of Warcraft series. This marks the ninth expansion for the long-running MMORPG, and as its title suggests, ‘Dragonriding’ will feature heavily in the newly unveiled addition. Following the …
Read More »Lord of the Rings Online update makes six years of content free to play
Lord of the Rings Online’s latest update has made a massive chunk of its content free to play. As of Update 33: The Yondershire (opens in new tab), which went live on April 20, you can play most of the game, all the way through 2013’s Helm’s Deep update, for …
Read More »Why Final Fantasy 14 players are arguing about the right way to eat eggs
Final Fantasy 14 has a new egg-eating emote that’s sparked debate about whether it’s weird to leave half of the shell on a hard-boiled egg. The controversial eggmote (sorry) was released in time with 2022’s Hatching Tide event. At first glance, it’s a harmless little Easter-themed thing, but as Eurogamer …
Read More »Bungie will ban you from Destiny 2 if you try to launch it on Steam Deck
Destiny 2 developer Bungie has put out a statement that warns players who attempt to launch the game on the Steam Deck will be banned. As highlighted in the Destiny 2 subreddit (opens in new tab), Bungie recently shared a stern message on its help page (opens in new tab). …
Read More »The best free Xbox One games
Let’s be honest, the best free Xbox One games are some of the biggest experiences in the entire industry. Whether it’s battle royales like Fortnite and PUBG, arena shooters like Halo Infinite, fighting games like Dead of Alive 5 and Killer Instinct, or creation tools like Roblox – there’s a …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 new data centre worlds announced for Summer
Final Fantasy 14 is expanding its North American and European data centres and servers later this year. Earlier today on January 14, Final Fantasy 14 game director Naoki Yoshida published another extensive blog post (opens in new tab), this time delving into detail on the current developments behind the scenes …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 director addresses “verbal abuses” toward development staff
Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has addressed harassment levelled at development staff and players. Last week, game director and producer Yoshida appeared on a Radio Mog Station broadcast, Square Enix’s online show dedicated to all things Final Fantasy 14. During the segment (which you can see in full over …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 adds more polygons to grapes, fans despair
Final Fantasy 14 update 6.01 slipped in a devastating change right at the end of the patch notes (opens in new tab): the polygon count of the grapes in Labyrinthos has been updated to match the grapes found at the Crystarium, smoothing over their once gloriously low-poly form. This change …
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