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Final Fantasy XIV previews patch 7.3, The Promise of Tomorrow, in its latest live letter
by Eliot Lefebvre on June 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The latest Final Fantasy XIV live letter has showed off the game’s next patch: patch 7.3, The Promise of Tomorrow, is slated for early August release and will contain the conclusion of the Dawntrail expansion story. Of course, before we reach that wrap-up, we’ll have a new expert dungeon in the form of the Meso Terminal and
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Anti-P2W MMO Lionhearts is on Kickstarter selling duchies and duke titles for $10,000
by Bree Royce on June 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A few weeks back, we covered a new-to-us strategy MMO, Lionhearts – a game effectively spun out of a Roblox game by indie studio Credenzio. And now, the game has officially rolled into a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. The buy-ins start fairly low, mind you; you can get pre-alpha demo access for just 10 bucks, though
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Vague Patch Notes: Control archetypes in MMORPGs are dead, but also they aren’t
by Eliot Lefebvre on June 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Recently, we got a very fun podcast question from Merp asking if control/debuff archetypes in MMORPGs were dead. This is a good question! It’s such a good question that I immediately stole it for a column because it ties into so many different aspects of design, and it was followed up by a question about
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Pearl Abyss has apparently put CCP Games – and EVE Online – up for sale
by Bree Royce on June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
According to reporting on Korean financial news site Money Today, CCP Games – and therefore EVE Online – are back on the market. Readers will surely recall that Korean games company Pearl Abyss, then best known for the massive “big five” MMORPG Black Desert, bought CCP Games all the way back in 2018, stunning players
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World of Warcraft previews its next major update, The Ghosts of K’aresh
by Eliot Lefebvre on June 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
With World of Warcraft having just deployed its most recent update, you might assume that the game is going to kick back and let everyone enjoy the patch for a bit… but no. It’s time to look forward to the next major update, The Ghosts of K’aresh, with a whole video as well as a news article detailing