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Old School RuneScape (OSRS) recently made a tweak to its economy, with developer Jagex announcing an increased Grand Exchange (GE) tax. The GE is RuneScape’s trading hub and Jagex acknowledges that “any update involving your hard-earned gold can be sensitive,” so the developer went into some detail on why it was making the change: the…

Call me a bit of a softie, you’ll probably be right, but I can’t help feel bad for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. Sure, it was an ill-advised stab at live service that came at the cost of a dent to Rocksteady’s rep, one that lost Warner Bros. $200 million, fell short of every…

All these years later, the Warcraft 3 modding scene is still producing fully fledged games. The mod Battleships is sort of like a take on DOTA, but instead of RPG-style heroes, players pilot upgradable warships afloat in watery labyrinths. The big shakeup is that your weapons fire themselves, so any harassment and creep farming will…

This week, a new expansion launched for Destiny 2. The Edge of Fate marks the start of a brand new saga—and ushers in a major overhaul to some key systems, seemingly aimed at making the game more accessible for newcomers and more sticky for its remaining playerbase. In theory, then, this should be a big…

Metal Gear Solid 5 came out (oh my god) 10 years ago, but it can still spark discourse like a game half its age. Did Konami mistreat Hideo Kojima? Did Kojima push his luck too far? Will we ever get Episode 51 (no)? Do we regret our words and deeds more than the regular amount?…

Each of Magic’s crossover sets has adapted its source material to the rules of Magic: The Gathering in a different way. One of the ways the Final Fantasy set will do that is with double-faced cards that represent bosses and other characters becoming their final form. Cecil, Dark Knight becomes Cecil, Redeemed Paladin, for instance,…