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Victoria Rose

Victoria's been writing about games for over eight years, including small former tenures with Polygon and Fanbyte. She mostly spends time in FFXIV, head-deep in roleplay campaigns or stubbornly playing Black Mage through high-end raids. Former obsessions include Dota 2 and The Secret World (also mostly roleplaying). Come visit their estate: Diabolos (Crystal DC), Goblet, Ward 4, Plot 28.

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Smite 2 Goes Fully-Open Free-To-Play For Its Upcoming Beta Stage Next Week

Smite 2 has announced that its next beta stage will make the god-themed MOBA free to play and open to all players starting on Tuesday, January 14. 


Sandbox MMORPG Ravendawn Is Getting A Full-Fledged Cross-Play Mobile Version

Tavernlight has announced a full mobile client for Ravendawn and will be testing its Android version next week.


The US Department of Defense Claims Tencent Is Giving China Military, Defense Assets

A new government notice lists media and technology corporation Tencent as a 'Chinese Military company'


Torchlight: Infinite's New Arcana Season Offers Pactspirit Modifications, New Minion Trait, Tower Defense Game Mode and More

The mobile-friendly ARPG unveiled its upcoming additions and changes for its new season, "Arcana," in a preview stream and patch notes. 


Myth of Empires Offers Free Character Server Transfers Ahead of Persia DLC

The devs say this is to consolidate the economy just before the game's latest DLC is released.


Journey Into Season 2 Changes With Last Epoch's December 2024 Eterra Monthly Post

The monthly newsletter has come out, covering December 2024 and with little previews into the future of the game.


Skyblivion, The Mod To Bring Oblivion Into Skyrim's Engine, Refreshes 2025 Release Promise With Progress Update

In a fresh end-of-year progress update, the Skyblivion team refreshed their promised 2025 release date and showed off the nearly-finished world. 


Many Lapsed Overseas Final Fantasy 11 Players Are In A Financial Squeeze, Want Lower Subscription Prices

The official Square Enix survey for the MMORPG game was given to players who are currently or formerly subscribed to Square's 2002 MMORPG. 


Ashes of Creation Creative Director Steps In (Again) After YouTuber Flames Game

Yoshi-P's FFXIV New Year Letter Brings Annual Teaser Poem and Promises of Fanfest

Naoki Yoshida gives his usual status check for the near future and year to come--plus a teaser for the themes we'll be seeing in future updates.


Under A Mysterious Blue Light in DC Universe Online, New Story Blogs Unfurl, and Daily Rewards Improve

The second of the Story Blog series has dropped, and it's pretty dire for magic users--all under a mysterious blue light in the sky that players have noticed. 


Star Citizen's Latest Restructuring and Layoffs Target High-Level Execs

Cloud Imperium's turmoil finally hits the top of the ladder as it looks to achieve Squadron 42 and Star Citizen's commerial launches.


Star Trek Online Sets Off All Red Alert Events In New Year's Eve Shebang

Star Trek Online is bringing back its big Red Alert event, meaning all Red Alerts are returning to the game for two weeks, starting on New Year's Eve. 


Get A Not-Serpent Of Ronka In FFXIV's 2025 Heavensturn Event

Final Fantasy 14 has announced its annual New Year event, Heavensturn, including the dates and a prize that is extremely not the Great Serpent of Ronka.


A 2024 Year in Review for Final Fantasy XIV (And What Square Enix Needs To Do in 2025)

With a tumutulous year behind FFXIV, our columnist Victoria looks behind, and ahead, at the bumps and tumbles the MMORPG took.