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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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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.


Palworld's Feybreak Update Adds Hardcore Mode, Predator Pals, Bounty NPCs, Terraria Collab and Loads More

Pocketpair recently dropped the massive Feybreak patch, which brings a lot of new content and additions that give players more to tackle at any level. 


In Prep For Cross-Play, Baldur's Gate 3 Opens Registration for Patch 8 Stress Testing

Larian is asking players across several platforms to sign up for the Patch 8 stress test to give cross-play and other Patch 8 changes a whirl.


Pax Dei Teases Future Developments With Early Concept Art To Wrap Up 2024

Mainframe Industries has shared some concept art of future content in progress through its Pax Dei Discord news channel. 


FFXIV's 24-Player High-End Raid Goes Live This Lovely Christmas Eve Morning

The 24-man Chaotic Alliance Raid, a high-difficulty boss fight, launched today in Final Fantasy 14 starring the Cloud of Darkness.


More Details on Elite Dangerous's Solar System Colonization Gameplay Discussed In Community Stream

In a 20-minute Q&A, the community team talked more about upcoming colonization efforts in Elite Dangerous's massive universe. 


Torchlight: Infinite To Lead Early January Season Launch With Preview Livestream

Torchlight: Infinite has announced the date for its newest season as well as the preview date for all of its details.  


Star Citizen's Server Meshing Tech and Pyro System Go Live in First-Ever Parallel '4.0 Preview' Build

Star Citizen launched its Alpha 4.0 build with some of its core components on a parallel live "Preview" server.