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LOTRO Legendarium: Moria, Gundabad, and LOTRO’s lessons on underground design

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In late 2008, Lord of the Rings Online released its first and highly touted expansion, Mines of Moria, featuring the iconic Dwarven underground kingdom...

Fallout 76 vs Fallout 4: Which is better to play in 2024?

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Growing up as a computer gaming geek, I've been quite the Fallout nerd since 1997 (and, arguably, since Wasteland in 1988). Other than Tactics,...

World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix speed-leveling event is live this afternoon

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As we alluded to in this morning's Daily Grind, today is the day for World of Warcraft's Mists of Pandaria remix hullabaloo, so if...
Complete with strong eye contact

Final Fantasy XIV shows off its new job actions in a nearly five-hour-long Letter from the Producer

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Fans of Final Fantasy XIV who are accustomed to the normal flow of information ahead of expansions will remember that usually, the media tour...
Create and destroy alike!

EG7 Q1 2024: Daybreak still mum on PlanetSide 2, new H1Z1 game hires lead designer

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It's not even been two weeks since Daybreak owner EG7 published its 2023 annual financial report, which of course omitted everything relevant that happened...

Interview: Wayfinder’s AJ LaSaracina on the Echoes transition, launch, and long-term plans

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Following yesterday's surprise reveal that Airship Syndicate is planning to transition the always-online MMO looter shooter Wayfinder into a buy-to-play online-optional title - without...
Never gonna get it, never gonna get it.

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs as fast food joints

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Sometimes you go out to eat because you want something that's difficult to make on your own or just involves techniques you are unfamiliar...

Wayfinder’s summer Echoes update banishes always-online and microtransaction components

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Wayfinder has been in limbo for months now following the split of Digital Extremes and Airship Syndicate that saw the game's publishing as well...

Star Trek Online announces Season 32 Unparalleled, starring Denise Crosby, for May 28

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It's been a couple of months now, but if you can remember the Cryptic dev stream back in March, you'll recall that the studio...
in the court of the midnight king

Guild Wars 2’s The Midnight King, the last Secrets of the Obscure update, launches next week

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The last and final entry in Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure content rollout is upon us in just one week: The Midnight...
Trans rights city.

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on new job abilities for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail

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I'm not going to lie: It feels as if Dawntrail kind of leaped into action with the Final Fantasy XIV fandom. The fan festival...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is it worth being a zone completionist in LOTRO?

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We need to start today's column with one important disclaimer: There's no right or wrong way to play Lord of the Rings Online, only...
Slightly disappointing context.

WoW Factor: How World of Warcraft makes you cheer for removing features

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Yesterday, MOP's Justin wrote a column about The Elder Scrolls Online that detailed its key virtues. It's a good column, and one of the...

Tamriel Infinium: Four reasons you should stop sleeping on Elder Scrolls Online

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The paradox of Elder Scrolls Online is that while it continues to be a Top 5 MMO thanks to the studio muscle and IP...
I DID NOT WANT TO DO THIS AGAIN

Vague Patch Notes: The problem with forever adding classes to MMOs

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The second expansion for Final Fantasy XI, Chains of Promathia, launched to extremely mixed reception, and there was one overwhelming reason for that lack of...

Vampire survivalbox V Rising officially departs early access with the launch of 1.0 Ruins of Mortium

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Friends of vampirekin, rejoice, for today V Rising has officially left early access and joined the surprisingly small roster of survival sandboxes with the...

Kickstarted afrofantasy MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles is sunsetting before launch

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I'm terribly sorry to report this morning that The Wagadu Chronicles is shutting down development and sunsetting. Our readers will know that Wagadu was a...

Choose My Adventure: Elsweyr questing and dragon slaying further solidify my Elder Scrolls Online love

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I appreciate that this series of Choose My Adventure columns has started to read an awful lot like I'm being paid off by The...

Second Wind: V Rising’s 1.0 build is a fangtastic revamp of the vampire survival sandbox

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It doesn't seem possible that V Rising burst onto the scene almost two years ago, but here we are. I sometimes struggle to get...

Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s radically casual new endgame

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Today we're going to be dusting off Second Wind, a column where we revisit MMOs of the past. It's an older column, sir, but...

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