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World of Warcraft tweaks Plunderstorm balance while promoting its forum posts on the new mode

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Hey there, World of Warcraft fans! Do you want to talk about Plunderstorm? The developers want to talk about Plunderstorm. Look, we're talking about...
take THAT

WRUP: You should absolutely do 100% of the things listed in this WRUP edition

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Open thread for the weekend! Tell us what MMOs you're playing this weekend, and maybe answer the bonus question - this week's is about our bad cooking.

The Daily Grind: Who’s the most sympathetic or tragic MMO dungeon boss?

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Usually when we come to a boss in a dungeon, we see it as a plus-sized obstacle that's between us and advancement and loot....

New World’s Season of the Guardian launches April 2, server merges begin next week

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The delay is over - or it will be in April, anyway - as Amazon has finally announced a new date for New World's...

The Stream Team: Roaming further into an astrolabe forest in Nightingale

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MOP's Chris was last seen taking his first exploratory sojourns into an astrolabe forest in Nightingale for Choose My Adventure, and today he'll be...

Massively Overthinking: What’s the most polarizing topic in your favorite MMORPG?

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I was playing Lord of the Rings Online last weekend when my server naturally veered off into one of its favorite discussions: whether Moria...

The Daily Grind: What’s your most-used consumable in MMORPGs?

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I've been thinking a lot of about economy problems lately - economy problems in MMORPGs, that is. It's a confluence of discussions, really: my...
bored bored bored

EverQuest II brings GU125 to the beta server on March 26

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Did you know that if all of EverQuest II's game updates were chicken eggs, this latest one would be the 125th egg? That's a...
Well, points for effort.

Vague Patch Notes: Why in the world do you want the Riot MMO to be a thing?

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Let's make something clear right up front: If you came into this column eager to head for the comments section to say, "Well, I...
Voracious!

The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs where you feel finished?

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The very nature of any given MMO means that as long as the game is still running, you'll never truly be done. Sure, rogue...

Global Chat: EverQuest hits the quarter-century mark

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There's no way that The Ancient Gaming Noob would miss out on EverQuest's 25th anniversary: "So there is a lot going on if you...

Guild Wars 2 releases more profession balancing tweaks as players offer to train noobs to raid

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Guild Wars 2's patch this week is such a hodgepodge of tweaks and bufferonis that we hardly know where to begin. It touches on...

The Stream Team: A round of hot drops into the bug and robot killing fields of Helldivers 2

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MOP's Chris is back for another bout of Helldivers 2 with his best friend! Now that he's got more time under his belt and...

Everything we learned about the future of Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, & Champions Online from Cryptic’s stream

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The knowledge that Cryptic's MMOs have been shunted off to a tiny European corner of the Embracer empire is not news to the MMO...
Choices were definitely made here.

Pantheon shows off its Season One test phase in video form

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Are you curious what the gameplay looks like in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen during its Season One test phase, but you aren't a...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most uncomplicated MMO to play?

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Listen, I appreciate depth and complexity in games that are designed well. I like having a bevy of choices in an MMORPG to keep...
Stuff. You. Give. Me.

ArenaNet is cracking down on bot abuse in Classic Guild Wars PvP

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If you thought modern MMOs were plagued by bots, wait until you see what's been happening over in Guild Wars - the original Guild...

Super Mario Maker community races to beat every level before the servers close

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Right now there's a race on that's drawing ever more attention -- and it may come down to the wire. For the past six years,...

Heck yeah, Valve is finally fixing Steam Family Sharing so it doesn’t suck

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Last night, Valve announced a major - and long-awaited and desperately needed - revamp of its existing "family sharing" system so good that actual,...

Choose My Adventure: Opening and exploring the astrolabe forest in Nightingale

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I was not expecting the voting to be as close as it was for this game. There was a nearly three-way tie at polls'...

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