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The Daily Grind: Would your favorite MMORPG benefit from more servers?

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Back around when Elder Scrolls Online launched Greymoor, I saw an interesting thread on the official forums asking for new servers. For some MMOs,...

Battle Bards Episode 171: Forest Tales 2

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Hitch up your shorts, buckle your boots, and step into another deep forest of MMORPG music with the Battle Bards! As diverse as the...

One Shots: Stunning statuary

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Last week's call for MMO screenshots of in-game statues resulted in so many great pictures, I could have probably done two of these columns!...
The vista

The Daily Grind: Do you like collecting trivia about unused MMO content?

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We recently ran a feature all about an iceberg of obscure World of Warcraft knowledge, weird unused parts of the game or old promotions or...

J. Allen Brack says Blizzard will combat racism through donations, bans, and education

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Nobody's ever going to hold Blizzard up as a paragon of virtue, but President J. Allen Brack said that the studio is trying to...

Lord of the Rings Online remembers Ian Holm, the original Bilbo Baggins, with Baggins’ Birthday event

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This past week, at the age of 88, Ian Holm passed away in his London home. From Alien to The Fifth Element, Holm was...
hisss

WRUP: Troubleshooting common snake problems edition

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Problem: Snake does not exist. Solution: Go buy a snake, you idiot. Problem: Snake is hissing at me and biting me and has indicated that it...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO newbie zone has the best music?

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Yes, it's me talking about MMO music again. You can't shut me up about it. But instead of throwing the field wide open for...
Not very cute.

The Elder Scrolls Online offers players a free pet for opting in to marketing emails

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Hey there! Would you like to get your inbox flooded with marketing emails because you play The Elder Scrolls Online? The answer to that...

The fresh start server land rush for ArcheAge Unchained players begins tomorrow

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Is there anyone out there who actually likes land rushes - that crazy of logging in and desperately scrambling to try to claim digital...
Are we the baddies?

Star Wars Squadrons has no plans for DLC and is looking to lateral progression for its multiplayer

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If you're a big fan of what Star Wars Squadrons has on offer (namely, piloting a ship even in VR and blowing things up)...

Warframe retools its partner programs to include more creators and create clearer behavior guidelines

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Content creators who focus on Warframe are going to see things change a bit in regards to the official Partner and Fansite Program. Digital...
lol

WoW Factor: The time-skip Shadowlands theory and the longing for World of Warcraft 2

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All right, here we go. Normally this is the sort of thing that I wouldn't actually spend a whole week on because believe it...

Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning adds an original dueling arena, teases future content

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The Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning is pressing on with updates, including yesterday's patch which added an all-new dueling arena among other...
Whee or something.

World of Warcraft introduces an Auction House ‘action budget’ that is then immediately removed

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It's time to talk about Auctioneer for World of Warcraft. If you're unfamiliar with this particular add-on, what it does is pretty scan the...

The Daily Grind: Are you a min-maxer in MMORPGs?

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A few weeks back, the Skyrim Grandma - aka Shirley Curry, who's been profiled in our own Massively Uplifting column more than once -...

Massively Overthinking: When should we cut MMO studios some slack for trainwreck launches?

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A while back, the MOP writers were chatting about some of the trainwreck launches we've seen from MMO studios over the last few years. "I...

EA Play Live 2020: Apex Legends crossplay new platforms, Star Wars Squadrons gameplay trailer

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It's a day in the summer of 2020 that ends in Y, which means another not-E3 is being streamed online. Tonight, it's EA Play...
Similar, but not the same.

Vague Patch Notes: Have we ever really had an MMO sequel?

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In the wake of Justin's recent column on whether or not MMO sequels are a good idea, MOP reader Bobfish had an interesting question...
Very mature.

74,000 WoW Classic accounts just got the banhammer for botting and other cheats

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This'll shock you, but not everyone playing WoW Classic is doing it for the thrill of an arguably more hardcore experience: Some people are...

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