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Final Fantasy XIV posts the third of its documentaries on the creation of Shadowbringers

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The video documentaries about the making of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers roll on, and this particular installment is all about character art and outfit design....
The Quick and the Gay

Coronavirus roundup: Virtual GDC, Overwatch League suspended, Crowfall and Funcom work-from-home

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As the novel coronavirus pandemic's impact is felt across the globe, shutting down everything from international travel to the NBA to markets, it continues...
lol so randum

The Daily Grind: Were you present for any historic MMO events?

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For all the talk of world firsts, server firsts, and so forth, the real notable MMO events are usually ones that just seem to...
Wheeeee

Star Trek Online invites players to take part in the design of the next summer event ship

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The summer event ships in Star Trek Online are a long-standing tradition, but this year Cryptic Studios is doing something different. In prior years, players...
Demonic.

Revelation Online previews the City of the Demon Gods

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You've got to be a pretty rough town to be dubbed the City of the Demon Gods, but the new dungeon being added to...
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Albion Online works to limit alliances, ganking, and underwhelming loot in its latest patch

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It'd be unfair to call the latest patch for Albion Online a course correction; rather, it's more of an ongoing course adjustment. Alliances, for example,...

Daybreak’s new EverQuest and EverQuest II boss Jennifer Chan addresses players in new dev blog

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Last week, Daybreak's Holly Longdale stunned players of EverQuest and EverQuest II when she announced she'd be leaving the Daybreak team she's headed up...

Desert Arena: First impressions of Shadow Arena, the Diet Black Desert of battle royales

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Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: Son of conversations with anthropomorphic MMO studios

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It has been a while since I've had any more conversations with anthropomorphic representations of MMO studios. Why? Because it's not fun for me. Come...
The shine is off.

Astellia Online merges its European servers, begins event to boost duos and trios

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Ah damn, don't like writing these posts: Astellia Online has admitted it's merging down its EU servers, specifically Aquarius and Canceria. On March 17th,...

Coronavirus leads to E3’s cancellation, plus SMITE and Pokemon Go postpone events

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Update: The ESA has now made it official. We've included the press release at the end of this article. If you thought it was strange...

The Daily Grind: Are you a stingy MMO spender?

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I like to think of myself as a fairly thrifty guy. A bulk of my Kindle library was either free or purchased on discount,...
Good job, guy!

Players claim to be hitting rank 1000 in Red Dead Online

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Big numbers are impressive, and thus it's something of a milestone that a player in Red Dead Online has hit rank 1000 for what he...
Might as well jump.

Phantasy Star Online 2 looks back at its closed beta for some statistics

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The open beta for Phantasy Star Online 2 is just around the corner, but the game did have its first beta test already, and that...
Paws for impact.

ArcheAge brings the Pawesome Festival around to give everyone some adorable furry pets

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Do you want to share your adventure in ArcheAge with a sentient pillow filled with knives who screams for food and breaks things in...

Choose My Adventure: An impressive and empowering first few steps in Albion Online

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Albion Online has been one of those sandbox MMORPGs that I’d always had a passing curiosity about, but was never really eager to take...
We're going to be here for a very long while, princess.

Final Fantasy XI’s newest patch brings the Odyssey to the game

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We are sorry to tell you that the latest patch notes for Final Fantasy XI do not contain any new information about yesterday's surprise that...
Cruisin' down the street in my six-four.

Final Fantasy XIV brings in a new wave of Ishgardian Restoration content with patch 5.21

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It's time to limber your saw, get your tree-chopping arm ready, and start scanning your recipe book, because a new batch of Ishgardian Restoration...
Years and years.

Star Trek Online accidentally yanks away players’ pricey ships

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When you spend a crapton of money on video game ships, you kind of expect for the game to actually deliver them. And then...
Past is just practice.

The Daily Grind: Are you worried about the fate of EverQuest right now?

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Ever since last Friday's latest Daybreak drama - the announcement that longtime EverQuest franchise head Holly Longdale was leaving the studio for some big...

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