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Escape from Tarkov players call for a server wipe in light of gear balance issues and bad player behavior

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When they're not abusing DMCA to silence dissenting voices or coming up with threadbare excuses for not adding female models, the devs at Escape...

A popular YouTuber has released a 27-chapter Guild Wars 2 audiobook in video form

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The popular Guild Wars 2 YouTuber WoodenPotatoes has been quite busy lately. How busy? Try producing a 27 chapter-long audiobook that's set in the...

Choose My Adventure: Falling in love with the Lahn in Black Desert

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As much as I was hoping for some time with the Guardian that I pre-made ahead of the class’ arrival, the Choose My Adventure...
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Blizzard despawns N’zoth across all WoW NA servers due to an encounter glitch

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Good day, everyone. The race to Mythic world first over in World of Warcraft has taken an almost comical turn in the wake of...

Blizzard gives a half-hearted apology for Warcraft III: Reforged

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Make no mistake: Warcraft III: Reforged is going down in history as one of the worst-received and most poorly handled Blizzard launches. The incredibly...

The Daily Grind: Do you avoid MMORPG raiding – and why?

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As part of the preview of upcoming Guild Wars 2 content for 2020 yesterday, ArenaNet's Andrew Gray made some comments on raiding I thought...

Massively Uplifting: Saving lives and wildlife, studios and gamers start 2020 with compassion and charity

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A new year has begun, and many folks are looking ahead to a better 2020. And who might be making it better? Gamers! Many...

Wurm Online is officially ending the player-run RMT market in March

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For a number of years, Wurm Online has allowed players to transform in-game assets and silver into real-world profit through an RMT system, and...

Temtem banned 900 cheaters, then changed its mind on granting appeals

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Apparently, Temtem has borrowed a bit more from Pokemon than just its overall vibe: It's also borrowing the elder franchise's reputation for attracting the...
And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV has no addons and doesn’t seem to want them

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So long ago I can't remember when, interviews with Naoki Yoshida had him talking about Final Fantasy XIV getting addon functionality. To his credit (as...
R'bots

City of Heroes’ Homecoming buffs tanks and Masterminds, begins the Spring Fling

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I hate pet classes. Always have, always will. I'm barely able to stand them save for the Railmaster's pet train in Torchlight Fro--, er,...
La la la la la la ~ ♪

Warcraft 3: Reforged is now apparently offering instant refunds with no official statement from Blizzard

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Fortunately for Blizzard, after the not-great launch of Warcraft III: Reforged, everything blew over... by which we mean things got significantly worse, to the point of...
It's not quite so much of a model after all.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten a refund for an MMORPG?

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As I type this, the discussion thread on the Camelot Unchained piece from Friday is nearing 400 comments, a hefty proportion of which center...

Global Chat: Do you binge-play MMOs?

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With TV streaming services that dump entire seasons of shows on us at once, we have become a society that is used to binging...

One Shots: Making a good thing look even better

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We all like to look our very best, especially when we're taking screenshots of our favorite MMOs for public consumption. So why not use...
SWEET GUITAR RIFF

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is just far too frenetic to be playable?

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If you were not aware, I really liked WildStar. I did not, however, like the fact that the game started out and continued being......

Star Trek Online elects to sell new hero variant ships in a bundle and not individually

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The ongoing 10th anniversary of Star Trek Online has not been without some player grumbling controversies. First, it was the end of the Omega...
Hi-lacine

WRUP: Municipal edition

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Municipal. La municipale. Correct: Diagonal. Fish. Metric. Booger. Pants. Nighttime. Incorrect: Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred. Fred....
You have so many options, giving one more away won't kill ya.

The Daily Grind: How do you find an MMO guild?

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One question that gets periodically bounced to the MOP Podcast is how we go about finding guilds. I sense that this is a vital...
Not factored.

Betawatch: Fractured kicks off an open playtest for almost a week

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Oh, Fractured, you... wait, what the heck is going on with Fractured? Hang on, let me check on my phone... oh, it has an open playtest starting...

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