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The Daily Grind: What’s the most unlucky MMO?

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A few weeks back when Fractured Online was contending with yet another round of exploits, rollbacks, and downtime, MOP reader Gidja remarked that perhaps...

Massively Overthinking: Are survival games the new MMO?

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A few Overthinkings ago, a MOP commenter said something that seemed very simple but still hit me really hard, to the point that I'm...

Fortnite’s Ramadan-themed event, Lantern Fest, is live through April 10

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I think I can count on half a hand the number of online games that even do the barest whisper of an event for...
Bad dudes.

Final Fantasy XI’s developers talk about the process of creating the Voracious Resurgence

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The Voracious Resurgence was already the post-coda story content for Final Fantasy XI. After the game had already received its last story update, we...

Palia has racked up 3 million players since hitting open beta last summer

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It's not every day that we get cold hard numbers from a games studio, but Singularity 6 is providing a very large one today:...
No. It's the children who are wrong.

Vague Patch Notes: You might be the reason you no longer love this MMO

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Despite its ubiquity in sitcoms throughout the '90s, I have never had a single relationship end with the other person saying, "It's not you,...

EverQuest’s in-person Fippyfest is one-third sold through already as we’re finally getting more details

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Daybreak's Fippyfest has been a wild ride of emotions ever since the studio first announced the EverQuest-centric event. Players were initially thrilled to hear...
Great. Grand, even.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the worst about constantly re-inventing itself?

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For years now there has been a recurring chorus among World of Warcraft fans of not wanting to re-learn how to play the fan's...

Well Fed: An exploration of the Final Fantasy XIV official cookbook

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Welcome back, my fellow gaming gourmands, to Well Fed, the column that answers the question: Are gaming and MMO cookbooks any good? And this...

Elite Dangerous plans adjustments to Thargoid Titan system effects as players focus on their next target

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Now that Elite: Dangerous players have been emboldened by their first victory against a Thargoid Titan, the fight is moving on to a new...

Helldivers 2 adjusts armored Terminid health and spawn rates while quietly adding new flying enemies

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Helldivers 2 has made good on its promise to address armored Terminid enemy spawns with a patch that released yesterday, which should make dealing...

The Daily Grind: Do you cull your MMO character rosters at all?

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I don't think I'm going that far out on a limb by saying that there are a lot of MMO altoholics in our audience....
Baggy.

Guild Wars 2 adds the charmingly baggy cargo pants to the Black Lion Trading Company

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Clothes make the man, as the old saying goes, and Guild Wars 2 is hoping that you want to make yourself look really cool...

Besieged by bitcoin bots, BitCraft reiterates that it’s not a crypto or NFT MMO

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We've been shaking our head ruefully at BitCraft's name for several years now, as it seemed clear to us that the name could be...
Market!

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida discusses making the game less stress-free, according to new interview

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There's always a delicate balancing act between reducing the amount of tedious busywork necessary in a video game and keeping the game fun. A...

Working As Intended: 10 more City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see

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Back in February, I revived Working As Intended to run a flurry of City of Heroes articles on the heels of Homecoming's formal license,...

The Daily Grind: What’s your current backup MMORPG?

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I'm really enjoying what I'm considering my second wind in MMORPGs, fam. I had a rough spot in the mid-teens after the original Star...
world cup

War Thunder previews Tank Football 2024 and more Alpha Strike update content

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Are you ready to play some football? In a tank? That doesn't make any sense as a name because tanks famously do not have...

Global Chat: Will World of Warcraft’s ‘bold experiment’ work?

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A tantalizing question mark on World of Warcraft's 2024 roadmap has a lot of the community talking and guessing, and MMO blogger Kaylriene looked...
Roar.

Wisdom of Nym: So how are we going to sort out Final Fantasy XIV’s Vana’diel crossover?

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There is an odd relationship between Final Fantasy XIV and crossovers. There are, broadly, three categories of crossover that the game has engaged in. The...

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