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Blade & Soul is splitting damage types and adding new bracelets with the Storm of Arrows update

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The next update for Blade & Soul is dubbed Storm of Arrows and that sounds absolutely horrifying. You might say "it's just a little rain" if...
The vista

World of Warcraft’s private servers are emptying in the wake of WoW Classic, but they aren’t empty yet

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So, who figured that the people playing World of Warcraft emulators would all jump ship in order to play on the official version of WoW Classic?...
Thanks, I hate it.

Fortnite adds in the unfortunately named Moisty Palms with its perfect prop disguises

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You there! Do you want to shoot people in an area dubbed "Moisty Palms?" No, probably not, but that is the exact level that Fortnite's...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: The many modes of social experience in MMOs

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There are two statements frequently made with regard to MMOs that seem like linked clauses, but they're not. "MMOs are social games" is a...
Cargo cult.

World of Warcraft outlines its improved recruit-a-friend program

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Do you have a friend you want to drag with you back into Azeroth? Soon you will be handsomely compensated for the gesture, thanks...

Path of Exile cancels new lockboxes-within-lockboxes after ‘intensely negative’ feedback

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So let's play a little round of bad news, good news with Path of Exile. Yesterday, with the Blight expansion not even a week...
Prepare for bear.

The Daily Grind: What little details delight you about WoW Classic?

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My WoW Classic guild is heavily weighted in favor of World of Warcraft veterans who think that we have seen and done it all...
AITA?

Final Fantasy XI brings new Ambuscade challenges and a new high-level fight for the future

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The end of Final Fantasy XI's fourth expansion is back. In high-tier battlefield form. Yes, the latest version update has arrived and brought with it...
Diverse!

RuneScape has cancelled the Weapon Diversity project, but not its goals

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There was a noble goal at the heart of RuneScape's Weapon Diversity project: making every individual weapon type feel like a distinct choice beyond raw...
This is all fine. Everything's fine.

Closers brings Seth to the battlefield today for pre-creation players

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Gosh, why do people keep shoving monsters into things which are not monsters? The latest addition to the team in Closers, Seth, was just a...
Tell me more, tell me more, but you don't have to brag.

Final Fantasy XIV’s third piece of fiction for the anniversary is one gigantic spoiler

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So, hey, maybe you haven't yet finished the main scenario for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. That's fine, we're not judging what you do with...

Choose My Adventure: A stronger, straighter start in Legends of Aria

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What a difference a few weeks make. This past spring when I last toured Legends of Aria for Choose My Adventure, things were a little...

Space content for SWGemu is still up in the air as devs say a wipe and launch are still ‘a long ways off’

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If you've followed the long-running original-flavor Star Wars Galaxies emu community for any length of time, you are surely aware of the emulator that...
Someone please clarify.

Lineage 2M shows off new trailers seemingly showcasing all in-game footage

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The original Lineage still makes bank in South Korea, which is probably part of the reason why the upcoming Lineage 2M is highly anticipated by players...

Bless Online has officially sunsetted – RIP, Bless

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Back in June, Neowiz announced the sad news that Bless Online's western version on Steam - the last version left alive - was sunsetting...

City of Heroes Homecoming asks players what they want from a licensed server

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Now this is an interesting development, and very possibly a hint at things to come, though there's no official confirmation of legitimacy one way...
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Wisdom of Nym: Predicting the next Final Fantasy XIV jobs far too stupidly early

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So now's a good time to start predicting the jobs we'll be getting in the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion, right? It seems like a...
Oh, boo-hoo.

EVE Online offers grief counseling for ship losses and celebrates exploration record

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What's the hardest part of EVE Online for new players? It looks like CCP Games is betting that it's the sting when your first ship...

EA’s infamous ‘sense of pride and accomplishment’ post now holds a Guinness record – for Reddit downvotes

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By now, we're all familiar with the 2017 comment by EA about how lootboxes provide "a sense of pride and accomplishment." The remark was...

The Daily Grind: Did you ever skip any great MMOs to play something more popular?

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With WoW Classic in the news so much lately, I've been thinking back to 2004 when the original World of Warcraft launched. We've spent...

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