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Blizzard is dramatically increasing WoW Classic’s server capacity to combat long queues

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Hey, are you sick of people complaining about WoW Classic queues? Apparently Blizzard is too, and with today's hotfix, the studio is dramatically increasing...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: The fantasy MMO zone atlas

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There are, let's face it, a limited number of different ways to design real-adjacent zones in any fantasy game. At the end of the...

Former Elder Scrolls and Guild Wars franchise composer is accused of sexual assault

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The gaming industry is in the midst of its own #MeToo moment, and one of the industry vets who stands accused is popular composer...
You've seen my dog.

World of Warcraft: Classic adds four new realms while retail tests is anniversary Alterac Valley incarnation

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The World of Warcraft: Classic hype train rolls on as the game continues to dominate streams on Twitch and also appears to be depopulating the...
Less of this and more lantern-y.

The Daily Grind: Are you up for a buy-to-play ArcheAge?

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Last week's news that ArcheAge is prepping a new buy-to-play, anti-pay-to-win server certainly caught a lot of our community's attention -- and divided its...
A nasty boy, a foul cigarette boy.

Final Fantasy XIV is holding its anniversary sale and putting out its annual short stories

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Another anniversary for Final Fantasy XIV has rolled around, and that of course means new short fiction detailing character stories that tie into the...
surfing something.

Star Trek Online is moving its event rewards away from reputation projects and into a new mode

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The seasonal events of Star Trek Online have long lived within the game's Reputation system alongside the projects of those mechanics, but not any...
Dark and subtle.

ArcheAge teases the upcoming Swiftblade skillset

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We're sorry, but there's not a whole lot to go on just yet about ArcheAge's upcoming Swiftblade set. We've got a video tease right...

Blizzard’s Ion Hazzikostas says WoW Classic’s cramped servers will reduce community disruption later

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Frustrated with WoW Classic's queues? Grumpy because you expected Blizzard to have learned a trick or two about launches in the last 15 years?...
You should check your phonoe notifications.

EVE Online launches new companion app, recaps the World Tour event from Finland

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We can't tell you if you want to play a mobile version of EVE Online on your phone, but we can tell you that...

Choose My Adventure: Anthem kept crashing, so here’s what happened in Destiny 2

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This past weekend, for lack of a better word, was a shitshow. Let me try to set the scene. My computer is about five or...
Always something new to adventure.

Gamigo is taking Trove offline all day today for a big server move

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Earlier this month, some Trove players saw more than a week of downtime thanks to outages that affected both PC players and those on...

Legends of Aria is merging server clusters as Legends of Ultima’s player shard progresses

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Earth and Sky will soon become one. Specifically, the Verdant Earth and Azure Sky server clusters of Legends of Aria, which reportedly is moving...
Siri play Chariots of Fire.

Bungie representatives dispute the idea that Activision’s leaders were ‘prohibitive overlords’

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The future of Destiny 2 under Bungie alone looks very different from the game under Bungie and Activision, especially with new features like cross-save...

Leaderboard: What type of WoW Classic player are you – is there a disconnect between the playerbase and the game?

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MMO blogger Wilhelm at The Ancient Gaming Noob came up with an amusing rubric for different types of WoW Classic players, perfect to pass...

VR cyberpunk MMO Zenith roars past $167,000 in donations

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Any way you look at it, Zenith is having a very round of fundraising. The virtual reality cyberpunk MMORPG's extended Kickstarter campaign has crossed...
Sneaky!

All factions will soon be able to fly (some) Romulan ships in Star Trek Online

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Your faction is the Federation in Star Trek Online, but in your heart you long to be like the sneaky, underhanded, and intriguing Romulans....

Mechwarrior Online shares details for the unofficial player-run 2019 Comp Championship Series

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Did you know that EVO, the massive fighting game esports tournament, started as a smaller community thing? Back then it was called Battle by...

Battle Bards Episode 151: Minions of Mirth

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It’s an MMORPG you’ve never heard of. It’s an MMO soundtrack you’ve never heard, period. But as intrepid explorers of the musical unknown, the...

One Shots: My other car is a ravenous dragon

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Sure, in your normal, mundane life you drive a Prius hatchback, but in your virtual existence, you enjoy a ride that's a bit more...

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