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EVE Online hints at a ‘chaos era’ and hikes up market fees

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It's one thing to try to jar the Jenga tower of a sandbox title, but chaos? That's a word that's been bandied about by...
We don't mean anything bad!

A 16-year-old kid took Fortnite’s World Cup this weekend, pocketing $3M

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You know video games have arrived when esports is being covered on the front page of CNN, right? Such was the case last night,...

Battle Bards Episode 149: Istaria aka Horizons

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Is Istaria more than just “that game where you can play a dragon?” If it is, the answer might lie in its hidden repository...
Here we go again.

Global Chat: Ranking World of Warcraft’s expansions

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Have you ever tried your hand at ranking all of World of Warcraft's expansions from worst to best? Sure you have, because everyone's done...

One Shots: Dark beauties

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I think that there's a lot of dark beauty to be found in MMORPGs, but hey, when I ask the One Shots community to...
Everyone remembers where we parked, right?

The Daily Grind: What would (or did) convince you to try an imported free-to-play MMO?

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There's an interesting cycle with a lot of free-to-play imports which I dubbed "temports" many moons ago. Players stay away because they're sure that...
Be kind

WRUP: Recent movies that I have watched edition

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Quigley Down Under: Sometimes you have a movie that you only half-remember from when you were younger and you don't really know if it...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best sound design?

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I've long held the opinion that one of the most underrated elements of effective MMORPGs is a really good sound design. I'm not just...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Legends of Aria prepares for launch on August 6

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It's finally happening. Legends of Aria is arriving in an actual launch state on August 6th, complete with a big patch to make it...

RuneScape talks banks, weapons, and player farms, OSRS talks Song of the Elves and Warding poll results

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It's a whole gaggle of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape news. Seriously, an entire, weighty gaggle. Let's get started. RuneScape has not just one,...

Darkfall Rise of Agon has reverted its combat system to one from over a year ago

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I actually blinked when I read the patch notes for Darkfall: Rise of Agon's update this week. It's surprising for an MMO for make...
Fight me, coward.

Nighthawk returns for players to hunt him down in Champions Online

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Players in Champions Online must now content with a fallen hero with the game's newest event as Nighthawk returns once more. A former Champion...
Yes, you should feel sad.

New Frontier launches on Steam with the publisher that supposedly was not connected to the game

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Oh boy. Oh, boy. So you all remember Wild West Online, right? Survival sandbox that launched in much the same way that having a...
ROBOT ROCK YOU

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is delayed until December and made an Epic store exclusive

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So here's the breakdown. MechWarrior Online is the multiplayer shooter developed by Piranha Games based off the longstanding single-player series of shooters. Piranha Games...
Whoops.

WoW Factor: Is Age of Darkness really the next expansion, and is it what we want and need?

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First of all, let's just get this out of the way right off the bat: It is possible that this column will contain spoilers...
Really, Mulder?

AdventureQuest 3D adds aliens as a travel form option

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The aliens are coming! AdventureQuest 3D is being overrun by aliens! They're zipping from place to place in their mysterious saucers, and they look...
It looks nice, let's move in.

Atlas teases the Blackwood map on the way for next week

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There's a lot you can do with the basic mechanics of Atlas, it seems, as exemplified by the game's Blackwood map. This was teased...

SoulWorker is merging all European servers into one shard

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There's a bit of a joke in the Massively OP office about how studios keep trying to top each other in coming up with...
This could use some fuel.

Fallout 76 plans to talk about the future at QuakeCon while delaying its next major update

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Like the lingering effects of radiation, the most recent big update for Fallout 76 is still causing issues being addressed by the game's latest...
Isolationist.

Worlds Adrift will host an End of the World event before its sunset tomorrow

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Worlds Adrift's final hours are fast approaching, I'm sorry to report. Back in May, Bossa Studios announced that it was sunsetting the game in July,...

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