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Why fix issues when we could double down?

The Lahn arrives in Black Desert Mobile’s Korean edition

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The mobile version of Black Desert Online, appropriately dubbed Black Desert Mobile so you know exactly what you're getting, is not quite up to...

Would you try a single-player spinoff of The Division 2, or are you happy with it as it is?

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Over the weekend, multiple game devs, including The Division 2's creative director, floated the idea of a "single player narrative driven spin off" of...
Hello and goodbye.

Fan-built Fallout Online projects are happening in the classic game style

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So, are you of the mind that Fallout 76 didn't really capture what you wanted from an online game in the franchise's universe? Perhaps...
And if you don't love me now, you will never love me again.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers’ balance issues ahead of the first patch

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So, here's the genesis of this particular column: Originally, my plan was to actually just talk about story beats from Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers...
FAT CHOCOBO DOT DOUBLE U EMM VEE

Chinese Final Fantasy XIV players are eating huge amounts of food to win… a fat chocobo

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So Final Fantasy XIV has added the Black Fat Chocobo to the game in various regions, and each region seems to be getting different...

Expansion into the Witch Head Nebula is the next community goal for Elite: Dangerous players

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Commanders who are extremely active in all things Elite: Dangerous have likely been looking forward to the space sandbox's next community goal. Yesterday gave...
A tremendous accomplishment in whatever field you were trying to pursue.

They’re taking the hobbits to Conan Exiles, where someone rebuilt the Shire

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Well, this is something new. If you were to draw a Venn diagram of the ways that the world of Conan and Lord of...

Global Chat: Sucked into Shadowbringers

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It's hard to deny the fact that this July, half of the online gaming population seems to be immersed into FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion. And...

Sea of Thieves video previews Black Powder Stashes event, upcoming balance changes

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Shiver me timbers, it's time for another weekly Sea of Thieves developer update. This time, Executive Producer Joe Neate gives players a taste of...

One Shots: How to lose a staring contest

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I suppose we all need to accept the new reality, which is that we're only starting to see the tsunami of Final Fantasy XIV...
Time is on my side, after a fashion.

The Daily Grind: What bit of MMO control snobbery bothers you the most?

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I've been using my mouse for hotkeys for years, to the point that I feel most comfortable doing that for abilities rather than clicking....
Still crazy after all these years.

WRUP: Things you are probably typing incorrectly edition

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Dungeons and Dragons: This is incorrect. The title should always be spelled with an ampersand. Whopper Juniors: Thanks to an overly pedantic joke I will...

The Daily Grind: Which online game has a personality that mirrors yours?

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Intentionally designed or not, every MMO and online game exudes a personality, and no two are exactly alike. It might be the cheerful anarchy...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Bless Unleashed brings players around for another beta weekend

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You know, Bless Unleashed has a bit of an uphill road to manage at the moment. It doesn't just have to fix bugs for...

Google DeepMind is dispatching an AI to face EU StarCraft II players in the name of science

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So far, I'm not afraid of the Singularity happening if the best AI can do is translate things horribly and create stumbling idiots for...

TennoCon 2019: The Warframe community raised $250,000 CAN for Canadian Mental Health Association

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What better way to wrap up TennoCon 2019 than with a shout out and hearty thanks to the generosity of Digital Extremes and Warframe...
Probably more friendly than Dragon's Catma.

Dragon’s Dogma Online is shuttering in December

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It's entirely possible you don't remember Dragon's Dogma Online. The game it was based upon, Dragon's Dogma, is a weirdly enduring little game that...
Would you like to see something unsettling?

WoW Factor: What would a factionless World of Warcraft look like?

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You know, part of me honestly figured that the speculation around World of Warcraft abandoning the faction split would have died out months ago...
It's neverending.

Final Fantasy XIV announces maintenance for its first noteworthy Shadowbringers patch

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Yes, it's time for the first patch to Final Fantasy XIV since its most recent expansion, and... oh, stop staring in dumbfounded shock and...
A pet you can no longer have.

World of Warcraft: Classic outlines the Hunter issues that are being worked on for the game’s launch

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Ah, the endless dance of issues and things which are not actually issues in World of Warcraft: Classic. Let's recap quickly. The fact that...

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