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WRUP: Let us drink the Juice edition

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Let us drink the Juice. Let us. Drink the Juice. The Juice. We desire the Juice. Give us all of the Juice and let...

The Daily Grind: How far behind are you in your MMO’s main storyline?

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From LOTRO to FFXIV, from Guild Wars 2 to SWTOR, the backbone of the modern solo MMORPG experience is the main storyline. And whether...
All right, here we go.

Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers kicks its leveling up a notch

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The train for Torchlight Frontiers rolls on, and not just because it literally has a class about summoning a train. The latest patch for the...
Well, this is a... something?

TERA has officially moved over to the En Masse launcher on PC

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TERA isn't moving anywhere by itself, but its launcher has changed. The game has moved from its dedicated launcher to the En Masse launcher,...

Crowfall’s three-week Maeve campaign has begun as ArtCraft releases new War Stories video

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The Trial of Maeve has begin for Crowfall following last weekend's Kierlan campaign. Maeve, however, runs much longer: through June 12th, with no reset...
This plan sure worked!

WoW Factor: Crazy speculation on turning back the clock for World of Warcraft

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There's a game I like to play - wait, no, that's a lie. There's a game I do play called "Oh, I Made Myself Sad."...

EVE Down Under kicks off with a hilarious screwup in Sydney

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EVE Down Under kicked off today (last night, for those of us in the US) in downtown Sydney, Australia, with a series of developer...
Warping shadow.

Final Fantasy XIV releases job action trailer, benchmarks, and 16M player count ahead of Shadowbringers

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The gates have not yet been thrown wide for Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion, Shadowbringers, but players can now see what's on the other side pretty...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for obsessive completionists?

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I have been a lot of things in MMORPGs over the years. Raider. Roleplayer. Cat-herder. Merchant. Even killer. But one thing I've never really...
Hit things.

Path of Exile demonstrates its new Blood and Sand melee skills

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You know now that with the Legin update, Path of Exile wants you to hit things. It wants you to hit things a lot, and one...
Dinosaur tech.

Star Trek Online is dropping 32-bit support in July

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Time marches on, and it seems only appropriate that you cannot spend your time playing a futurist-looking science fiction series like Star Trek Online on...
Mossy.

Final Fantasy XI developers share plans for the future of the game and ongoing development

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If you've ever thought to yourself that Final Fantasy XI updates so reliably that it really shouldn't be called a maintenance mode, you're not entirely...
Sometimes the theme is just disappointment.

Vague Patch Notes: On fans and fanboys in MMORPGs

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When you play Final Fantasy XIV, you are going to be stuck playing one of an assortment of jobs, with no actual customization to distinguish...

Albion Online is once again under sustained DDOS attacks

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Albion Online is no stranger to DDOS attacks, MMO players will recall. When it formally launched in 2017, it fended off weeks of DDOS...
Doom approaches.

No, Elite enemies in World of Warcraft: Classic are not dealing too little damage

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Remember how back in the earlier days of World of Warcraft every Elite was a vicious murder machine, leading to Bloodborne-esque dances of nearly dying every...
What is even happening now

Final Fantasy XIV challenges fans to hunt for irregular tomestones with the Moogle Treasure Trove

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Do you want to do random older content in Final Fantasy XIV to earn a grab bag of odd rewards for familiar content or...
Sorry, guys.

The Daily Grind: What could your favorite MMO do to attract new players?

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Every MMO wants more people to play it. That's kind of the nature of the thing. While no one working on Secret World Legends is...

Rogue Server Roundup: Toontown Rewritten, Chronicles of Spellborn, and SWG Legends

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Emulators, pshards, rogue servers: Whatever you want to call them, they're buzzing with confidence right now. I mean, we legit got a properly formatted...

Desert Oasis: In praise of the charmingly chaotic Black Desert community

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One of my favorite dishes is dinuguan (dinu-goo-ahn). It's a pork dish covered in a sauce with the consistency of curry and the dark...

Overwatch third anniversary is live with new skins, free-play weekend, and new match modes

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Overwatch's third anniversary is upon us, and you know what that means: a whole bunch of inappropriate or weird skins for your favorite heroes,...

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