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Kritika Online’s last day up in the west is April 30, but TERA and Closers are offering incentives to refugees

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Next week, the lights go down on Kritika Online. As announced back in March, En Masse is shuttering the game on April 30th after...
Leaf it up.

MapleStory 2 sums up Project New Leaf and promises a summer expansion

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The entire overarching Project New Leaf update involved a whole lot of changes for MapleStory 2, changes aimed at almost every aspect of the game....
Kate, we have to go back!

World of Warcraft Classic will be using up-to-date items, but not all items at once

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Itemization is more of an issue than you might think of in World of Warcraft: Classic. Sure, there's a pretty clear progression of gear in...
IN CARS~

The Crew 2 is open for a free test drive this weekend

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Do you remember The Crew 2? Are you currently playing The Crew 2? Because Ubisoft would like you to do so, and to that end the...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: What could win back the crowd for the next World of Warcraft expansion?

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So the conclusion to the Azshara raid has been mined out, and I'm just going to link it to you here. I don't want...

Star Citizen swaps Around the Verse for Inside Star Citizen as it deep dives its own Cloud City

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Around the Verse is back this week for Star Citizen fans, although it's gotten a bit of an overhaul: It's now called Inside Star...
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Cox Communications is rolling out a new Elite Gamer ‘fast lane’ internet connection

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Who wants to pay more for your internet connection to make sure you can play games on it? Because that's what Cox Communications is...
We know what we know.

Massively Overthinking: Is there a ‘do or die’ moment for MMOs now?

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This week MOP's Eliot and I were chatting about the wild summer the MMO industry is about to have, what with a whole bunch...
For you it's all in a day.

Final Fantasy XI prepares for the Feast of Swords and White Mage adjustments

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It's the end of an era in Japan. That's not figurative; the transition to a new emperor means that it's the end of the...
Mommy and Daddy and Mommy and Daddy are fighting again.

Albion Online changes land auctions and hellgate rewards with its latest patch

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From this point on, you'll be going in blind to land auctions in Albion Online. The newest patch has changed the way bidding for land...
Please, just... potter less.

Vague Patch Notes: It’s all right for MMO studios to stop trying

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Let me tell you about last year's NaNoWriMo project. If you've never taken part in National Novel Writing Month, it's a great reason to...

CCP Games withdraws all accusations against EVE Online CSM member it banned for supposed leaks

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At the beginning of April, we covered the latest scandal to rock MMORPG EVE Online, as studio CCP Games rather publicly removed a member...
Here we go again.

BlizzCon 2019 announced for the start of November

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It's almost time! All right, it's nowhere near time, but it will be time when November 1st rolls around for BlizzCon. The convention dates have...
Good car, bad game.

The Daily Grind: What would you be willing to transfer servers for in an MMO?

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As I write this, we're knee-deep in the 24-hour maintenance for Final Fantasy XIV splitting up the North American datacenters. What will I do after...
alexa play the gold saucer theme

Overwatch introduces the Workshop to build truly custom game modes

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Historically, one of the best parts of Blizzard's various single-player games has been building custom maps; it worked out well for Warcraft III, clearly, and...
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SWG: Beyond is the latest in a long line of Star Wars Galaxies emulators

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Is it rogue server week or something? Fans have now announced another privately run Star Wars Galaxies server, this one called SWG: Beyond. Longtime fans...
Look over there!

Crowfall talks about improvements to alchemy and lighting

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Lighting, like ambient sound, is one of those things that you tend to notice most in MMOs when there's something wrong with it. You...
Welcome to priority town.

Overwatch’s next hero is not Sojourn, but a lot of people wish she were

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You all remember how people were a little bit miffed about the introduction of Wrecking Ball/Hammond into the Overwatch lineup, right? To summarize very quickly,...
That's Trek for you.

Star Trek Online announces Rise of Discovery, two new discounted Command Dreadnoughts

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Star Trek Online fans, point your eyeballs at PC Gamer this afternoon, as it's got the scoop on Rise of Discovery - that's the...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Things do prepare for ahead of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

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Let's be real, folks, Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion is not right around the corner. You have two months until that thing is even in early access,...

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