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Final Fantasy XI’s latest version update brings some very minor changes for Dragoon and Dancer

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The developers behind the very reliably updated Final Fantasy XI talked a great deal about how this month's version update would bring balance changes for...

Exclusive: Legends of Aria previews its first major content of 2019

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We've had our eye on Legends of Aria since, well, long before it was called Legends of Aria, meaning we've been watching the game...
There's some vintage updates here, you know.

Path of Exile’s team is back at work with the first Betrayal League patch of the year

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It's good to know that the team behind Path of Exile took some time off for the holiday, since all outward indications are that this...

Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2019?

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Way back in 2015, not long after the SOE game purge and Daybreak transition that laid off a huge number of developers, we began...

For Science: The psychology of online gaming toxicity, fanpersonism, and gamer identity

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Over the holidays, I bumped into some great video material from author and YouTuber Caleb Ross that seems useful for online gamers in particular....
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Storyboard: What makes an MMORPG a good home for roleplaying?

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Guess who's back. I gave Star Wars: The Old Republic a lot of grief over the course of 2018 for the fact that its server merges...

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2019

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With nearly all of our end-of-2018 content finally and blissfully behind us - seriously, I always breathe a huge sigh of relief when it's...

What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies

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Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...
Blade and Soul, thoughts are all like butterflies, yeah.

Blade & Soul outlines how to earn its Cutting Edge cosmetics for the three-year anniversary

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To celebrate the third year of Blade & Soul in the west, players are getting the chance to getting some far futuristic-looking costumes and weapons....
I node what I node.

Ashes of Creation’s new community head is already fielding player questions

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Ashes of Creation's new community marketing lead Margaret Krohn is already on Reddit answering player questions on a range of topics from payment plans...
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Vague Patch Notes: The fads and the curious (and why Overwatch’s star is fading)

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So it's beginning to look a lot like the Overwatch fad has faded. It was a crazy couple of years there, but the fact that...
Everyone wants to feel like a hero. Sometimes there's not a hero moment.

Excelsior! Bereft Blizzard boasts big boost with stupendous Stan Lee stand-in wandering World of Warcraft!

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Greetings, heroes of Azeroth! Many MMO and other multiplayer titles mourned the much-missed and many-storied media mogul Stan Lee when he passed away in...
Well, that sounds fun.

Anthem shows off the gameplay of its speedy Javelin, the Interceptor

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Each of Anthem's four Javelins is meant to support a different playstyle, and the Interceptor is for those who feel the need... the need for references to...

Shroud of the Avatar loses player services lead to Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium Games

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Shroud of the Avatar Community Manager Serafina announced today that she is moving on to greener pastures, stepping down from her role as Portalarium's...
Darn, no.

The Daily Grind: What’s the MMO-related purchase you regret the most?

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Every so often, I feel a degree of satisfaction in having dodged the MMO purchases that I'd really regret. I never bought a lifetime...

Elite: Dangerous players embark on an eight-month voyage to the edge of the galaxy

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It might well be the mother of all community-driven events. A group of Elite: Dangerous players are attempting to voyage together to the very edge...
It's never quite gone.

Paragon Chat is already planning an event for the City of Heroes anniversary on April 28

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This year would have been a big one for City of Heroes as the game's 15th anniversary. Of course, the fans aren't about to let...
Going nowhere, going nowhere.

Fallout 76 is getting a patch full of fixes on January 14

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It's a brand new year, and Fallout 76 is encouraging everyone to party like it's 2077, which would make the title a bit of a...

Choose My Adventure: Fumbling through the stars of Elite Dangerous

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It was a pretty close call in terms of what my first task in Elite Dangerous would be for this edition of CMA, but...

Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2018

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While we lost several painful MMOs in 2016 and 2015, 2017 was noticeable chiefly because we lost a large number of small MMOs, perhaps signalling a...

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