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Guns and funs.

Fortnite addresses the importance of the B.R.U.T.E. and its actual impact

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The latest season of Fortnite has added a big stompy mech in the form of the the B.R.U.T.E., and some people are really upset...

EVE Online prepares for phase two of the Aether Wars tech demo and plans chaos for cyno fields

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Things are getting more active in the world of EVE Online on a couple of different fronts. Specifically, the next phase of the Aether...
Huh. That... huh.

Shroud of the Avatar hosts a livestream about fishing in fetid water

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If you want to watch a community livestream about Shroud of the Avatar's community team hosting a fishing contest in fetid water, gosh, today...
It feels faintly telling, yes.

World of Warcraft dataminers find character boosts and recruitment rewards as Classic prepares for an AMA

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The latest mining for data in World of Warcraft offers some fascinating hints about the future, largely because of what the presence of certain...

Bungie’s weekly update touches on Destiny 2’s Armor 2.0, cross save, and ‘Dresstiny’

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When you look good, you feel good, and no more is that true than playing dress-up with your favorite MMO avatar. The folks at...
That's a big oops.

Fallout 76 shows off its upcoming Vault 94 raid

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It's hard to know how to feel about the preview of Fallout 76's upcoming raid on Vault 94 as a long-time MMO player. The...

RSI plays with particle effects in this week’s Inside Star Citizen video digest

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Special effects are pretty important in video games and especially in a sci-fi world of undeveloped technology. The folks at Star Citizen seem to...

Here’s how Discord says it’s been addressing toxicity and spam

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It's nearly impossible to be a gamer in 2019 and not be at least familiar with Discord, the ubiquitous chat program that's replaced, in...

Champions Online lets out a death rattle – but it’s the good kind

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It certainly has been a fascinating summer for Champions Online, as the superhero MMORPG emerged from a long-running hibernation to pump out a full-fledged...

Black Desert is free to play on Xbox through Sunday

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Still trying to figure out what you're going to do this weekend? If you have an Xbox One in the house, then we'll make...

The Daily Grind: How much should an MMO’s source material restrict player customization?

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MOP reader Tanek recently pointed us to a thread on Lord of the Rings Online forums where players have been debating the merits of...

Players can now compete in Crowfall’s Trial of Gaea for a stat-buffing Badge

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The common refrain/hashtag espoused by Crowfall is "take the throne," which sort of references the fact that campaigns have a limited time and see...
Vogue.

Albion Online removes tons of items from its marketplace in advance of its wardrobe system

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The latest patch for Albion Online is a bit frustrating in the sense that most patches add things. Today's patch is mostly taking things...
leave my dagron alone

Legends of Aria explains the new professions system it launched with Steam early access

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Still fresh off its Steam early access launch last week, Legends of Aria has posted a new dev blog all about the Professions system....

Lord of the Rings Online opens the doors to a Dwarven dungeon

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Oh, you doofy Dwarves, will you never stop digging too deep? How many world-ending monsters do you have to dredge up in your quest...
We never claimed to be saints.

Anthem and BioWare lose lead producer Ben Irving

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Man, it's not been the best year for Anthem, has it? BioWare's multiplayer shooter certainly underperformed and seems to be slipping into obscurity the...
Rocky!

Space colony MMO Seed raises $22.3 million with help from LEGO (seriously)

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If Scrooge McDuck piles of money are enough to get you excited about the possibility of developing games, then jump into the moneybin that...
Similar to teamwork.

Black Desert Online recaps its PlayStation 4 beta issues and performance

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The beta testing for Black Desert Online on PlayStation 4 has come to an end for now, but there is in fact a nice...

Guild Wars 2 players raise eyebrows over new cash shop sword similar to one found in Gamigo MMO RIFT

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Guild Wars 2 dropped a new cosmetic sword in the cash shop this week that's caused a ripple of fuss on the forums and...

Leaderboard: Does the ESA’s new transparent lockbox policy go far enough?

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Last week, just as the FTC's video games monetization abuse investigation got underway, the ESA announced that many of the major and minor games...

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