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Ship of Heroes is enthusiastic about Unreal Engine 5 – but practical implementation is a long way off

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Last week, Epic dropped a bunch of news and a headline-grabbing video showcasing Unreal 5. While a lot of the ensuing discussion centered on...

Path of Exile shares its most popular microtransaction items and looks at why they’re popular

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Path of Exile has a cash shop. We don't really bring it up much because its offerings are almost completely cosmetic and inconsequential to...

Global Chat: Just say ‘no’ to coin weight!

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When Pantheon recently announced that it would be adding coin weight to its inventory management system, little did the devs know that they were...
That's not good, no.

BioWare Austin’s studio director confirms Anthem reboot will be more transparent and ‘a longer process’

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It's been some time since we heard about the rumored and then confirmed reboot to Anthem -- since February, to be precise. As of...

Twitch forms a ‘safety council’ to promote healthy streaming habits and protect marginalized groups

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Twitch wants you to know it cares. No, really, it does. Why else would it announce a Safety Advisory Council whose sole purpose is...

Massively Overthinking: Do MMOs need ‘adult’ character customization?

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A Random MMO Fan recently wrote to us with a fun topic, linking to an article about Cyberpunk 2077's ESRB rating, which is apparently...

New World deep-dives spriggan boss encounters and design in new dev blog

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Here's the thing about spriggans: They're scary as hell and you should stay away from them. That's the only logical takeaway from New World's...
Single-platform universe.

Dual Universe is still not going to consoles… but it could, with these specs

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With everyone all agog over the specs for the PlayStation Five and the Xbox Series X, the team at Novaquark has looked at these...
I am not supporting this lizard-shooting quest.

Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play

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When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...
I have no idea, okay, guy? I don't know how you want to live your life or why you pick the ways you do. That's up to you.

Battle Bards Episode 168: Big bad boss battles of FFXIV

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Final Fantasy XIV fans know full well how Square Enix loves to dote on its huge and often bizarre boss battles — and includes...

Global Chat: Suffering through Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box

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Guild Wars 2 fans have developed a cult following around the seasonal Super Adventure Box, but as much as some love it, others have...

Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine

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A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...

DayZ developer shuts down its Bratislava studio, affirms it won’t affect development

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Bohemia Interactive, the development studio behind DayZ, has officially announced on Twitter that its Bratislava, Slovakia, studio is being shut down. The decision is...

Elder Scrolls Online previews Greymoor’s world-spanning, largely non-combat antiquities system

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With Greymoor now scheduled to launch May 26th, we're less than a month away from Elder Scrolls Online's next big thing, and probably the...

Population Zero hypes its impending early access launch and talks about PvP and PvE modes

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Just in case you forgot that the multiplayer survival sandbox Population Zero is launching on Steam Early Access on May 5th, there's a sizzle-filled...
Well, someone's having fun!

Battle Bards Episode 167: Childlike wonder

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Tapping into their inner children, the three Battle Bards get into the spirit of name calling, trading stickers, and goofing off in kiddie MMOs....
I'm an excellent fighter.

Global Chat: The problem with being bad in MMOs

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Have you ever felt weirdly reluctant to go the full "dark side" in a video game that offers morality meters? MMO blogger Yeebo Fernbottom...

Magic: Legends talks up the Realm system and how it helps player progression

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So it looks like Magic: Legends will have something of a housing system, but this is less about cosmetic style and more about character...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

Massively Overthinking: Would you play a housing-only MMO?

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Last week, MOP's Justin put up a neat post on his personal blog about the potential for bringing back just the part of WildStar...

Torchlight III showcases the potential of forts in a video, patches in party crash fixes and more skill updates

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Torchlight III (which I lovingly refer to as Torchums or Torchic or Torcherry Pie) is continuing to tout the fact that players can build...

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