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First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway

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At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
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The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs you waited for reviews before buying?

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As someone who spends a not-insubstantial part of my life reviewing games, especially with bigger titles, I know it sometimes feels like wasted time....

Global Chat: What are the top dragons in EverQuest?

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If you were pressed to put together a top 10 list of the most famous and infamous dragons in EverQuest, which beasties would you...

Progress Bar: Inside the latest 24-hour pre-alpha test of Pantheon Rise of the Fallen

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This past Saturday was when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen elected to open up its floodgates and let a whole bunch of people into...

First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre

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Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp...

Not So Massively: Stormgate isn’t delivering a revolution (yet)

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Stormgate's marketing is laser-focused on studio Frost Giant's plan to deliver an "RTS revolution." With StarCraft II still popular but slowly waning as it...

First Impressions: Palworld copied all the right homework to graduate as its own enjoyable game

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You know how the back of a box of Hamburger Helper or other boxed dinner mixes encourage you to toss in extra ingredients to...

Fight or Kite: Warhaven’s pre-season 2 is super fun but perilously unbalanced

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Update: This column was written before we knew that Nexon has decided to sunset the game in April, unfortunately. Consider this our eulogy and...

A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch

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Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...

First Impressions: Nexon’s THE FINALS blends the best features of Overwatch, Valorant, and Titanfall

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As a true gamer through and through, I’ve played my fair share of games. By now I’ve probably played every genre of video game...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 446: Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of MMOs

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Chris and Justin discuss Tarisland's beta, Perfect New World's beta, Pantheon 247 cancelation, SWTOR's Aussie server, EVE Online's Havoc, World of Warcraft's Seeds of Renewal, WoW Classic Hardcore, and WoW Classic Season of Discovery.

First Impressions: Tarisland has some rickety bones but some solid muscle

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I admit that it can be kind of hard to process Tarisland without immediately comparing it to a certain title. I've had no emotional...

First Impressions: Warcraft Rumble is a slick but shambolic multiplayer romp

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I won't say that Warcraft Rumble was at the top of my most-anticipated games of 2024, but I've been low-key excited about this title...

First Impressions: Perfect New World is an unbalanced mess right now with its ‘equilibrious’ test

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This past week has been a mighty full one for our genre in terms of the number of beta tests that landed on our...
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Perfect Ten: Solid MMOs you might be sleeping on in 2023

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For today's list, I wanted to take a different approach to recommending MMORPGs to you. I know we often talk about underrated titles, but...

LOTRO Legendarium: Are we ready for LOTRO’s Corsairs of Umbar?

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They say that as you get older, time seems to pass by much more quickly. Perhaps that explains why 2023 feels like it's been...

Corepunk is running a tiny preview test this weekend with several more planned ahead of December early access

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It's been a long couple of years of waiting - and five delays, several of them due quite literally to the invasion of Ukraine...

Hands-on: Cozy game Fae Farm might strike familiar gameplay beats, but its setting is the sauce

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I appreciate how a lot of my opinion of Fae Farm is going to come off reductive or as I'm damning it with faint...

Pantheon content creator releases pre-alpha impressions in latest video

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen followers might know that Visionary Realms has been seeking influencer and content creator partnerships for some time now, but...

Global Chat: Getting sucked into Palia

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Cozy life sim Palia is making more converts, even after a rough start. One player who's glowing brightly about the title is The Friendly...

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