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The Daily Grind: Are you excited with the World of Warcraft Classic playable demo announcement?

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There's a lot of interesting stuff to unpack about the World of Warcraft Classic announcement from yesterday. It's been a project that we haven't...
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Perfect Ten: The big book of MMORPG death mechanics

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Video games will kill your characters. It's inevitable. I still faintly remember my younger brother's first video game death, when he ran full-tilt into...

Jukebox Heroes: DC Universe Online

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This is my frustrated face when it comes to superhero MMO soundtracks. I don't know what it is, but it seems that none of...
A shameful spread of riches.

Wisdom of Nym: Examining Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.4, Prelude in Violet

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I mentioned a few days ago that I follow the same somewhat ridiculous process every time there's a new Final Fantasy XIV patch. Every...

Chaos Theory: The prickly side of Secret World Legends’ less-than-ideal scenario situation

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See, I said that wouldn't take too long! Here we are back at the Secret World Legends scenario discussion. This time, however, we'll be addressing...

Global Chat: Why level in MMOs if you don’t grow?

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Using World of Warcraft's latest expansion as an example, many bloggers recently pontificated on the uselessness of adding new levels to MMORPGs if your...

One Shots: The Sunset Club

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WildStar is about to be inducted into the worst club there is in the gaming world -- the club whose only requirements is that...
The core here is so hard.

The Daily Grind: What’s a hardcore MMO to you?

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Sometimes we have ads that get me thinking. Case in point, the most recent ad on our site for the upcoming Lineage 2 classic...

LOTRO Legendarium: Future classes, business models, and direction

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For any MMORPG fan, the future often weighs heavily upon the mind. We get excited about what secrets might be in development. We wonder...
Drift-slidin' away.

Betawatch: Worlds Adrift gets a new experience for PvE and tutorials

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Are you a fan of Worlds Adrift but hate having any PvP in your mixture? Good news, then, you can go check out the...

Chaos Theory: The rosy side of the Secret World Legends’ less-than-ideal scenario situation

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Do you know that feeling of anticipation? That's what I'd felt when I was given the heads-up at DragonCon that Secret World Legends was finally...
I'm important!

Vague Patch Notes: Trickle-down metagames in MMORPGs

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A while back, there was an interesting set of data coming out of a discussion about Overwatch. The discussion was about the concept of...

The Daily Grind: How fast do you consume patch content in MMOs?

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I do the exact same stupid trick every time there's a patch for Final Fantasy XIV. I play the heck out of it in...

Hyperspace Beacon: What will we see on SWTOR’s ‘ancient Jedi world’?

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Producer Keith Kanneg wrote, "[T]he next phase of the SWTOR storyline will kick off with a bang on the ancient Jedi world." Let's look at the clues that let us know exactly which Jedi world that is, why I am excited to see that world, and what we will likely see on that planet. I don't think I have to mention it at this point, but I will: Possible spoilers ahead, but only if I am right.

Perfect Ten: My favorite WildStar memories

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As I grow older, I start to worry about the loss of memories that are precious to me. I already joke that I'm pretty...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s A Star to Guide Us

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We've had just enough time to digest that epic trailer, and now A Star to Guide Us is live. This is the fourth episode...
Sing a song of madness.

Wisdom of Nym: Picking apart Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.4 notes

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Now we enter the descending period of Stormblood. This isn't exactly a bad thing or a problem or anything; it's just the way things...

EVE Evolved: Two ways that EVE Online’s monetisation could be expanded under Pearl Abyss

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When Pearl Abyss bought out CCP Games last week, the overwhelming message to EVE Online players was that it would be business as usual...

One Shots: Gung-ho Gandalf

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It's one thing to get a stern talking-to, even when you deserve it. It's another thing when that lecture comes from a gruff angel-wizard...
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The Daily Grind: Are guilds important to your MMO experience?

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There was a time in MMO history when a guild was more or less a requirement to do much of what you would want...

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