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Quantic Foundry’s survey examines the motivations of gamers drawn to sci-fi settings

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Quantic Foundry - aka the Nick Yee-backed analytics company that's most well-known for its Gamer Motivation Model - has shared some responses from an...
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Project Gorgon dev says it’s catering to older players who remember the golden age of MMOs

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Last night's Project Gorgon patch brought cheers to the game's Discord as what was represented as a bug-fixing patch also heavily revamped a skill...

Choose My Adventure: I still don’t know if I like Tree of Savior even after hitting triple-digit levels

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You'd be forgiven for thinking that I would have made up my mind about Tree of Savior after making it to character level 150,...

Warframe of Mind: Reflections on TennoCon 2023 and Warframe’s 10 years of Tenno

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TennoCon 2023 may be long over, but that doesn't mean it's out of mind. This year's convention was significant in a number of ways;...

Diablo IV receives a sudden wave of positive reviews on Steam by suspected bot accounts

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There are some strange things going on at the Steam page of Diablo IV. According to the eagle eye of a Redditor by the...

New World completes server merges, teases PUG finder, and addresses roadmap delays

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New World's planned server merge went off yesterday without much of a hitch. Readers will recall that Amazon originally announced the merge of nine...

The Daily Grind: What was the best new race added to an MMORPG in 2023?

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This question is an easy one for me because I play Lord of the Rings Online, which added River Hobbits this year. While there...

Pantheon influencers show off pre-alpha MMORPG footage as Visionary Realms loses a marketing staffer

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Is Visionary Realms attempting to staunch the bleeding of player trust, or this all just part of an existing plan? That's certainly up for...
Never seen a bluer sky.

Wisdom of Nym: Why Final Fantasy XIV’s next limited job is (probably) not Pictomancer or Green Mage

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Despite the fact that it is not coming out until significantly later, I'm willing to bet that a large part of the work for...

CCP Games finally ends official support of the long-neglected EVE Portal mobile app

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Longtime fans of EVE Online have likely noticed that the sandbox's official EVE Portal mobile app has been in decline for a number of...

The Daily Grind: What was the most important innovation in MMOs in 2023?

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It's weird to think about, but I don't really think MMORPGs are particularly innovative. Maybe they never have been. They're always walking a fine...

The Stream Team: Exploring Final Fantasy XIV’s Binding Coil of Bahamut raid at long last

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Today's Eorzea Sunday stream is a little special. MOP's Chris is once again taking on legacy (read: old) raid content in Final Fantasy XIV,...

Global Chat: Tarisland is the real deal, folks

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As Tarisland winds its way through the beta process on its way to our grubby little hands in 2024, there are more and more...

One Shots: Soft and squishy, yet fierce and determined

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If MMORPGs, anime, and children's cartoons have taught me anything -- and really, it's where I get most of my learning these days --...
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The Daily Grind: What’s your least favorite death penalty in an MMO?

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Just going to throw out a controversial statement here: Nobody really wants to die in a video game. When your health reaches zero and...

Perfect New World wraps up its ‘equilibrious test’ with stats and appreciation

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The self-described "equilibrious test" for Perfect New World has officially concluded and the studio is happily crowing about the recent beta round's success, thanking...
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WRUP: No, it’s the children who are wrong edition

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And now, a special message from our favorite writer, Brick Moneyshield: Recently, I have invited a great deal of controversy from my article in which...

The Daily Grind: Do you wait for fresh start servers to come back to an MMO?

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I don't think that MMO vets and developers entrenched into a particular game realize just how daunting it is for lapsed players to actually...

The Stream Team: Dancing for the rhythmic pigeon crown in Headbangers Rhythm Royale

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MOP's Chris had so much fun the last time he streamed Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, he absolutely has to do it again! Join him today...

EverQuest players are raising the alarm over an economy-crushing dupe exploit

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The EverQuest community is up in arms over what's being perceived as a meager response to a major problem that has reportedly crashed...

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