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Guild Wars 2 has finally updated its region transfer system, but it’s not gonna make anyone happy

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Last March, following one of Guild Wars 2's world restructuring beta events, ArenaNet told players that it was planning to update its system for...

The Stream Team: Continuing the co-op story of stompy robots in MechWarrior 5 Clans

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MOP's Chris and his best friend are once more suiting up and stomping out in MechWarrior 5: Clans co-op together, as they start their...
It's less of a secret now.

Star Anvil opens $50K Kickstarter for its third Secret World tabletop RPG

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No, Funcom hasn't made any big moves on The Secret World MMORPG franchise lately and didn't even rouse itself to celebrate the game's 12th...

PlanetSide 2 says its development team ‘remains unchanged’ following Toadman’s shuttering

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MMO fans have been worried about the fate of PlanetSide 2 over the last few weeks following the revelation that EG7 would be shuttering...

The Daily Grind: How many outfits do you have saved on your main MMO character?

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There are different tiers of fashionistas in MMOs, and all of them are OK. There are people who don't really care how their character...

The Stream Team: The joys of Rising Flames in Guild Wars 2

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What's the best way to get Massively OP's MJ pumped for a story chapter in Guild Wars 2? Name it Rising Flames! Having just...
Hunt a man.

Following Ubisoft’s latest round of layoffs, The Division 2 delays its next DLC – again

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Ubisoft's Division 2 team posted a memo to players this morning that seems like good news but is being read as the opposite. For starters,...

Neverwinter Nights persistent world Arelith hits a new player concurrency record after 22 years

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Three hundred eighty. That sounds like a pretty meager number when it comes to most MMO and multiplayer game concurrency records, but for the...

Dark and Darker Mobile will include US players in its soft launch next week

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Dark and Darker is indeed headed to mobile soft launch next week - and not just in Canada as planned, as US players will...
hark, a bear

New World kicks off a series of double XP weeks starting today

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Following the recovery of New World from the issues affecting the PvP season servers last week, players will be hungry for the double XP...

Obituary: Project Gorgon developer Sandra Powers has passed away

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I'm horribly sorry to be the bearer of this dreadful news this morning: Sandra Powers, one of the two key devs behind Project Gorgon...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best small group content for 2-3 players?

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One of the reasons my family keeps gravitating back to MMOs like Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes is that they have an...
Temmie get money for college

Temtem marks two million total users, celebrates by deflecting player requests for content updates

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Temtem continues to prove to be a more popular game overall than any of the side projects its development studio has deigned to work...
Voracious!

There’s a Final Fantasy XI zine on Kickstarter right now for your Vana’diel nostalgia tour

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So how did people put together enthusiastic fan projects before we all had the internet? Why, you made a zine, of course. Assembled loosely...

LOTRO community fansite creates a housing transfer FAQ while it waits for the official version

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With the big launch of Lord of the Rings Online's four new 64-bit servers -- two in the US and two in Europe --...
This is not a good game.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best-worst MMO chat mistell you’ve ever seen?

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PC Gamer had a fun report up on a heartwarming mishap in the Path of Exile 2 community that I thought MMO players could...

The Stream Team: Wrapping up the week with some Final Fantasy XIV roulette runs

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MOP's Chris is once again back on the roulette ride in Final Fantasy XIV. With some classes to level and some time to kill...

One Shots: Weird place for an AirBnB but OK

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Listen. I know it had great reviews and a Super Host. I know that it offers wifi and a full granola bar. But there's...
who the heck is that guy

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite nickname for an MMO NPC?

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NPCs you have to deal with long enough in any game are going to facilitate memes. This is inevitable. But some NPCs wind up...

Marvel Snap details the compensation packages players are getting for the recent downtime

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It's been a frustrating couple of days for Marvel Snap fans in the US as the mobile CCG went dark in the country as...