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The Stream Team: Let’s talk Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 7.1 update

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It's time once more for MOP's Chris and his crew to come together on a comfy digital couch and talk Final Fantasy XIV! Specifically,...
Familiar!

Final Fantasy XIV shows off patch 7.1, Crossroads, including a new alliance raid difficulty and new housing options

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The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is on its way, with patch 7.1, Crossroads, scheduled for a mid-November launch. As is tradition, producer...

One Shots: Even monsters should brush their teeth

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Imaginations being what they are, I've spent perhaps too much time thinking about what sentient monster lives are like when we're not beating the...
Remember when this was unusual?

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best options for punching stuff?

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In pretty much every MMORPG with a fantasy theme, you have people with gigantic swords. You have spellcasters of some variety with arcane arts....

Aion Classic EU announces an official PvP tournament for October 19

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Remember when one of the big ticket features for Aion was its two-faction PvP? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And so does Gameforge apparently, as...
Oh, this is much better.

WRUP: The final edition

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All right, that's it, I'm done. We've run this joke as far as it possibly can in the headers of What Are You Playing....

The Daily Grind: Do you have a cozy (pumpkin spice) autumn MMO?

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Autumn is upon us in the northern hemisphere, and that means comfy clothes, crisp smells, trips to the cider mill, and supermarkets stocked with...

The Stream Team: The pirates vs ninjas war comes to an end in AdventureQuest 3D

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AQ3D's war between the pirates and the ninjas is over. And sadly, Massively OP's MJ's team was not the victor. RIP ninjas. And to...

The Stream Team: Facing the horde as a little critter in Temtem Swarm

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What can one little guy do against waves and waves of foes? Quite a bit if you're a Tem in Temtem Swarm apparently, and...

Throne & Liberty saw over 50K concurrent players last night – and it’s only going up from there

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Yesterday, we asked our readers whether they were gunning to play Throne and Liberty, and almost two-thirds of those who responded said they were...
Hit 'em with the ol' razzle dazzle

The Daily Grind: How long do you stick with a failing MMO PUG?

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MOP's Carlo recently brought this question to the MOP team after he suffered through a particularly bad PUG - that he put together himself...
every day i owlin'

Massively Overthinking: Do you expect compensation for MMORPG trainwrecks?

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Earlier this week, Blizzard admitted that a major bug had resulted in serious and permanent data loss for some World of Warcraft players, including...

Ultima Online devs are working with ClassicUO modders to rehab the ancient client and renderer

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We're going for a record here, clearly! This will mark the third time we've needed to write about Ultima Online this week, what with...

Throne & Liberty officially begins its paid headstart today – are you playing?

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OK, folks, it's game day, literally: The game is Throne and Liberty, which we've been waiting for for over a decade, though of course...
Shipping.

The Daily Grind: What’s the dumbest character name you’ve ever played seriously?

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Years ago, when we were playing Torchlight 2 as a group of writers from the site because surely that franchise was going to result...

The Guild Wars 2 community prepares Foostival events for fans in France and Germany

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Voulez-vous aller a une fete pour Guild Wars 2? Parce que ca arrive bientot! There, see, those French lessons did pay off for work....

The Stream Team: Catventuring for quest clears and shiny loot in Cat Quest III

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It's time once again for MOP's Chris and his best friend to come together for more co-op Cat Quest III! With our intrepid heroes...
What was I made for?

The Daily Grind: Would you love to return to your MMO’s glory days?

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Nostalgia is a heckuva drug, and while it's fun in small doses, it can be painful if you mainline it. So maybe it's only...

Ultima Online has officially turns 27 years old today as it kicks off its final New Legacy stress test

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So listen, an MMORPGs 27th birthday is not a big deal, except in the sense that I can count on less than one hand...

Choose My Adventure: The quest for power and pants in Once Human

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After last week's Choose My Adventure episode, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that my Once Human character would get some pants for...