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City of Heroes Homecoming’s community is holding a player base real estate auction this weekend

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Would you like to own a player base in City of Heroes: Homecoming but can't be bothered to do all of that pesky furniture...

The Stream Team: Diving into Nightingale’s Realms Rebuilt update

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It's time for MOP's Chris to make his first foray into Nightingale all over again! With the Realms Rebuilt update now live, the slate...

Global Chat: Star Trek Online’s content problem

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As we kick off another edition of MMO gamer blogs talking about the titles that we love the most, we'll be visiting with Contains...

The Daily Grind: Which class or archetype have you spent the most time on across MMOs?

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Earlier this summer, MOP reader PaJamas noted that he'd been maining a Paladin tank for something like 10 years (and alted it before that)....

Massively Overthinking: When the big five MMORPGs have five big expansions in the same year

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By the time you're reading this article, Black Desert's Land of the Morning Light Seoul has officially launched on PC, and it marks an...

Tarisland kicks off a speed-leveling event with rewards for the fastest levelers

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Remember when Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street argued in favor of slower leveling in MMOs? Well, Tarisland is doing the total opposite of that: It's starting...

The Daily Grind: How much do you care about an MMORPG’s health?

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Every year at the end of December or beginning of January, one of us - usually Justin or Eliot - pens a top 10...

The Stream Team: Diving into the Wells of Enshrouded

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Well... today, your hosts and people-still-trying-to-figure-out-Enshrouded Larry and MJ will literally dive into an Elixir Well for the first time. Apparently, they were supposed...
Bandages!

Final Fantasy XI offers new Ambuscade opponents along with Ark Angel cosmetic gear in its latest patch

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The latest update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and as players have no doubt grown accustomed to, it features new Ambuscade opponents. That's...

The Stream Team: Progressing the plot in Cat Quest III

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MOP's Chris and his best friend are back once more in Cat Quest III as they're ready to perhaps continue the primary quest of...

Guild Wars 2 players are building absolutely INSANE houses with Janthir Wilds’ homesteads feature

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I've only just unlocked my new player house in Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds and haven't dug my claws into the feature, but for...

The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs where basic fights take too long?

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When you think about it, tuning combat encounters in MMOs has to be a fiendishly tricky business for devs. You can't make them overly...
What if screws, but wet?

Satisfactory launches into 1.0 with console versions promised for the future

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It might be hard to believe over the past several years of the game feeling remarkably comprehensive, but Satisfactory has been in early access...

Choose My Adventure: Once Human brings impressive atmosphere and routine survival beats

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Sometimes I have to wonder why people like the games they like. That's not to suggest that there's something inherently wrong with people -...

SWTOR and SWG Legends fans mourn the death of James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader

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Star Wars fans joined cinema and theater fans last night to mourn the loss of James Earl Jones, whom nerds knew best as the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs make you feel sad?

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I didn't talk about this much because it's an online ARPG rather than an MMO, but last winter, I spent a crapton of time...

Over one trillion ISK evaporated in the aftermath of an EVE Online battle during the Labor Day weekend

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Apparently the players of EVE Online have a very different idea of what it means to celebrate labor. The Labor Day holiday weekend saw...

Marvel Heroes emulator file project releases a new build with multiple gameplay elements

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Last year we reported on the arrival of emulator files for Marvel Heroes appearing on Github, effectively letting fans begin the process of reviving...

The Daily Grind: What are some quietly impressive things in your fave MMO that nobody notices?

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When my husband and I went back to Guild Wars 2 for Janthir Wilds a few weeks ago, he booted up the game for...

The Stream Team: Starting off a long journey through Baldur’s Gate 3 with friends

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MOP's Chris is very, very likely biting off more than he can chew: He and his friends are coming together for a co-op multiplayer...