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The Stream Team: Hopping in to the open beta of Throne & Liberty

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It's time for MOP's Chris to once again to start on another open beta adventure! This time his destination is NCsoft's and Amazon's Throne...
Here we go again.

WoW Classic Cataclysm launches the Rise of the Zandalari on July 30

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If you remember back when World of Warcraft: Cataclysm was a new thing, perhaps you remember the Rise of the Zandalari as a fun...

Gamigo is closing down RIFT EU server Bloodiron, the last PvP bastion in the game

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Pour one out for one of the few remaining RIFT servers: Bloodiron is closing down. Gamigo made the announcement this morning, characterizing it as...

The Daily Grind: What do you think about floating combat text in MMOs?

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When Trove launched its Rising Tide update back in June, Gamigo's PR included a ton of screenshots, including several of a character with massive...
It's a thing.

Massively Overthinking: When I’m president of video games…

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This week's Massively Overthinking is inspired directly by a positively delightful tweet that could totally happen. "When I'm President Of Video Games, all games will...

Here’s how to watch the big Soulframe and Warframe events at TennoCon 2024 this weekend

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All right, yes, the way to tune in to TennoCon 2024 boils down to "click a link." However, it's the specific link that fans...

The Stream Team: Checking out the extremely weird battle royale of Knightfall

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You ever see one of those games come across your recommended feed and think that it's time to roll the dice? That's where MOP's...
Yay? Okay?

Throne & Liberty starts its open beta today – here’s the new trailer

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Today is the day when players can start in on Throne & Liberty as actual players because the game's open beta begins today on...

Hearthstone’s Perils in Paradise won’t feature a cosmetic game board, and players are concerned

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Usually when Blizzard releases a new Hearthstone expansion set, it also offers a colorful new game board cosmetic to go along with it -...
I did a thing!

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have you played with little hope for future content?

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One of the neat things about City of Heroes Homecoming is that it is not a game bereft of updates or approaching content. No,...
unicorns

RIFT brings Unicornalia around once more

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What RIFT may lack right now in terms of regular content update cadence, it hopefully makes up in unicorns. That's the hope of the...
chomp

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition is coming for mobile devices this year during the holiday season

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Are you concerned that after all of the different versions of ARK: Survival Evolved or points related that you have bought, there might still...
You know the song.

Albion Online looks back on its last year as the game turns seven

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It may be hard to believe, but it has now been seven years since Albion Online launched, and in that time we've named it...

The Stream Team: Frantically trying to eat everything in Pizza Possum

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MOP's Chris is hungry. Hungry for pizza. Hungry for arcade gaming. Hungry for... well, anything that's not nailed down! Today, he and his best...

PSA: New World is planning to expire your character names after six months of inactivity

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So New World has some good news and some bad news for everyone today, and really it's just one bit of news that'll strike...

LOTRO explains how its Birding hobby works while players raise support for battered friend

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As Lord of the Rings Online heads into an extra-long period of extended downtime Wednesday, it may be a good time to check out...

The Daily Grind: How would you design a space sim MMO be broadly appealing?

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If you look at the whole of MMO history, you'd see an awful lot of space-themed games that never really made it big. There...

Villagers and Heroes’ playerbase is skirmishing over community moderation and conduct rules

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Villagers & Heroes is probably not the kind of cutesy indie MMORPG you expect to generate a ton of drama, but that was nevertheless...

Choose My Adventure: Slipping back in to the simple pleasures of Elite Dangerous

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Last week's original Choose My Adventure plans took a backseat to my Soapbox on Dawntrail, so thank you for bearing with me on that,...
Future-proof.

Final Fantasy XIV introduces the Arcadion and addresses job balance in patch 7.01

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It's time to get ready to rumble, Final Fantasy XIV fans, because The Arcadion is here and ready for new entrants. The new raid...

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