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Prosperous Universe explains the benefits to its Early Access world reset

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When Prosperous Universe heads into early access, there's a whole raft of resets incoming to bring the world back to its clean and unsullied state....
allors en danse

Blade & Soul kicks off its anniversary event with today’s patch

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It's time to celebrate five years of Blade & Soul today with the latest patch, and you know what that means: events. The events kicking off...
Oh snaps.

World of Warcraft kicks off the Beasts of Prodigum event in Torghast

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There's already a fair amount of randomness in Torghast runs in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, but the new Beasts of Prodigum event adds a whole...
A journey into complexity.

Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMO system complexity

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MMOs can be complicated things, as I am pretty sure we have discussed on multiple occasions now. There are no known means to prevent...
Sort of?

The Daily Grind: What do you remember differently about older MMOs from what was true?

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Let me tell you, going back to an old MMO after a very long time away can be a shock to your memories. I...
Mossy.

Final Fantasy XI adds new Odyssey bosses for weapon upgrades

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Another version update has arrived to Final Fantasy XI, and it brings with it a new chance to upgrade your weapons! Yes, you can make...

Pirate101 players hope to save the game by flooding its servers starting January 24

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While Pirate101 isn't being targeted for shutdown, it is effectively in maintenance mode, which probably makes some long-time fans of the MMO a bit...

Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2021?

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Yep, it's that time of year again: We've been doing this recap for the last several years, although this one is going to be...

Choose My Adventure: Oops, I completely forgot to do the main quest in ArcheAge

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Yes. Yes, that happened. I absolutely am an idiot. This week in CMA saw me rambling onward in ArcheAge with a fresh set of skills...
Destined even further.

Riot Games and Bungie join forces to sue creator of Destiny 2 and Valorant cheat software

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When I saw this story cross our news room, I immediately envisioned Guardians and Agents clapping hands together and very possibly pumping their arms...
Time for a few small repairs.

Final Fantasy XIV launches the last piece of Ishgard Restoration with patch 5.41

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If you've been waiting for new battle content in Final Fantasy XIV, you're going to have to keep waiting past patch 5.41. That has launched...
You are bad and you should feel bad.

Habbo’s release on Unity draws player ire for feature implementation, prompting a response from the devs

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The move from Flash to Unity for Habbo Hotel has happened successfully, but only in terms of it officially releasing, as players have been...
It's not working.

CD Projekt Red is facing potential fines from Polish consumer protection if patches don’t improve Cyberpunk 2077

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Hey, remember how Cyberpunk 2077 is supposed to get a multiplayer component? Does that seem particularly likely given all of the game's current issues? One...
There is actually quite a lot of this.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s community is better – and worse – than you think

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If you are not actually playing Final Fantasy XIV, you probably have an impression of the community for this game being an amazing font...

The Daily Grind: What was the most innovative MMO of 2020?

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Ages back, we used to run a "most innovative MMO" award, and it was one I always liked because it was a good spot...
spaaaaaaaaceship

Star Trek Online player is banned following lifetime subscription refund bungle

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File this one under "no good deed goes unpunished": A 10-year veteran of Star Trek Online who picked up a lifetime sub to the...

One Shots: A friend closer than a brother

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When you are heading out to the dangerous wilds where dismemberment, face melting, certain death, or even experience loss might be around every corner,...
Oh, dang.

The Daily Grind: What tends to happen before you leave an MMO?

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For me, there's a very predictable indicator that I'm going to be waving goodbye to an MMO for a while: I realize I don't...

Guild Wars 2 ends Mac support February 18 thanks to Apple OpenGL issues

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If anyone reading this is a player of Guild Wars 2 on a Mac, then we've got some bad news for you: ArenaNet has...
Bye

WRUP: Absolutely the final WRUP ever (we mean it really seriously) edition

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Well, folks, it's been a lot of fun doing all of these columns. We've laughed, we've cried, we've done that thing where we laugh...

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