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Working As Intended: Decorating MMORPG houses in SWG Legends and beyond

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I've been mulling over how to do a piece about MMO housing for a while now, spurred on by colleagues and readers who've said...
Hey, that's nice.

Guild Wars 2 datamining uncovers a new player guide coming to the game

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It's always the right time to welcome new people into your favorite MMO, but sometimes the process of getting them on board can be...
It just keeps happening.

WoW Factor: Dissecting the drips and drabs from the Shadowlands reveal stream

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All right. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands kicks off its beta next week. I would kind of like to be involved in that! I am...
That was a real laugh!

The Daily Grind: Have you ever tried to get your money back from an MMO Kickstarter?

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We're all clear on the fact that at this point Kickstarted MMOs do not have a great track record, right? For every Elite: Dangerous...
These guys.

Final Fantasy XI’s newest login campaign offers you a bed for moogles

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Unfortunately for dedicated Final Fantasy XI players,the latest login campaign for FFXI does not give you a bed made of moogles. In fact, it's...
Please don't.

Catan: World Explorers is now up for beta in New Zealand

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In order for Catan: World Explorers to be properly beta tested, people are going to need to go outside and play it. Fortunately for...
Tell me more, tell me more, but you don't have to brag.

Final Fantasy XIV’s next Live Letter is on July 22

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Every fan of Final Fantasy XIV is eagerly awaiting more information about patch 5.3 along with the patch's actual release. Of course, the patch...

Star Citizen fans put together a horror-themed machinima using in-game footage

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Despite Star Citizen being in an alpha state, there's still enough in-game content for people to try to make machinima. That's just what one...
Just marking time after all.

World of Warcraft Shadowlands’ beta begins next week

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Updates and pics are at the bottom of this post! Welcome back to Eliot liveblogging about Blizzard events. Like you, I thought we were done...
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The Daily Grind: Outside of superhero MMOs, which game has the best visual customization?

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Not all MMORPGs are created equal, and some offer far better fashion and visual customization options than others. Even so, games with more limited...
You look trustworthy, join our party!

World of Warcraft has its first trans character in the Shadowlands alpha and prepares the Darkmoon Faire on live

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The first canonical trans character in World of Warcraft is here in Shadowlands: Pelagos, an aspirant among the Kyrians whose mortal form was that...

Chinese fraudsters posed as a famous chili sauce brand to get free keys out of Tencent — and it worked

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What you're about to read is an account of how three guys in China defrauded Tencent under the guise of a famous chili sauce...

Choose My Adventure: Dungeons and Dragons Online already does so much right

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Well, well, well. Consider me pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when the voters told me to kick off my Dungeons...

Dragon Con is the latest fan show that’s going virtual this year

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It's gotten to that point in 2020 where the news that another gaming convention has canceled over the murder hornet pandemic is very...
SWG Legends Brad McQuaidmemorial, snapped by Bree

The Daily Grind: Have you ever visited a memorial in an MMO?

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I was strolling around the PvP areas on Dathomir on SWG Legends the other day and a stumbled into a building that was clearly...

Massively Uplifting: Speech therapy, a college class in WoW, and the Ian Holm tribute that crashed LOTRO

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Inside or outside? Like a cat at the door, June had many of us unsure if we wanted to go out or stay in;...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen discusses community management in a livestream

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June's usual developer roundtable livestream from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is a little bit different than usual: it's a solo discussion with community...
Another postcard, with... yaks.

RuneScape improves its chat filtering, OSRS adds more Poll 71 features and tweaks death mechanics

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Surprise, surprise, some players of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have been presumably trying to circumvent the hard-locked chat terms meant to discourage hateful...
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Quantic Foundry surveys say gamers are seeking more relaxing and less intense gaming experiences during COVID-19

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How has the novel coronavirus pandemic altered the types of games people play, if at all? According to some new survey results from Quantic...
Sometimes it just makes sense.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands datamining reveals more alpha details, including more Soulbinds

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The testing for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues, and with a new update that means new datamining of important details. The most recent update...

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