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The Daily Grind: What was the most disappointing MMO launch you’ve ever experienced?

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I'm pretty sure that yes, Phantasy Star Online 2 is the worst and most disappointing MMO launch I've ever gone through. That means that it's...

World of Warcraft offers up a new short story about a… poetry contest

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Thalyssra and Lor'themar are about to have a poetry slam! Okay, not really, but in a new short story from World of Warcraft, the...

Global Chat: Does SWTOR fail in the end for (Han) soloers?

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As his name suggests, FibroJedi is a big Star Wars: The Old Republic player -- but even so, he is not above criticizing the...

One Shots: Posing is half the battle

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It's not just enough to tote around a legendary weapon in your MMO -- you're going to need to learn that posing is half...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best music system?

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A few weeks back, I was swapping my SWG Legends character to a new class when my five-year-old daughter started begging me to swap...
Stay

WRUP: The Peter & Gordon world transfer corollary sheet edition

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To whom it may concern, Thank you for your interest in this brave new existence of an alternate reality. Before the transfer is complete, please...

The Daily Grind: Helmet on, helmet off?

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It's the perennial question of MMORPG characters: Do you wear a helmet or not? This may be a trickier question than it first seems. Avatar...
All right, here we go.

Betawatch: Torchlight III wraps up its closed testing

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So it appears that Torchlight III has finished its round of closed testing! Great! And what happens next for the game? When is the next round...
Terra, then Terra again.

Wild Terra 2 starts an open test event for all on June 9

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The original Wild Terra was reasonably wild, we suppose, but Wild Terra 2 posits a substantially more wild situation than the first one. Still, you may...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Champions Online is invaded by nightmares and celebrating raptors

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Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk with a dinosaur in Champions Online. For those of you who wish to live by this...
Uh.

Take a peek at the draft mode for Artifact 2.0

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There's a draft mode in Artifact's 2.0 relaunch/reboot, and it is a different spin on the concept of building a deck, that much is certain....
All over again.

WoW Factor: Shadowlands needs an excitement boost it’s not getting

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Back in February, I wrote about how Blizzard could help restore some player confidence about Shadowlands. And we're a few months in, and... yeah, that's...

SEGA apologizes for botched Phantasy Star Online 2 launch

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Two days in to the disastrous launch of Phantasy Star Online 2, SEGA finally released a statement and apology - as far as we...

The Daily Grind: Should gamers be entitled to jump MMO queues if they sub?

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The launch of Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor this week was a bit of a bungle, though not one we've never seen before. Launching MMOs...

Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?

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Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...
Rocky!

Colony sandbox MMO SEED takes a look at various biomes for settlers to explore

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Right now, SEED offers players a fairly comfortable space to start in. It's lightly forested grasslands providing plenty of resources and space to do important...
Sometimes the game hates you trying to understand it.

Final Fantasy XI kicks off its Beat the Heat campaign on June 11

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All heat must be beaten in Final Fantasy XI starting on June 11th. No, that's not when the game is adding some sort of Ambuscade...
Bleak!

Elder Scrolls Online tackles Greymoor bugs, plans Stadia launch June 16

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Since the Greymoor expansion of The Elder Scrolls Online has had a particularly bumpy launch, players have started the necessary evil of working around...
Lol

Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon’s cancellation might just be for the best

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After a lot of time spent expecting this particular announcement, yesterday it was finally confirmed that there will be no BlizzCon 2020. This is...
Yeah, it's never happening.

First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2’s technical clownshow mangled its PC launch

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Phantasy Star Online 2 is, bar none, the absolute worst experience I have ever had with trying to get a game working on my...

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