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Not riding a dinosaur.

World of Warcraft has controller support under active development

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Accessibility is a big deal when it comes to games, and MMOs have traditionally worked to ensure that people with disabilities still have full...
I hate.

Phantasy Star Online 2 launches on PC in late May, officially leaves Xbox One beta today

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If you're one of the many, many would-be Phantasy Star Online 2 fans waiting eagerly for news about the game's PC release, you have...
Dig it.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO content updates were better than expansions?

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Recently, RuneScape pumped out an update for the game called Archaeology. While it wasn't, to my understanding, a full-fledged expansion, it was treated with...

Over a thousand people rolled toons in Ship of Heroes’ impromptu beta

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Ship of Heroes had been making the best of the COVID-19 stay-home mandates with an impromptu beta test. Now that the test is done,...

Choose My Adventure: Hexaria is a grindy yet competent Roblox MMO

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Another week, another random bit of Roblox adventuring. This time around, I wanted to see just what sort of MMOs this game's community could...
Different kitty.

Zul’Gurub and Phase 4 goes live in WoW Classic tomorrow

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Is it troll time? No, it's not quite troll time in World of Warcraft: Classic. But it's almost troll time because the next content...
This town may actually be big enough for the two of us.

EverQuest II faces the Showdown at the Diaku Corral in today’s patch

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Over the course of your adventures in EverQuest II you've gotten to do a lot of things, but the odds are good you haven't...
All over again.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off an eight-day free login campaign

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It sounds a little bit cliche, but now really is the perfect time for a lot of people to explore MMOs that might not...

The Daily Grind: Have you noticed an uptick in players in your MMO of choice?

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It's no secret that MMOs and other online games are doing better than usual thanks to the pandemic keeping a large portion of the...
We keep it real.

Here’s a full guide to experiencing The Elder Scrolls Online’s story in order

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The bright side of how The Elder Scrolls Online implemented One Tamriel, worldwide level scaling, and an ongoing open structure for stories and quests...

Animal Crossing New Horizons pulled from China after in-game protests, players create security for trading

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While Animal Crossing New Horizons wouldn't normally be on our radar on a regular basis, there has been enough shenanigans coming from the limited...
The fanboy mines are harder to work all the time.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands datamining continues with NPC races and gear sets

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The words of Mystery Science Theater 3000 have remained with us for years: "Nothing better shows my taste than what I wear below my...

The Daily Grind: How have pandemic responses affected your MMO socializing?

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Last week, my kids and I were playing Trove when I realized that global chat was absolutely filled with blabbering about the virus. It's...

Global Chat: Becoming a bear in Wizard101

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You've created characters to play in MMOs, but have you ever actually wanted to be a permanent part of one? Tom Purdue over at...

One Shots: Fine, who needs you, planet?

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When a planet has stiffed you one too many times and yanked you around, it's time to put it at your back and head...
Might as well jump.

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do a great job *and* a terrible job of communicating with players?

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On the one hand, the staff running the Phantasy Star Online 2 community right now are doing everything right. Responses on social media are...
hotline bling

WRUP: Why I stole your cell phones and what I did with them on May 14th, 2013 edition

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Ryan Neibler (44) of Oceanside, Long Island: It was very important that I text my best friend a list of wombat facts I had...
There was so much potential.

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best movement animation?

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While it's not utterly necessary, an MMORPG that lets my character be very mobile and agile is a delight to experience. So many MMOs,...
One last round.

Betawatch: WoW’s Shadowlands hits alpha, Virtuverse moves to public testing

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Yes, after all the waiting, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands was announced to be going into alpha testing and then finally did so. If you...
Trash pandas.

Daybreak has apparently closed its Z1 Battle Royale test server

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Hey there, who likes testing out new updates on the Z1 Battle Royale (also known as H1Z1 on PC and a few dozen other...

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