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EVE Online crowns its Champion of Lowsec, posts Pulse video and charity campaign

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Last week, EVE Online challenged player alliances and corps to blow up the most stuff possible in the Champions of Lowsec event and offered...
The HORSE is a noble animal.

WRUP: Song listing for Andrew Lloyd Weber’s next musical ‘Horses’ edition

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Overture: several actual horse neighing sounds are played while the actors sit and vape on the stage. One of them occasionally says "horse" but...
Jazzy handy

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite memory from a shuttered MMORPG?

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Free Realms. Warhammer Online. WildStar. Asheron's Call. We've lived through so these and so many other MMO shutdowns over the years, leaving behind screenshots,...
What the el. Yon. Elyon.

Betawatch: Ascent Infinite Realm rebranded to Elyon during beta

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Rebranding is one of those things that always feels like a bigger deal than it might be but also easy to under-sell by accident....
We still care.

Final Fantasy XI introduces its April version update

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This month's update for Final Fantasy XI is a bit lighter than usual, and in the video digest for the update it's explained quite...
Sitting around.

Crowfall’s latest ACE Q&A covers class design and the safety of the ArtCraft team

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We've all gotten accustomed to videos from the Crowfall team, but the latest ACE Q&A video is a little different from usual as it...

Bless Unleashed is back online after fixing a ‘critical hit critical issue’

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In the wee hours of this Friday morning, Bless Unleashed ran into an issue. A "critical hit critial issue" even. One that forced the...
Less of this and more lantern-y.

ArcheAge kicks off the Lantern Festival as a tribute to the lost

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The development team at ArcheAge is encouraging everyone to stay home and stay safe, and part of how you do that is by focusing...
Nothing else has worked.

WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Battle for Azeroth

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Oh no. I'd ask how this happened, but I know how it happened. It happened because I am a gigantic idiot. This expansion tour seemed...
Hang on, what were we doing here again?

The World of Warcraft player who cleared all of the game’s achievements has done it again

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Back in 2018, a World of Warcraft player by the (in-game) name of Xirev made a splash when his Blood Elf Mage managed to,...
Ah yes, teamwork.

Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?

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This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

The Daily Grind: How do you deal with jealousy and FOMO in your MMORPGs?

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Earlier this week, Polygon ran a piece on Animal Crossing: New Horizons players who were not happy. It's not because of the game, or...
Impending.

Final Fantasy XIV wraps up its Shadowbringers creation documentary while preparing for patch 5.25

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A big chunk of Final Fantasy XIV gameplay involves re-fighting familiar content. If you play the game, you know that. The final documentary about...
Donkeys cannot use horse gear.

Black Desert’s guild event gets exploited all up in its face

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When there's a will, there's a way. And when the devs overlook something that can be abused, there's an exploit waiting to happen. Black Desert's...

A fan-made Guild Wars 2 dating sim is arriving on Friday to support charity

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How would you like to enjoy some amusing Guild Wars 2 dating options without having to actually log in to Guild Wars 2 and...
dem bones

Sea of Thieves is heading to Steam with full cross-play capability

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It may not be the biggest sort of cross-platform news, but after enjoying a lengthy stretch of life as a Windows 10 and Xbox...
This mailbox is mine.

Vague Patch Notes: Chronicles of Elyria’s road to nowhere

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I honestly cannot stop thinking about Chronicles of Elyria. Not in the sense of surprise, mind you; this was pretty much one of the...
Very, very, very late.

Phantasy Star Online 2 confirms that the PC version is still arriving this spring

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There are people playing the official North American version of Phantasy Star Online 2 right now, but only on the Xbox One. The PC...

ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, and more Gamigo MMOs launch a reforestation charity initiative

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Gamigo is announcing a big charity project today with Eden Reforestation Projects, which will raise money to plant trees all over the world while...
This. Is. Exhausting.

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite place to just hang out in an MMO?

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Either we all wind up with time spent in MMOs wherein you're just hanging out or I am singularly bad at managing my time,...

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