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WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Mists of Pandaria

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It's time, people. It's time to remember you should never say no to panda. Yes, we've reached one of World of Warcraft's most weirdly controversial...

Coronavirus roundup: EGX Rezzed, Pokemon Go, and using MMOs to learn from home

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We're capping off an odd week of coverage here in our little corner of the online gaming world, as even those of us who've...
Who could have seen this coming.

World of Warcraft is finally adding account-wide essences with its next server maintenance

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Amidst all of the other things that players have been upset about during this expansion for World of Warcraft it can be easy to miss...

The Daily Grind: What are you hoping for out of Guild Wars 2’s Cantha-ish expansion?

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I try not to get excessively overhyped about things in MMOs, especially things probably a year and a half or more away, but I...
It's green, right? We're splitting the difference.

DC Universe Online updates for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day event

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Here we go again in DC Universe Online; it's time for the St. Patrick's Day event, and that means Mr. Mxyzptlk is back! Aside from...

Chronicles of Elyria kicks off its Settlers of Elyria virtual land auction for a second time

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Allow us to share a little bit of background on this one: Chronicles of Elyria had first announced an "event" in December of last...

Star Citizen hosts an AMA regarding the survival mechanics of alpha 3.9

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Operation: Feed the Avatars of Star Citizen will be underway with update 3.9, which will introduce, among other things, some light survival mechanics. It...
Huhwha

Wisdom of Nym: Greedily anticipating Final Fantasy XI’s new scenario

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All right, so it's time to insert that Tyler the Creator tweet here because this is going to be something I'm talking about a...
Bang bang.

Call of Duty: Warzone launches to day one numbers greater than Apex Legends’

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Those people who like their military shooty-shoots and also like their battle royale games got something of a treat when Call of Duty: Warzone launched...
Style.

Final Fantasy XIV posts the third of its documentaries on the creation of Shadowbringers

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The video documentaries about the making of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers roll on, and this particular installment is all about character art and outfit design....
The Quick and the Gay

Coronavirus roundup: Virtual GDC, Overwatch League suspended, Crowfall and Funcom work-from-home

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As the novel coronavirus pandemic's impact is felt across the globe, shutting down everything from international travel to the NBA to markets, it continues...
lol so randum

The Daily Grind: Were you present for any historic MMO events?

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For all the talk of world firsts, server firsts, and so forth, the real notable MMO events are usually ones that just seem to...
Wheeeee

Star Trek Online invites players to take part in the design of the next summer event ship

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The summer event ships in Star Trek Online are a long-standing tradition, but this year Cryptic Studios is doing something different. In prior years, players...
Demonic.

Revelation Online previews the City of the Demon Gods

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You've got to be a pretty rough town to be dubbed the City of the Demon Gods, but the new dungeon being added to...
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

Albion Online works to limit alliances, ganking, and underwhelming loot in its latest patch

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It'd be unfair to call the latest patch for Albion Online a course correction; rather, it's more of an ongoing course adjustment. Alliances, for example,...

Daybreak’s new EverQuest and EverQuest II boss Jennifer Chan addresses players in new dev blog

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Last week, Daybreak's Holly Longdale stunned players of EverQuest and EverQuest II when she announced she'd be leaving the Daybreak team she's headed up...

Desert Arena: First impressions of Shadow Arena, the Diet Black Desert of battle royales

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Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: Son of conversations with anthropomorphic MMO studios

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It has been a while since I've had any more conversations with anthropomorphic representations of MMO studios. Why? Because it's not fun for me. Come...
The shine is off.

Astellia Online merges its European servers, begins event to boost duos and trios

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Ah damn, don't like writing these posts: Astellia Online has admitted it's merging down its EU servers, specifically Aquarius and Canceria. On March 17th,...

Coronavirus leads to E3’s cancellation, plus SMITE and Pokemon Go postpone events

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Update: The ESA has now made it official. We've included the press release at the end of this article. If you thought it was strange...

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