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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has an encrypted alpha build out now

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Blizzard would probably like it if people stopped talking about how the latest World of Warcraft patch is not very good, or how Warcraft III: Reforged...

Lord of the Rings Online aims to fix session play, opens Ill Omens skirmish event

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There was an interesting thread on the official Lord of the Rings Online forums earlier this week asking Standing Stone to make the combat...

The Daily Grind: Are you concerned about the launch of Amazon’s New World?

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Not quite a year ago, when Amazon took New World out of alpha and back to the drawing board, I posed almost this exact...
This is not a doll.

Final Fantasy XI brings the doll festival around once more

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The doll festival is back in Final Fantasy XI from February 25th to March 11th. That's it! Post over. Wait, you need context? See, that's the...

Fortnite uses a globe-spanning ARG to tease Chapter 2 – Season 2

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We already know that Epic Games likes to pull off big stunts when the seasons in Fortnite premiere, but this one is pretty big...
Prepare for bear.

Blizzard appears to have quietly launched a WoW Classic PTR

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We're all very accustomed to the test realm for World of Warcraft usually showing off every facet of a patch well in advance, sometimes taking...
More like Dia-BLOWs, right?

A LinkedIn profile adds more fuel to the Diablo animated series fire

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The rumor about a Diablo animated series has been running for ages now, and the latest bit of evidence that this is a real thing comes...
Yeah, cool.

Google Stadia is coming to more phones as its head of gamer experiences literally says, ‘This is fine’

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Here's the good news for Google Stadia fans: The game-streaming service is coming to more mobile devices. Those of you not wielding an obsidian...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best voice acting?

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Because I love a good story in an MMO -- I know, I'm rebelling against the cool crowd here -- I particularly enjoy it...
Isn't it necromantic?

Crowfall offers a two-hour tutorial on digging up graves and practical necromancy

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If you've ever longed for the option to look on your crafting interface and see the option to assemble a higher quality arm for...
weird dog

Black Desert Mobile brings Nouver to the world as the newest boss

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Ah, world bosses. Why do we have to bother them, again? Black Desert Mobile is encouraging players at level 55 and above to take...

Leaderboard: Are you still interested in Amazon’s New World, knowing it won’t be reverting to a FFA PvP MMO?

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There's been a big ol' ruckus about New World across Reddit the last day or two, ever since the closed alpha resumed. You know...

Elite Dangerous players agitate for the return of GalNet lore, even if they have to write it themselves

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The trouble with petitions and open letters is that if a studio accedes to one, people are going to keep trying it. That seems...
Front lines.

Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.2, Echoes of a Fallen Star, is live today

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It's time! After a wait that may have felt longer than usual but was actually entirely normal, Final Fantasy XIV's latest patch is available...

The Daily Grind: Does an MMO’s economy ever stop you from going back?

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I've written before about MMO economies and how badly handled inflation can wreck them because it's one of my pet favorite topics, but the...
Cowwwwwboy

Experience all the play of Red Dead Online in Dreams… sort of

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So you want to experience the gameplay of Red Dead Online but you spent what would have been your new game release budget on...
Doom approaches.

Blackwing Lair’s first kill in WoW Classic happened less than an hour after the raid went live

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Technically, there was another race for a world first clear last week in World of Warcraft, specifically in WoW Classic with the opening of...
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Wisdom of Nym: That’s a very large fan festival you got there, Final Fantasy XIV

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Odd as it might be to say, I don't really have a lot more to say just yet about tomorrow's patch for Final Fantasy...
At the boondocks.

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you love on one platform but hate on another?

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I know, I know, PC master race and all that. I'm guessing most old-school MMORPG players think of themselves as PC players because that's...

Global Chat: How fares WoW Classic at the six-month mark?

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The phases (i.e., patches) for World of Warcraft Classic continue to roll out, and as the endgame takes form and Darkmoon Faire arrives, it's...

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