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Massively Overthinking: Are you boycotting Blizzard?

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Tyler's piece this week about the Blizzard he loved being dead actually brought tears to my eyes. It hurts to lose a game and...
MOVE.

Albion Online outlines plans for improving its mobile client UI

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Good news for players excited by a mobile client for Albion Online: The game's development team now has someone dedicated specifically to the game's mobile...
That's Trek for you.

Star Trek Online patches in the new Event Campaign system for a Tier 6 ship

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Tier 6 ships are not precisely rare in Star Trek Online, but they sure can be expensive. The new Event Campaign system in the game...
Oh dear.

World of Warcraft datamining hints at Death Knight additions as Blizzard postpones anniversary in Taiwan

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It's been a rough week for fans of World of Warcraft as Blizzard has continued to be mired knee-deep in a problem of its own...

Hyperspace Beacon: Is SWTOR prepared for the Onslaught?

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Welcome back to the Hyperspace Beacon. I have taken a much-needed break over this summer to come back to the first expansion that Star...
We fought a bear.

Perfect Ten: WoW Classic dungeon reviews courtesy of Azeroth’s Yelp

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So, you all know that there's a Yelp equivalent in World of Warcraft, right? An awful lot of people forget about that, but Yelpcraft is seriously right there. It's been in the game since beta, which is why you can still look at it and see reviews about how zones would be much better if Paladins had talents and some ancient references to some terrible action star of the 1980s. Can't remember which one. Dolph Lundgren, probably.

The Daily Grind: How can MMOs spice up progression servers midway through?

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Just about a year ago, Lord of the Rings Online opened the doors to its very first progression server ruleset. It was a huge...
Haha whoops.

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite improves Chamber UI and storage options with patch 2.5

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Yes, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is still a thing. The game is still running, and it's even updating. The latest major update is being rolled...
It can't be fixed, our time was going to be devoted to fixing it.

Path of Exile outlines further fixes moving through the halfway mark of Blight league

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Here's the bad news for Path of Exile: The developers aren't planning on holding some sort of community event in the Blight league simply because...
Boy, there's just a level of smarm on display...

Blizzard finally decides to ban the college Hearthstone team that called for a Blizzard boycott too

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Did it bother you that Blizzard had punished Blitzchung over his Hong Kong liberation stunt but planned to permit American University players who similarly...

Nexon is sunsetting mobile survival MMO Durango Wild Lands already

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Welp, that didn't last long: Nexon announced last night that it's sunsetting Durango Wild Lands, a mobile survival MMO that kicked around in various...

EverQuest II asks players to keep raiding without custom UIs for server lag test

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I dunno about you, but when my heavily customized UI stops working, I tend to want to just not play the MMO. That's the...
Do you really want to hurt me?

WoW Factor: Blizzard’s nonpology and the ethics of boycotting

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Last time we were here, we discussed the intensely shoddy ethics of Blizzard's behavior surrounding the banning of Hearthstone professional Ng "Blitzchung" Wai Chang....

The Daily Grind: Do you think MMORPG communities are too cynical?

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A while back, I stumbled across the most bizarre and lovely multiplayer game I think I've ever seen. It's called Kind Words, and the...
Catch.

EverQuest II kicks off Gear Up, Level Up to get people ready for its next expansion

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So you aren't really prepared for the next EverQuest II expansion because you haven't done all your leveling and your gear is outdated. Shh, it's...
Please come back.

World of Warcraft: Classic is getting Dire Maul today ahead of the rest of Phase 2

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Sorry, guy; you might know Mordenkainen's Magical Watchdog, but you never actually said you were casting it, so now there's ogres. Among other things, anyhow. Yes, World...

Choose My Adventure: The Torchlight Frontiers Railmaster suddenly makes perfect sense

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You know that moment when you’re playing a new MMORPG class and there’s this kind of epiphany? That feeling like a switch has been...
Don't say it.

The Yellow King is a new MMO heading for a Halloween early access event

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The stars are right for a new dose of multiplayer madness, and The Yellow King is here to offer precisely that. Those of you familiar...
We're the good guys this week, right? No? Well, we're going anyway.

Rumor: Riot is working on an anime and digital card game based on League of Legends

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Are you ready to explore the rich lore of Runeterra? Because you - wait, what do you mean "what the heck is a Runeterra?"...

Blizzard solves its ‘one company, two policies’ problem by hiding pro players and canceling an event

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While many gamers are now looking ahead to BlizzCon for its reveals after the Hearthstone Hong Kong esports fiasco, I'm far more curious about...

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