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I demand this skill.

EVE Online’s March update is here with skills on demand and nullsec anomaly improvements

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The fact is that EVE Online's whole "skills on demand" concept is slightly misleading. It's more like the ability to purchase the skills you want...

Choose My Adventure: New tools, same flailing in Legends of Aria

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So, full disclosure here: This edition of Choose My Adventure is going to come from a perspective of limited play time. My "real" job...
Past is just practice.

EverQuest’s 20th anniversary invites players to preserve the past with some Gnomish help

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It might seem a little bit on the nose for the EverQuest 20th anniversary celebration to literally include a new zone that's all about preserving the...
No, saying that you don't care is not actually an answer.

The Daily Grind: What was the worst MMORPG for corpse runs?

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Pretty much every MMORPG has some sort of corpse run - that is, when you die, you have to run some sort of gauntlet...
This may potentially be my final form.

Final Fantasy XI brings Ambuscade weapons to their final form with today’s update

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Thanks to ages of shonen anime, "this isn't even my final form" no longer sounds remotely intimidating but mostly just brings to mind accidental...

Heroes of the Storm discusses ranked mode and hero changes in an AMA

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Considering the rollback in operations for the MOBA Heroes of the Storm, fans were very likely eager to hear from the game's devs. The...

Sadistic player-designed maze traps Fallout 76 gamers

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In a world where there are no NPCs, Fallout 76 players have to get really creative about what to do with their time. One...

Leaderboard: Should MMO studios be involved in their respective subreddits?

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The issue of who controls MMO game subreddits is one that's just kept recurring over the years, at least as far back as when...
Same old story.

World of Warcraft: Classic is now planned to get six phases of content over time

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As we approach the planned launch of World of Warcraft: Classic, it turns out we're getting a larger number of content updates than were originally...
Your manager says you should shut up.

Wisdom of Nym: The rotating rewards of Final Fantasy XIV’s seasonal events

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I'm not going to lie here: I'm really pretty disappointed with the rewards on offer for Granblue Fantasy's anniversary event. An event summon that functionally...
BRIGHT

Path of Exile’s Synthesis launch had the game’s second-highest player concurrency

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The goal of any major update release for any game is to launch with no real issues, but it's rarely what you actually expect....

Apex Legends developers ban 355K cheaters as dataminers find new weapons

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Rising battle royale star Apex Legends just reduced its playerbase by 355,000 players. First, congratulations are in order for having enough players that banning 355,000 would...

One Shots: Rack ’em up!

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I have to say that I would be much more likely to take up the crimefighting life if there was a really hip rec...
Contains some monsters.

The Daily Grind: Do you try out MMOs in well-maintained maintenance modes?

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It's not hard to play Final Fantasy XI or Guild Wars at this point. Both titles are in maintenance mode, yes; they've gotten their last major...
Llook out, Llary! It's the llandlllord!

WRUP: Of course something is going wrong with the joke machine edition

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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: Why did the road cross the chicken? Q: How do you stop an elephant from charging? A: How...

The Daily Grind: If MMOs scaled back on combat, what should fill that space?

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I know that I'm not the first or the last person to accuse modern MMOs of being far to combat-centric in their design, but...
All right, here we go.

Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers hits its third alpha so hard it breaks all the NDAs

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Yes, you read that right. Torchlight Frontiers hit its NDA so hard that it done broke. There's no NDA for the third alpha test,...
There! A thing!

Albion Online explains the mechanics of its randomized dungeons and why they’re a big deal

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The randomized dungeons are the biggest feature arriving in Albion Online with the Oberon update on March 20th, but they might be a bigger...
It's dark down here.

Neverwinter shows off some of the beasties of the Undermountain

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If you're familiar with the history of Dungeons & Dragons, you probably have some idea of the creatures you'll encounter in Neverwinter's trip to...
Uh.

Artifact continues to hemorrhage players as fans plead for a sign from Valve

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Hey, let's talk about Artifact! When last we checked in with Valve's digital card game (the first new game from the studio since Dota...

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