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Dead in the water.

World of Warcraft’s latest Q&A covers the global cooldown and item level changes

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Pretty much no one has really been made happy by World of Warcraft putting most major cooldowns on the global cooldown, one of the many...

The Daily Grind: Do you approach all MMOs with PvP as ‘PvP games’?

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I saw a thought-provoking exchange on Reddit this week that's too good to sit on. It was in a thread for an MMORPG in...
Top 10 Anime Betrayals

Path of Exile fixes up Betrayal issues while preparing its next major expansion

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Full marks to the team behind Path of Exile, as the recently deployed patch 3.5.2 should clear up any remaining issues with the game's Betrayal...
What you consume is just that.

Vague Patch Notes: ‘Gamer’ is not an identity

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Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I'm 36 years old. I've been a professional writer for about a decade now, and...
Love is in the air, everywhere I look around~

Final Fantasy XIV previews this year’s Valentione’s Day festivities

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There's something sinister in the wings in Final Fantasy XIV. Something strange is happening with the world's aether, causing magics to behave strangely in little...
haha oops

Project Genom is quietly restructuring around SpatialOS

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Have you been watching Project Genom from the sidelines and noted in the back of your mind that it seems like the game has gone...
Yes, we're all very impressed over here.

The Daily Grind: How much should fan communities influence MMO designers?

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The other day I saw a comment on an MMO subreddit that I quite liked; to paraphrase, it basically stated that the system designers...
LADY YOU'RE SCARING US

Lineage II looks forward to updates for both live and Classic in early 2019

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The next year will bring stuff for Lineage II. That's the takeaway from the new producer's letter for the game looking forward to everything on the...
Of course, you can argue that the lack of BfA is actually a positive.

China’s third round of game approvals still omits Tencent and NetEase

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There are a lot of game companies in China, but Tencent and NetEase are the two titans with huge stables of titles, numerous online...

Leaderboard: Are you all-in for Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr?

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Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr is not exactly what I wanted - I'm a Hammerfell and Morrowind girl - but we already got Morrowind, so...
In we go.

Anthem is just under a month away from official launch, but weekend VIP demo downloading has begun

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If you've been looking forward to Anthem, you have about a month to go until it has launched for everyone. The game's full launch is...
Same old story, same old song and dance.

Long before Diablo Immortal, the franchise nearly had… Diablo Junior

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We hear that if you look into a mirror with the lights off and say "Diablo Immortal" three times, the Prime Evil himself will...
I don't know why Blizzard gave us the reaction image for this.

The Daily Grind: What do you want out of World of Warcraft’s next expansion?

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It's no secret that player engagement with World of Warcraft is down across the board, with even some of its most vocal supporters acknowledging...
Oh, boo-hoo.

EVE Online cracks down on cheaters, again, and contemplates more free-to-play gates

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You'd think that people might think twice about cheating in EVE Online, given that in 2018 alone, the company banned tens of thousands of...
Expectations.

Star Wars: The Old Republic fan petition asks for more funding for the game to give it new life

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The state of Star Wars: The Old Republic is an odd one. It would seem odd to contend that the game is dying, but as...
Somebody loves you, and that's good.

RuneScape boots player who streamed himself bullying a suicidal gamer

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A game as large and old and multifaceted as RuneScape is bound to collect some bad seeds over time, and as we've seen repeatedly...
doggo

Gamigo is reversing last week’s ArcheAge unicorn mount stealth-normalization

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Last week, we covered the mess over ArcheAge's unicorn mounts, which had been patched and speed-normalized without notice, leaving players angry over what they...
Stormy weather.

World of Warcraft patches in its new raid and its new season of items for Tides of Vengeance

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It's time to head into the Battle of Dazar'alor in World of Warcraft, so long as you've got a regular group to head into a...

Choose My Adventure: Fighting for friends in Elite Dangerous

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Combat in Elite Dangerous is hard, but finding friends was just a bit harder. At least, it was in the way that I had...
Caw! Polly is no longer the apex predator!

Atlas hackers strike again with the return of the dreaded air whale

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It's raining whales! What the heck, it's now raining whales?! Hoist sails! That's the ancient sea shanty players of Atlas were learning to sing when...

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