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Elder Scrolls Online players run extensive tests to highlight character race disparities

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Do you ever worry that you chose poorly when it came to picking an MMO race? For some Elder Scrolls Online players, this fear...

The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs for ambient sociability?

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In my gaming time, I switch back and forth between MMOs and solo games (often adventure or RPGs) quite often. When I'm in the...
Oh, right.

Haven and Hearth prepares for a world reset on February 1

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The current iteration of the world for Haven and Hearth is the 10th version of the game world, and it's been running for quite some...

Guild Wars 2 compensates those suspended unjustly in 2018 spyware cheater purge thanks to victim’s GDPR sleuthing

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Last April, the Guild Wars 2 community was shaken by the news that over 1500 players had been suspended from the game after ArenaNet...

Star Citizen addresses crashes as testers recap the player-run Daymar Rally

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Star Citizen's alpha has been plagued with stability issues in its latest build, and you might be tempted to think, duh, it's an alpha,...
Sea what you did there.

Atlas plans to make the climb to the top less arduous for players

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The development team behind Atlas is happy with the influence that hardcore players and large companies have upon the game. That's a core part of...

Guild Wars 2 drops new short story about Rytlock following up All or Nothing

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Remember a couple of years ago when Guild Wars 2's narrative team introduced a lore series about the bespectackled Asura Vikki and her pink...
lol so randum

Take a look at the remastered battlegrounds heading to World of Warcraft in patch 8.1.5

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Whether or not you're tired of Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch in World of Warcraft, those two battlegrounds are old. They're the oldest ones in the...

Leaderboard: What’s the greatest MMO soundtrack of all time?

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In collaboration with Justin's Jukebox Heroes column, we're taking stock of our readers' opinions on the best MMO soundtracks of all time in today's...
Forty-six & 2

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the the European Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival

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Originally I hadn't actually planned to do this particular column, and had instead figured that I'd just go down on reactions to the fan...
Hey, I duped that fair and square!

Bethsoft says it’s listening to player feedback on Fallout 76’s planned Survival mode

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Last week, Bethsoft stirred consternation over its plans for Fallout 76's Survival mode ahead of its March beta. The mode will essentially add pure...
Cyclic.

The Cycle postpones its sixth alpha test for longer access while adding stress tests

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Bad news first for fans of in-dev survival sandbox The Cycle. The game's sixth alpha test has been pushed back by two weeks, so it'll...

Global Chat: When MMOs fail to communicate

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Roger over at Contains Moderate Peril addresses a point that I've been saying for years now: Many MMOs skew to information overload when it...

One Shots: Party on, Garth!

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What makes for a really smashing party in an MMO? You can throw all of the prizes, pretend food, and decorations at the wall,...
Warping shadow.

The Daily Grind: When did you realize you were no longer a beginner in an MMO?

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I tend to think of myself as a beginner in any given MMO for a really long time. Like, to the point where I'll have...
Sure, whatever.

WRUP: See the astonishing Amazo, the Magician With a Gun edition

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Come one, come all, especially come if you're part of the police! It's the astonishing Amazo, the magician who enhances his magical mysteries by...
Roguish.

The Daily Grind: Do you find it hard to connect with pre-established MMO characters?

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One of the hallmarks of MMORPGs is the freedom for players to create the kind of character that they want, from race to looks...
WE... STILL... FUNCTION (maybe)

Betawatch: Project Genom is remaking itself

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The state of play for Project Genom appears to be a tear-down and rebuild. After a long period of silence the game announced that it...
It's a tiny little sprout thing. It might kill you.

Final Fantasy XI rolls out the Spring Alter Ego Expo on February 1

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If you think about it a little, the trusts in Final Fantasy XI are a bit like the eponymous pokemon. They fight alongside you and...
Here comes trouble.

Wisdom of Nym: Analyzing and overthinking Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.5 revelations

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I wonder if we're actually going to find out our destination for the next expansion in February. Remember, we still don't actually know where...

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