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The Stream Team: Healing and leveling in Final Fantasy XIV

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With the Final Fantasy Fan Festival's reveals fresh on his mind, Massively OP's Chris is ready to play a whole lot of catch-up on...
Vendi ad me frat

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Naoki Yoshida explains patch 4.5 and Blue Mage in the newest live letter

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After Friday's keynote, Naoki Yoshida made it fairly clear that Final Fantasy XIV fans would not hear anything further about the contents planned for the...

One Shots: Take me home, country roads

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I can't tell if Deekay Plus' headlining shot from Fallout 76 here is that of a gorgeous West Virginia sunrise -- or an in-progress...
Faires past

The Daily Grind: What are your reactions to this year’s Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest?

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Game-specific conventions are always a wild ride. Square-Enix didn't have to spend the past few days wowing people who had no idea about what...
(Not nearly) 'nuff said!

Champions Online pays tribute to Stan Lee with new in-game cosmetic

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Champions Online was just one of the many superhero MMOs that came out to pay their respects to comics legend Stan Lee after news...

The Stream Team: More getting lost in ARK: Extinction

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When we last left Massively OP's Chris, he had inadvertently become ARK: Survival Extinction's greatest hide-and-seek master as he tried to come to grips...
THE FINAL DOOT

WRUP: The revolution will be available in audio formats edition

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Folks, we know that people have been upset about the idea that the revolution will not be televised. Thus, we've made sure that the...
Wreckage.

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Details from the press conference with Naoki Yoshida

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In contrast to the high-octane trailer that had opened the day, the final event for the first day of the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival...
There! A thing!

The Daily Grind: Is it better to play MMOs cooperatively or competitively?

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It's a fact of MMO life that, sooner or later, we interact with other players in these games. It's kind of one of the...

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Shadowbringers promises new story, new regions, and new jobs

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The plan was to fan a spark into a flame, but now it's getting dark, so who'll remember your name? (Apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda...

The US Army is fielding esports teams for Fortnite, Overwatch, and more

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In an apparent effort to connect with America's youth and drive up recruitment numbers, the United States Army has announced that it will be...
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: The smart World of Warcraft stuff from BlizzCon

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Let's get something out of the way first and foremost. I am not going to count Warcraft III: Reforged as a smart thing for...

This is the cheeky player program that trivializes Fallout 76’s nuke code decryption

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Hey, did you think all of Fallout 76's problems would magically disappear once it launched? Welp, you were wrong. As Bethsoft plays whack-a-mole with...

Battle Bards Episode 132: Steampunk

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Steam-powered tech, airships, clockwork machines, and automata are the source of inspiration for this week’s episode of Battle Bards! The team scrounged the landscape...
hooray

Gamigo compensates ArcheAge players for merge messes and Relics of Hiram delays

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With promises about future content and revamps plus the launch of Relics of Hiram finally out the door, Gamigo is finally turning its attention...

Leaderboard: Is a ‘WoW Immortal’ a very real possibility?

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During this week's podcast, Justin made a joke about the potential for a "WoW Immortal" that... doesn't seem like such a joke, especially given...
It's fine, everything is fine, this is fine.

WildStar sunsets November 28 – and it’s still dropping lore

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Salt in the wound here: Carbine, or what's left of it, has released this week another leg in WildStar's meta plot and the slow...

Defiance 2050 updates playerbase following Trion buyout, looks forward to the future

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We haven't heard specifically from the Defiance 2050 team since last month when Trion was acquired by Gamigo and the majority of its employees laid...
Litany of lineups.

The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal length for MMO group content?

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An average run of content in Final Fantasy XIV is going to take me about half an hour... usually. It's actually more fiddly than...
Found you!

Lost Ark addresses player questions on open beta connectivity issues

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After what seems to be forever, Lost Ark is in testing right now in South Korea. Or launch, depending on how you look at...

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