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There are so many beautiful things in this world! Like soup, and... you know, that feeling when... darn it, all I can think of now is soup.

Ghostbusters World is out now for those who are not, in fact, afraid of no ghost

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If there's something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? Absolutely no one, because you're playing Ghostbusters World on your phone, hopefully. It...

Daybreak mourns the passing of H1Z1 Software Engineer David Avram

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The Daybreak Games team behind Z1 Battle Royale announced today that Software Engineer David Avram has sadly passed away. His passing comes only four...
pls do a rescue

Fallout 76 tweets about a new faction, the Responders

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Factions in Fallout 76 are going to be different than they were in prior Fallout games, but they're still going to play an important...
awesome show great job

Valve’s Artifact is delaying and cropping its public beta

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Sometimes, shortening beta periods is a good sign. Sometimes delays on beta are... well, perhaps not a good sign, but just a necessary one....
Take him out.

Red Dead Redemption 2 may be heading to PC in 2019

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If your platform of choice is PC, you may be wondering when you will be able to redeem all of your red deads in...

Massively on the Go: The key MMO features in The Walking Dead Our World

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As a franchise, The Walking Dead is probably past its prime, but I'm admittedly still a bit of a fan. In fact, I was playing...
You've seen my dog.

World of Warcraft Classic will log you off after a set amount of time for the demo, even at home

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We hope you weren't planning marathon play sessions for World of Warcraft Classic if you pick up the virtual ticket demo. Not because you...
Keep seeking.

Star Trek Online lays out its plans for the rest of the year and the start of the next

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The year is not quite over, but Star Trek Online is already thinking about the end of this year and the start of the...

An EVE Online player used his Homeland Security contacts to save EVE Vegas 2018

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In what sounds like the plot of a movie, this weekend's EVE Vegas 2018 event in Las Vegas almost fell apart at the last...
Thee of Sieves.

Sea of Thieves offers a prop for anyone who writes some piratical graffiti

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The sets for every single Sea of Thieves video update are elaborate to the point of almost being unnecessarily so; you get the sense...
No one weekend should have all that power.

Global Chat: Is it time to get rid of MMO factions?

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Factions in MMORPGs are a "love 'em, hate 'em, or largely ignore 'em until the studio remembers it has 'em and decides to shove...

One Shots: Waifu dreams

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Make no bones about it, MapleStory 2 is as anime as they come. Need proof beyond the huge eyes, overdone expressions, and ultra-saturated cuteness?...
No, you can't be quite this evil.

The Daily Grind: Do you use Steam for MMOs?

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Steam took a hold of my PC lifestyle so gradually I barely knew it was happening. I installed it when a friend bought me...
There's no relief.

WRUP: The third shade of Sycamore House edition

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The third shade evaded us for weeks. It looked small and vulnerable, more like the suggestion of something small than an actual small person;...

The Daily Grind: Why don’t players use emotes more in MMOs?

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The other day I was reading up on Fallout 76's emote wheel -- brought to you by Bethesda's console tunnel vision -- and was...
At this point it's debatable if anything will come out of here.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation briefly removes its NDA

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The NDA for Ashes of Creation is gone! Quickly, everyone, take the time to post as many screenshots as possible... aaaaand it's back again. Seriously,...
Behold. Nothing.

Chronicles of Elyria will let players choose their game worlds in upcoming map voting

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It's virtually every MMO player's dream to be able to shape the worlds they inhabit, but Soulbound Studios is allowing backers of its in-development...

Chaos Theory: A guide to Secret World Legend’s Samhain 2018 community events

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If you thought that all Samhain had to offer was official Secret World Legends missions and events, you'd be mistaken. A-machete-through-the-skull sorely mistaken. In...
Those are people who died, died.

WoW Factor: Examining excitement, accomplishment, and elitism in Battle for Azeroth

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It's been a while, and for good reason. But now that we're nearly three months into Battle for Azeroth, the World of Warcraft community...

Funcom allowed a fan to publish and sell a novel based on the Secret World franchise

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Here's one for the warm fuzzies bin: MOP reader Ocho (@BigMikeyOcho) of Casual Aggro and Beyond the Veil was first to cover the fact...

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