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Perfect World Entertainment confirms Steam China deal

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Earlier this year, we reported on the surprise announcement that Perfect World Entertainment was in talks with Valve to bring Steam into China. It's...
luls

Vague Patch Notes: Having fun in an MMO doesn’t actually mean it’s any good

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It appears that Fallout 76 has become the latest in a long line of games that launched too early with ill-defined goals, trying to be...

The Daily Grind: Do MMOs need to slow down?

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If you look back at the early years of MMORPGs, nearly everything was slow, ponderous, and took gobs of time. Travel took time. Combat...

Battle Bards Episode 133: Star Citizen

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The sparkling majesty of space beckons to the hearts of the Battle Bards — and up there they discover the Star Citizen soundtrack! In...
But on a phone. A phone.

Kakao is set to publish mobile spin-off TERA Frontier

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We're just speculating, but it's possible you guys all have phones. So perhaps you'd like a version of TERA to bring along on your phone?...
But why?

Hellion patches in a storyline with the Rude Awakening update

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Sure, you might have been surviving in Hellion up to this point, but you weren't doing so for a specific reason. You didn't yet have...
Time to poke on home.

Massively on the Go: The Pokemon Let’s Go-Go Connection

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Yes, we're going to talk about Pokemon Let's Go Eevee (or you can pretend its Pikachu if you just want to experience Pokemon Yellow again). No, it's...
Spoiling!

Sea of Thieves launches its Shrouded Spoils update

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30The prophecy has been fulfilled, for a very broad definition of "prophecy." The new Sea of Thieves update, Shrouded Spoils, is available now along with...
Somebody pull.

World of Warcraft on stumbling into a woman-dominated cast for Battle for Azeroth

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If you hadn't noticed, the cast of this particular World of Warcraft expansion is pretty heavy on the leading ladies. Sylvanas, Jaina, Talanji of...
dang

The Daily Grind: Are you doing anything for WildStar’s sign-off?

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Today is the day we say goodbye to WildStar for good, something that I am profoundly sorry to see happen. This was a game that...

Global Chat: Saying farewell to a fellow MMO blogger

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The MMO blogging community is a pretty tight-knit one. Most of us know each other (or of each other) and read each other's blogs...
I HAVE COME AFLAME

H1Z1 gets a new community manager for its PC-based Z1 Battle Royale

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Remember how H1Z1 branded itself as Z1 Battle Royale because at this point the game has changed names more often than most people change socks?...
Why are you supporting this?

Fortnite now has 200 million registered users

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To get the obvious fact out of the way, yes, the latest Fortnite milestone is counting only how many registered users the game has and...
lol newb

Bethsoft acknowledges ‘frustrated and angry’ Fallout 76 fans, previews December patches

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You know, I'm almost starting to feel sorry for whichever Bethsoft community manager is tasked with entering the bowels of the Fallout 76 Reddit...
This is rendering at one frame per ever.

Ship of Heroes talks plainly about its FPS testing from a technical side

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It's very important to keep an eye on the FPS performance of an MMO, but it's also something that tends to not be discussed...

There might just be a class action lawsuit over Fallout 76 refunds

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If you're having fun in Fallout 76, awesome - our own Fallout fanboy certainly found some positives in the game - but other folks...

The Daily Grind: When was the last time you saw something truly heartwarming in an MMORPG?

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A few weeks ago, my husband found himself in a bit of a reorienting Overwatch match. There was a young kid on chat sounding super depressed,...
lol gross

Splatoon 2’s final content update drops on December 5

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Good news, Splatoon 2 fans, you're getting a content update on December 5th! The bad news is that it's the last one you're getting ever...

War Thunder prepares to add Italian ground forces to its roster in December

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Have you long found your enjoyment of War Thunder's ground game hampered by the fact that you cannot currently field Italian ground forces to back...
Sure, explosions are great, but have you ever looked at graphs.

EVE Online releases its monthly economic report from October

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If anyone is unclear as to why jokes are made about EVE Online being spreadsheets in space, perhaps you could point them to the monthly...