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The Daily Grind: What great MMO grouping experiences have you had lately?

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One gaming night that I look forward to every week is Friday evening, because I know that then I'll be dropping all other MMO...
So... great?

Warface hits 5 million console players

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It turns out that a lot of people with consoles will see a title like Warface and say "yeah, that sounds like a good...
Hoooooomebody

Path of Exile elaborates on the changes coming to Hideouts with its next major update

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The next big update for Path of Exile will shake things up for hideouts. No longer will you be deprived of your carefully crafted...
FIRST

Star Trek Online community stands divided over a Reddit protest targeting game issues

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The Star Trek Online community is in uproar today after a popular subreddit was taken private by its mods in protest over problems with...

Red Dead Redemption 2 has shriveling horse balls, but your own toon’s got nothin’, nude mod reveals

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While you bide your time waiting for Red Dead Online's beta, you can always hop into the real game, Red Dead Nudes. Sorry, I...
Mean elf.

Activision draws heat over ignoring accessibility requirements as its stock continues tumbling

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It's safe to say that Activision Blizzard took a bit of a drubbing after BlizzCon (you could read all about it on your cell...
Theft.

Digital card game Artifact hurries to address player consternation over its business model

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You may remember Artifact as Valve's entry into the digital card game market, with plans to have no moderation and no way of obtaining...
Who Mourns For Self-Declared Adonis?

Cliff Bleszinski states he’s never making another game

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If you had been hoping to see what Cliff Bleszinski (Cliffy B to those who don't like typing out surnames) was going to do...
Sorry!

Elite: Dangerous guild adopts sea cow, presumably plans to take it to space

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The manatee, commonly known as a sea cow, are herbivorous marine animals known mainly for being so ugly that they're cute, coming into conflict...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts: ‘No one is attempting to do what we are doing’

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As we noted on Saturday, Star Citizen hit $200 million in crowdfunding - and that prompted a letter from the chairman penned by Chris...
weedle weedle weeeeeeee

The Daily Grind: Do you consistently pick the same classes and playstyles in MMOs?

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Justin and I kicked off last week's podcast discussing our favorite character class playstyles, and I... kind of got carried away gushing about my...

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...