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World of Warcraft answers pressing prepatch questions in its latest video Q&A

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The prepatch for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is out now, but the expansion is still a bit further off, so players have...
Overwhatever.

Overwatch is performing a little surgery on its healers and planning another free PC weekend

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Healers are important in Overwatch, but they also have the potential to get out of hand. Sure, it's good to be able to patch...
Ocean of Brigands

Sea of Thieves’ devs have realized that community comes from not constantly fighting each other

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Hey, kids, did you know that players feel more like a community when they're working together rather than constantly fighting one another? Of course...

LOTRO calls Middle-earth groupies to celebrate Weatherstock X

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There is perhaps no MMO player music festival as well-known and -attended as the yearly bash at the summit of Lord of the Rings...
Burn it, sure.

The Daily Grind: Where are the spots you most identify with in MMOs?

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It's going to be most relevant next week, but honestly I'm not even a little bit sad at the thought of Darnassus burning in...
Yeah, systems are the problem.

Darkfall: Rise of Agon looks forward to big new systems like dynamic housing

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The last patch for Darkfall: Rise of Agon had a whole gaggle of stuff in it. There's even a video walking through all of...
Monsters.

Temtem discusses Kickstarter backer rewards, November PC alpha, and 2019 early access

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If you backed Temtem's successful Kickstarter, now is the time to collect at least some of your rewards. Spanish developer Crema has posted up...
From the here.

Crowfall’s latest patch notes from the future video reads off 5.7 notes

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The latest edition of Crowfall's regular Patch Notes from the Future is not looking very far into the future. It's actually close to looking...
Some teens, titanic in nature.

DC Universe Online adds the Teen Titans storyline Judas Contract today

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It's time for a new story in DC Universe Online, and this time the game is taking a spin with one of the universe's...
And on and on and on...

Perfect Ten: Endless dungeons in MMOs

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Most MMO dungeons are normal songs. You start out and you have a pretty clear picture of the beginning, middle, and end; they don't...
THE LAW WILL GET YOU

EVE Online has banned almost 20,000 accounts since February for botting and RMT

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Y'all remember the wild mess in EVE Online last winter and spring, when CCP Games said it was "coming for the bots" and getting...

The Daily Grind: How should MMO studios handle game reboots?

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Over the past several years, we have witnessed several MMOs being rebooted and relaunched, including Final Fantasy XIV, Secret World Legends, and, most recently,...

Happy birthday, Albion Online – you launched one year ago today

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Can you believe it's been a whole year since hardcore sandbox Albion Online officially launched? I cannot, but that might be because its separate Steam...
I'm not exaggerating when I say that I had Highmountain unlocked without any intent of ever using it.

World of Warcraft confirms that allied race requirements aren’t changing any time soon

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Today is the day of World of Warcraft turning to the first page of Battle for Azeroth with the expansion prepatch going live today....
what

Champions Online puts its lifetime subscription on sale for the price of its freeform slots

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We still don't know exactly what the plan is with Champions Online's subscription. The plan to take subscriptions off the table entirely was postponed...

The Daily Grind: How can we solve Reddit’s gaming ‘tragedy of the commons’ problem?

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In dealing with the ArenaNet fallout over the last couple of weeks, I started giving serious thought to the Reddit problem in gaming, and...

Creative Assembly’s Grace Carroll speaks on fighting toxicity with active moderation

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Anyone who's been on the internet for more than a few minutes knows how quickly forums and comment threads can quickly descend into toxicity...
Good! That's good.

Worlds Adrift updates players on progress in the midst of a heat wave

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So it turns out the developers behind Worlds Adrift have all melted in the midst of a London heat wave. It's very sad, as...
Make.

Fractured is hosting a livestream on crafting and building today

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Want to know more about crafting and building in Fractured as the game has passed its 75% funding mark? Good news, you'll have a...

Ubisoft is not here for Rainbow Six Siege players’ toxic behavior

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Remember last spring when Ubisoft said it was getting serious about cracking down on toxicity in Rainbow Six Siege? The company said it was...

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