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Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan on WoW Classic and the Overwatch toxicity ‘strike team’

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Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan gave an interview on Reddit this week that provides an interesting perspective from an original World of Warcraft developer who defected to...
AGAIN!

Asta Online prepares to shut its doors… again

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Alas-ta, poor Asta Online. We were pretty surprised when the game got its third lease on life earlier this year, but it appears to...

Nostalrius admins take victory lap over World of Warcraft Classic

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The driving forces behind Nostalrius, the famous World of Warcraft emulator that caused so much hubbub in 2016, are taking a victory lap this...
NEVER MIND

The Daily Grind: Have server merges ever driven you away from an MMO for good?

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When I saw Star Wars: The Old Republic's whole promotion for Knights of the Old Republic, I was momentarily tempted to log back in...

Global Chat: World of Warcraft BlizzCon reactions

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Whether you play it now or not, chances are that your paths have crossed with World of Warcraft in the past. This is true...
We are great at our jobs.

Diablo III gets updated visuals for the Xbox One X

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Good news for you, Diablo III fans! You're now able to - wait, what? No, the good news is not a major patch. Or...

Get a glimpse into RuneScape’s die-hard fandom

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Have you ever found yourself scratching your head and trying to understand the rabid devotion that has grown up around RuneScape? It seems that...
Adorbs.

Wizard101 sends players to adventure at the heart of the Spiral with part one of Empyrea

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At the center of the Spiral in Wizard101 sits Empyrea, which was made to keep the Chaos Heart safe. It accomplishes that goal by,...
Reed.

Working As Intended: Guild Wars 2’s new mount licenses are still lockboxes, but they’re not the worst lockboxes

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Pretty much everyone assumed that back when Guild Wars 2 planned out mounts, it did so with its cash shop in mind. The game...
Too bad, very sad.

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth has a weak conflict for a strong focus

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The last time I saw this many people asking "why?" about a new World of Warcraft expansion was at the announcement of Mists of...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s CCP Games is gambling with the livelihoods of employees

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Last week we broke the story that EVE Online developer CCP Games is backing out of the virtual reality games market, closing its Altanta...

The Daily Grind: What older MMO systems do you wish devs would upgrade?

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Perhaps few things bug me so much as when developers introduce a meaty gameplay system into an MMORPG only to neglect or abandon it...
BEHOLD MY HUMAN LASER!

Final Fantasy XIV brings out patch 4.15 on November 21

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At long last, Final Fantasy XIV Bards can put on a show with patch 4.15. The patch is slated for November 21st according to...
Cursing.

Destiny 2 once again denies misidentifying cheaters in latest ban wave

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When Destiny 2 launched on PC just two weeks ago, the cheater ban waves began. Players revolted, arguing that they hadn't been cheating and...
Weill, that's... more of a pier, really.

Path of Exile teases what’s coming in its November 16 reveal

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The next expansion for Path of Exile will be revealed on November 16th. We don't know what it is yet. We don't even know...
Type.

Overwatch brings Moira to the test server

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Fans of certain Blizzard games are going to be waiting a while - possibly even a year - to start playing the cool stuff...

World of Warcraft Classic announcement sends shockwaves through the vanilla emulator community

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As the World of Warcraft community grapples with the surprise BlizzCon announcement of a classic server, one subset of players in particular are feeling...
yungman

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds reaches 20 million copies sold

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Congratulations are due to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which has now reached the milestone of 20 million copies sold. That is a lot of people who...
Mew?

MU Legend heads into soft launch today

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Today's a big day for MU Legend as it moves from the official realm of testing to the realm of launch. Sure, the game...
Race!

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s allied races, the knockoff factor, and future hopes

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Every so often, when I can think of no better introduction, I put some genuine musing into the opening of What Are You Playing....

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