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I'm not exaggerating when I say that I had Highmountain unlocked without any intent of ever using it.

World of Warcraft adjusts classes and offers advice on unlocking Allied Races

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So, do you have your allied races for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth unlocked yet? Possibly not. Heck, you might be wondering how...

Celebrate City of Heroes’ 14th anniversary in Paragon Chat this April

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City of Heroes fans, heads-up: The Paragon Chat folks and the people behind HERC are already carving out time in April to celebrate what...
lol

DayZ is targeting Xbox Game Preview at some point this year

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When you think of DayZ these days, you probably don't think of it as the nexus of the survival sandbox popularity rush any longer....

PUBG’s Reshade-blocking patch lands tonight as Bluehole bans 1M cheaters in January

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has an extreme cheating problem, and it's not going away. Anti-cheat tool BattlEye announced today that it helped Bluehole ban over a...

Warframe is working on a massive overhaul to ‘frames – and not everyone is happy

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Warframe is making big moves to change up its meta, and they're not necessarily all welcome. On Friday, Digital Extremes announced that it's plotting an...

Leaderboard: Did you preorder WoW’s Battle for Azeroth expansion?

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Last week was a flurry of excitement over World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth's preorders - and the news that the game will probably...
Hmm.

Saga of Lucimia discusses running after your corpse when you die in a pit

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Show of hands, readers: How many of you have had great fun dealing with corpse runs, trying to retrieve your gear from the spot...
Big time.

Wisdom of Nym: Looking at Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.2

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A lot of times, I spread out my time with Final Fantasy XIV patches, unlocking and finishing up content at a reasonably sedate pace....

Rumor: An Overwatch League team may have finally picked up Geguri [Updated: Yep]

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E-sports blog Dbltap is reporting that Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon told her Twitch following that she has accepted an offer to play on a foreign...
COME FIGHT ME

Final Fantasy XIV gets a dazzling centerpiece snow sculpture for the Sapporo Snow Festival

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The storyline for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward was not just about dragoons fighting dragons in snow. But it was prominently about the great wyrm...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most unused place or feature in your favorite MMORPG?

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I really like abandoned places in games. One of my favorite articles ever was about Glitch, after it sunsetted, when I recapped my experience...

Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?

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Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....

One Shots: The jig is up

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What will you when you embark on your pirate career in Sea of Thieves? I know that at least for me, the answer will...
Nuke.

The Daily Grind: What MMO accomplishments are you proud of?

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I was joking around with one of my friends in Final Fantasy XIV the other day as she mentioned that she didn't think she...
It never happened.

WRUP: The moment never comes edition

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Congratulations, champion. You've won. Now leave. What's that? Of course you don't want to leave. You're waiting for the moment to come. You're waiting to...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most creative fauna?

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Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I am always fascinated with the beasts, creatures, and enemy NPCs that developers create for MMORPGs. While there...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Legends of Aria starts its closed beta (February 2, 2018)

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Congratulations, Legends of Aria, we're glad to see that you're in closed beta now. It's been a twisting road for this particular title, but...
I'm getting misty over here.

The Black Death shows off graphical improvements and an upcoming wiki revival

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Despite its subject matter and, well, name, The Black Death is not a particularly unattractive game. That doesn't mean it can't use a bit...
Classy.

Final Fantasy XI’s next version update gives you a whole new Dynamis-Windurst

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Ah, Dynamis. Once, it was the graveyard of level 75 players, where well-coordinated groups would go in and get murdered repeatedly by statues whilst...
fram

Life is Feudal offers a video overview of agriculture

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In the middle ages, no doubt serfs worked the land, stared out over the horizon, and dreamed of a day when people could spend...