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DC Universe Online brings back the Witching Hour once again for Halloween

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It's the most wonderful month of the year, especially if you like the ghoulish or the macabre, and DC Universe Online is already planning...
Sir Probably Not Appearing In These Dungeons

Lord of the Rings Online has hit the third wave of testing for its next major patch

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Boy, what more do you need to test out the latest Lord of the Rings Online patch on its test server? Do you need...
We'll be fine, yes, just fine.

Shroud of the Avatar is not launching this year, but it will have a launch date this year

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There's a lot still to be done in the development of Shroud of the Avatar. Even with the most recent major patch for the...

Chinese players review bomb PUBG on Steam over in-game VPN ads

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Remember a couple of weeks ago when Valve said it was continuing to seek ways to crack down on review bombing, the practice of...

Leaderboard: Which of the City of Heroes spiritual successors are you looking forward to?

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A few years ago, we counted basically three City of Heroes successor games, all made by indie studios. In 2017, we still have three...

Hawken will sunset its PC Steam servers in January 2018, but not console servers

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Free-to-play online shooter Hawken is sunsetting its Steam servers for PC users, Reloaded Games announced today, causing reviews of the game to tank. "After 3...
Now fight for something!

Wisdom of Nym: The last batch of revelations for Final Fantasy XIV 4.1

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Well, time to get my running shoes on, Final Fantasy XIV's next patch is coming out on October 10th and I'm aiming for a...
And we shoot the varmint.

Wild West Online shows off the old-timey guns coming with its beta

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Here's a grand surprise for you: Wild West Online will feature old-timey weapons. It will, in fact, involve a fair amount of shooting things....
Three-point landing! Sort of.

Bless Online starts its second closed beta in Japan on October 12

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Let's take a moment to take stock of Bless Online, shall we? In South Korea, the game is testing its complete rebuild. In North...
You either didn't like the last answer or you didn't care then or now.

Riot apologizes for League of Legends dev who joked about streamer’s hypothetical death

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Over the weekend, a Riot Games developer made a Terrible Mistake: Lead Experience Designer Aaron "RiotSanjuro" Rutledge insulted a banned streamer in League of Legends' public...

Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan on how toxic gamers try to intimidate Blizzard devs

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As the discussion and response to Overwatch's legendary toxicity problem continues, even the development team isn't spared from the impact of this, ahem, "passionate"...

EVE Evolved: What to expect from EVE Vegas 2017

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CCP Games' annual EVE Vegas event kicks off in less than a week on October 6th, and once again MassivelyOP will be on the...

Global Chat: What’s going on with Daybreak?

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Do you ever give MMOs a questioning stare and find yourself asking to no one in particular, "What is up with Daybreak these days,...

One Shots: Starlight, starbright

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As someone very much on the outside of this whole Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire thing, my observations is that this is some...
We all live in a potentially messy world.

The Daily Grind: How much do aesthetics impact your playstyle choices in an MMO?

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How your character looks affects your enjoyment of an MMO. This is almost a tautology; you spent time in the character creator, obviously, so...
Lord

WRUP: So crazy and random edition

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Hey, folks, I'd like to announce for the record that I am just so crazy and random! I surprise people with my completely insane...

The Daily Grind: Which NPC would you like to see more of in your MMO?

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I think I speak for a majority of Secret World veterans when I say that we need 100% more Hayden Montag in this MMO....
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Final alpha is go for Legends of Aria (September 29, 2017)

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Well, Legends of Aria fans, it's the final... alpha? That doesn't sound like a 1980s power ballad line at all, someone should get on...
glowsticks

Dark and Light shows off the new tameable creatures from Blackice Peaks

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If you're told that there are new creatures in Dark and Light, your goal should be capturing, taming, and riding those creatures. They exist...
STONED

Crowfall details the obdurate Stoneborn race

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The Stoneborn of Crowfall are not dwarves. They sometimes get referred to as dwarves, but it's a ridiculous name because they're as large as...