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Depopulated.

The Repopulation’s next patch is on the way, and so is more visual lore

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Fans of The Repopulation have been waiting for the game's next patch for a little while, but it shouldn't be much longer now. A...
Now the story can be told...

Wisdom of Nym: Deep-diving Final Fantasy XIV’s leveling structure

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I do a lot of leveling in Final Fantasy XIV. This is, in part, because I am stupid; for several dumb reasons I have...
Build it up.

Lord of the Rings Online tested Dungeons of Naerband and the Court of Seregost this past weekend

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Did you take part in the last dungeon testing on the Lord of the Rings Online test server? If so, you'll have the context...

The MMO Book Club votes between Guild Wars 2, Secret World Legends, DCUO, EverQuest, RuneScape, ArcheAge, and WoW

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Hey, remember the MMO Book Club? That's the Reddit-and-Discord group that allows members to vote on a game to play, then organizes a guild...

Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on guilds, groups, and the social systems that make an MMORPG go ’round

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Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPG Camelot Unchained released a hefty chunk of its ongoing beta one document, revealing extensive insight into...

RuneScape’s RuneFest features mobile clients, 2018 content plans (including the bank rework)

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At this weekend's RuneFest event in London, Jagex homed in on RuneScape's promised mobile client and its upcoming content. First, let's tackle mobile. Fans in...

Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG

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Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...

Elder Scrolls Legends nerfs its Twitch ‘drops’

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Earlier this year, popular streaming platform Twitch - with whom we are a partner - introduced what probably ought to have been a controversial...

Permateam aims to reduce toxicity by avoiding random grouping in games like Overwatch and League of Legends

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Players feeling the frustration and sting of random grouping in Overwatch and other e-sports games might have a new ally in the form of...

MMO Mechanics: Material storage and the Guild Wars 2 economy

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Guild Wars 2 launched its second expansion, Path of Fire, a few days ago, and as you might expect, a new expansion means some immediate...

One Shots: Drop. Your. Sword.

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"It's possible, pig, I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to...

20-year-old Ultima Online is going free-to-play (kinda) and getting player-generated quests

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In preparing tomorrow's birthday piece for Ultima Online, I confidently wrote that Ultima Online was not going free-to-play because that's what the devs always...
Dolls!

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite small act of kindness from a stranger in an MMO?

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At one point in Final Fantasy XI, I was stuck in Ordelle's Caves. A friend had been helping me get my RSE deep within...
Technically by this point we're talking Ninja, but let's not quibble.

Final Fantasy XIV plans UI improvements for patch 4.1

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The next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV contains many pieces of content, but it also promises to improve the quality of life for...
HOT TIMES, SUMMER IN THE CITY

WRUP: Can talk, Path of Fire edition

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Welcome to another installment of What Are You Playing and... oh, jeez. Where are all of you? See, this is what I was worried...

The Daily Grind: Do any MMO monsters creep you out?

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I can't say that I've ever encountered truly disturbing and creepy MMO mobs. I think it's by the virtue that they are in an...
From the past.

World of Warcraft audio drama shows what happened to Alleria and Turalyon

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The open question of "where are Alleria and Turalyon" was bouncing around in World of Warcraft pretty much as soon as players got to...

Star Citizen is down to only 7 must-fix issues before alpha 3.0 goes to the Evocati

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What's that sound? That's the sound of Star Citizen's alpha 3.0 creeping ever closer, as the teams say they've made "substantial progress." In the latest...

Overwatch: Fan designs an awesome Thai character, competitive bans start soon

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Overwatch's next great character isn't a product of Blizzard's labs at all but the imagination of a masters student who whipped up a Thai...

Happy birthday to Fallen Earth, Aion, World of Warships, and Warhammer Online

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This particular part of September is loaded with MMORPG and MMO birthdays. In addition to ArcheAge, whose corgipocalypse we've been covering already, and Ultima...