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Eternal Crusade patches in melee balance and matchmaking improvements

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Considering that Eternal Crusade takes place in a very far-flung future, you could be forgiven for thinking that the game was set long after...
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Scientists say Pokemon Go helps relieve stress in Japanese workers

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A new Japanese study in the acclaimed science journal Nature suggests that Pokemon Go players experienced a drop in "psychological distress" because of the game. The paper gives...

One Shots: A bridge too far

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One more bridge. That's what she kept telling me, even though I cautioned her that sooner or later our luck would run out. She...
Iconic or no, I just don't care.

The Daily Grind: What sort of content discourages you from projects in MMOs?

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Pretty soon, we're getting the next tier of anima/zodiac/whatever weapons in Final Fantasy XIV. Every time those show up I find myself thinking that...
Only 90s kids

Check out a (very brief) Venom trailer for Marvel Heroes Omega

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If you were into comic books in the '90s, you probably remember a point where Venom was all over everything. He was like Spider-man,...
Swanky.

Lord of the Rings Online invites players to test out two new dungeons

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There was a bit of a problem with Lord of the Rings Online's first attempt to test its next two dungeons on the test...
AHHH MOTHS

WRUP: A review of Titans Return Magnus Prime with every noun replaced with moth edition

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I had no real use for Moths Return Powermaster Moth when the moth was first announced, because while I liked the previous version of...
Still crazy after all these years.

The Daily Grind: Do you like MMO quests with fail conditions?

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In my recent forays into Dungeons and Dragons Online, I was forcibly reminded just how different this game in comparison of your standard MMORPG....
Supplies.

Betawatch: Crowfall shares lots of fun stuff (September 15, 2017)

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Good news for Crowfall fans this week because there's plenty on the docket about the game's development. You might not consider a whole lot...
Good work, great idea.

Overwatch is running a free weekend starting September 22

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Are you mollified by the latest statements that Blizzard is going to fix toxicity in Overwatch for real, we mean it this time, seriously?...

Massively Overthinking: What keeps you from playing mobile MMOs?

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Earlier this week, we wrote about Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss' IPO and its grand plans for the future - among them, four additional...

Star Citizen’s alpha 3.0 inches closer to testers, CIG touts its mission system

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In this week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, Cloud Imperium says it's reduced its must-fix issues by 50 over the last week,...
I'm sure it's fine.

Elite: Dangerous brings the Thargoids with patch 2.4 on September 26

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There are dangerous things in deep space when you play Elite: Dangerous. More dangerous than system failures, or pirates, or interstellar phenomena. The Thargoids...

Wild West Online’s first closed alpha has officially begun

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"Open-world action-based, online multiplayer" game - somewhere between a survival sandbox and an MMO - Wild West Online officially hits closed alpha today, or...

Guild Wars 2 DPS meter creator adds build templates to popular arcdps mod

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If you have min-maxer friends in Guild Wars 2 as I do, you probably already know about arcdps, a player-designed mod that originally merely...

The Daily Grind: Are MMO lockboxes actually even worse than gambling?

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MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie made an interesting point in one of his recent Critical Writ videos that I think deserves some amplification and...
Oh, who's a cutie.

Revelation Online adds in a new level cap and new bosses in the Uprising update

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It's time to get better than you ever thought possible in the latest Revelation Online patch. Heck, better than it was possible to get,...
Like this style.

Final Fantasy XIV prepares for Shirogane housing while halting house demolitions

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Looking forward to picking up a house in Final Fantasy XIV's Shirogane housing district? The houses are planned to open up with the release...
Smart-ish.

Heroes of the Storm wants to keep its AI smart and adaptive

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It's quite possible you don't think that AI is a big part of gameplay in Heroes of the Storm, but a lot of the...

Star Citizen denies claims that a backer sought and received a $45000 refund

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If you're as "fed up" with waiting for Star Citizen as Chris Roberts is "fed up" with providing endless moving release dates for alpha...