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One Shots: Alien sunset

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I will admit that I've been craving a good space exploration sim lately -- the burn to "explore strange new worlds" is rising inside...
If you doubted this before, well, don't.

The Daily Grind: Should expansions change the core of an MMO?

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Those of us playing Final Fantasy XIV have had about two months with Stormblood now, which has prompted one complaint to come out as...
Yes.

WRUP: We want bones edition

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Hello and thank you for calling the Bone Collectors, Thomas and Edward Bone. We want bones. To be absolutely clear, our last name is Bone,...
Look better.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten kudos on your MMO characters’ outfits?

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Let's not lie among ourselves: We all enjoy showing off to others in-game. About half of the reason why we spend so much time...
store

Betawatch: Star Citizen chatters about the still-absent 3.0 (August 25, 2017)

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The team behind Star Citizen is on the floor at Gamescom talking about 3.0, which would be pretty awkward if that update wasn't already...

Bring your own popcorn to the Gamescom Star Citizen stream

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The capstone to Star Citizen's Gamescom hoopla is slated for this afternoon at 3 p.m. EDT, when Cloud Imperium's Chris Roberts takes the stage...
It delivers something very much like what it promises.

Choose My Adventure: Finding the fun in Shroud of the Avatar

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One of the things that I believe is utterly vital to writing about games in general and MMOs in particular is finding the fun....
Options.

Final Fantasy XIV celebrates another anniversary with The Rising

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Once more, a year has passed in Final Fantasy XIV, and once more the Wandering Minstrel is back around to prompt adventurers to join...
Unbreak my heart.

The Daily Grind: Are there any failed IPs that deserve a second MMO try?

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Am I still upset about what happened with Transformers Universe? Well, it's a day, so yes. I'm upset. But what makes me even more...
Oh no problems.

Star Wars: The Old Republic has launched Crisis on Umbara

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You didn't like having to wait unexpectedly for the next major update for Star Wars: The Old Republic. We totally understand that. But you...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

WildStar’s Homecoming update arrives on September 6

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When you play WildStar, you have a house. It's pretty much automatic. But wouldn't you like to be able to have that house be...

Chaos Theory: Funcom can still fix Secret World Legends’ Aurum fiasco

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Mere days after the exciting news about Secret World Legends being made into a television show, we finally hear about the game's long-awaited Aurum...
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home.

Dauntless holds AMA covering free-to-play, Steam, wipes, and Monster Hunter Online

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Yesterday afternoon, the 40-odd-member Phoenix Labs team held a Reddit AMA on Dauntless. Let's run down the highlights! There are no hard dates attached...
Well, I mean... all right.

Ghost in the Shell Online will close on December 6 in North America

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So, remember how Ghost in the Shell Online announced it was shuttering in Japan without announcing that it was also shuttering in North America?...

Leaderboard: Do the HTC Vive’s and Oculus Rift’s price cuts change your opinion on VR pricing?

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When Oculus dropped the price of the Oculus Rift down to $400 earlier this summer, supposedly temporarily (but not its first drop), analysts were...

Gamescom 2017: Overwatch’s Mei-centric Rise and Shine animated short

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Blizzard brought the goods to Gamescom this year, with trailers and announcements for almost every game in its stable, including -- and perhaps especially...

Black Desert censures Pearl Abyss Taiwan employees found cheating

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Let this Black Desert story be a lesson. Actually, no, let it be two lessons: Don't cheat, and definitely don't cheat if your job...

The Daily Grind: What’s your comfort MMO?

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In all of the years that I've been playing MMORPGs, I've noticed that it is far, far easier to return to a known property...

Global Chat: World of Warcraft’s wild frontier

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How is World of Warcraft like the wild west of American history and legend? Something about Barrens chat might come to mind, but blog...

Blizzard profiles World of Warcraft e-sports notables in new video series

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Blizzard is not going to stop trying to make World of Warcraft e-sports a thing, gang, so we may as well have some fun...