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Citadel: Forged with Fire deployed a patch to finally stop non-responsive AI

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In the strictest sense, there's nothing wrong with non-responsive AI in a game. Even in Citadel: Forged with Fire, it just means that whatever...
THIS IS ALL YOU GET

Blizzard has decided to keep Battlenet around after all

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Remember last September when Blizzard said it would be "transitioning away from using the Battle.net name" for the "central nervous system for Blizzard games"?...

EVE Online revenge war update: The war machine stalls

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Last week we brought you the news of a massive new war brewing in the north of EVE Online, and The Imperium's threat of revenge...

The PAX West City of Heroes and Ashes of Creation panels are a go

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A few weeks back, we reported on the City of Heroes-themed panel coming to PAX West in Seattle at the beginning of September. With the...
You've got to be elite after all.

Elite: Dangerous is retiring its 32-bit client

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Despite the name, Elite: Dangerous has never required a particularly elite home computer to run. But it will be getting just a little bit...
Oh, I see it.

League of Legends skin based on soccer player Edgar Davids is going to cost Riot money

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See the charming dark-skinned gent in the header image? That's the Striker Lucian skin in League of Legends. It also strongly resembles the kit,...
Red means dead.

Wisdom of Nym: The winning jobs in Final Fantasy XIV right now

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Last time around, we looked at the jobs everyone thinks is deep in the loser category in Final Fantasy XIV. Some of them are...
Ch-ch-ch

Black Desert offers NA players a compensation package for emergency maintenance

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Good news for Black Desert players in North America, you got some free compensation! The bad news is that it's to make up for...

Guild Chat: What to do if drug use impacts your MMO guild

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which we all band together to help someone get on top of his or her guild-related...

One Shots: Out for a monster stroll

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He just wanted to go out for a casual stroll. He picked the worst possible day to do it. Todd the Troll lumbered out of...
Dashing!

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most attractive cosmetic options?

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There are a lot of games out there with really great cosmetic systems. But a great system in and of itself doesn't mean that...

PSA: Guild Wars 2’s mounts may be causing motion sickness issues

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Longtime readers will know that we take motion sickness from games pretty darn seriously around here, given that we have a writer who's been...
You really know nothing about me and no one cares.

WRUP: Welcome to Boring Monsters Online edition

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Thank you for signing up to play Boring Monsters Online, where we have diligently made sure that all of our monsters seem like they could...

The Daily Grind: Which style of MMO combat do you enjoy the most?

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MMOs are nothing if not deeply invested in combat as a core system, and as such, developers have come up with every fighting style...
Das Test.

Betawatch: The Exiled limits lives in hopes of extending its life (August 11, 2017)

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If you've been following The Exiled for a bit, you know the game has been struggling to reach a large enough audience to sustain...
Dolls!

The Final Fantasy XI mobile version hasn’t died

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You could be forgiven for thinking that the long-awaited mobile version of Final Fantasy XI developed by Nexon had been unceremoniously banished to the...
FACE

Absolver shows off the basics of character creation and equipment

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When you play Absolver, your character's face is a mask. You don't get to see more than that. But there's still room for character...
all better!

Destiny 2 is fixing a lot of bugs for its PC beta

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The down side for players looking forward to Destiny 2 on the PC is that they have to wait a little longer for pretty...
Awesome. Very impressive. Great use of IP.

Ghost in the Shell Online services to close in Japan

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The bright side of the news that Ghost in the Shell Online will be shutting down service in Japan is that this is not,...
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Blizzard memo indicates renewed focus on hiring diversity

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Blizzard is doubling down on diversity and inclusion when it comes to its own hiring practices. That's according to a leaked internal memo from Blizzard President...