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Final Fantasy XIV makes Chinese vanity items available for sale

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A new patch just arrived in Final Fantasy XIV, complete with a plethora of items that you can use to glamour your gear. But...
Everything is working great, dude.

Indie sandbox The Exiled hires on a new lore writing team

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If you've been thinking of The Exiled (formerly known as Das Tal) as a hardcore indie PvP sandbox where the players make the story,...
RoI fans, this is your chance to prove Bree super-wrong.

Riders of Icarus previews the Rift of the Damned and steps back on Alliance changes

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Don't be nervous about entering Riders of Icarus' Rift of the Damned; as a recent development diary shows, it's just a name. The eponymous...

Hyperspace Beacon: Five things BioWare needs to do to keep SWTOR players around

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I write a lot of words about Star Wars: The Old Republic. And over this last year, the Knights of the Fallen Empire has...
Still not cool, though.

Blizzard clarifies World of Warcraft quests that can’t be cleared in LFR

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The World of Warcraft community was in a bit of a tizzy yesterday when it collectively discovered that you couldn't complete a quest chain...

The Daily Grind: Are you a bad MMO hero?

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By now it's an old hat that all MMORPGs keep casting us in the role of local hero and world savior. No matter where...
Do you ever feel like we, as a group, are collectively trying too hard?

You can’t get raid quest items from LFR in World of Warcraft: Legion

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The lack of a queue option for Mythic dungeons in World of Warcraft hasn't sat well with many people, but it appears that's not...
Sadly, I was hoping for actual trains.

Allods Online introduces battle training with its next patch

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You don't have a permanent Arena team or the most solid possible grasp of raid mechanics in Allods Online. That's not pleasant, is it?...
Ain't no school like the old school.

World of Warcraft: Legion opens up more Emerald Nightmare options today

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Do you want to be the very best, like no one was before? Then you'll probably want to take on the Mythic difficulty in...

Meridian 59 continues to influence online games 20 years later

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Twenty years ago this week, Meridian 59 shed its beta trappings and officially released as one of the very first graphical MMORPGs on the...
For instance, six instances.

Aion shows off the new instances for patch 5.1

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The next European Aion patch is bringing some new instances for you to challenge. Not one, not two, not three, but six new instances...
Everythin

Riders of Icarus plans changes to Alliance battles to discourage win-trading

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When Riders of Icarus first introduced its multi-sided Manastone battles, it was without any sort of automated matchmaking, with the assumption that players would...
This is... oh, heck, you know.

Landmark’s September update is due out this week

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The big September update for Landmark is going to be out this week, which is good news; otherwise it wouldn't be September any longer....
How does this work? We were barely told.

Wisdom of Nym: Taking apart Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.4 notes

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Oh boy, here comes patch day! And to my surprise, it's coming way earlier than I expected. It shouldn't be surprising - we're just...
This is fine.

Hear the stirring tunes of Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 3

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Still swooning over Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorn's soundtrack? That's so 2015, my friends. It's time to live in the now, and that...

ArcheAge celebrates its second birthday with free cash shop loot

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Thinking about poking your head back into ArcheAge for the game's second birthday? Trion Worlds would like to make it worth your while. Veterans who...

Leaderboard: Where did all the City of Heroes players go?

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Based on the comments under Justin's Perfect Ten on City of Heroes memories this past week, a lot of folks out there in our audience really...

Guild Chat: Solving more officer conflicts in MMO guilds

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Welcome along to another loaded edition of Guild Chat, the place where guildies in need of some solid advice can pose a query and...

One Shots: Pining for the icy fjords

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Isn't it really disturbing when you're playing one game and it completely reminds you of another title? Our brains make so many bizarre connections that...
I STAND ALONE

The Daily Grind: What do you want companion apps for MMOs to do?

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I quite like the World of Warcraft: Legion companion app; it gives me a chance to send off my companions on missions, start research,...

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