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Swordsman launches the Lone Wanderer expansion

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The latest expansion for Swordsman should improve any and all of your bird-related adventures with the new Falconer class. Falconers, to the surprise of...
This place is ugly.

Star Trek Online shines more light on graphical changes

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If any game doesn't need to offer players actual technical information about graphical upgrades, it's Star Trek Online. The developers could just say that...

The Secret World is losing its lead writer

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The Secret World is losing its lead writer, Funcom's Romain Amiel has told players on the official forums. "We are sad to announce that Joshua...

Blade and Soul reveals 2016 content plans, including the Soul Fighter class

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NCsoft Producer Nico Coutant has a big community letter out today for Blade & Soul fans discussing the state of the game and where...

Star Citizen updates alpha 2.4 on the PTU, honors the passing of a backer

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In this week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse, Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick foreshadow the game's alpha 2.4 patch, which...

The Daily Grind: What theme song best represents your main MMORPG character?

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In yesterday's Black Desert column, MOP's Matt Daniel joked about MMORPG mods that allow roleplayers to share their characters' profiles, right down to their theme songs. He...

Massively Overthinking: Solving the MMORPG grouping problem

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Massively OP Patron Roger has another great question for the crew this week. "I have the hardest time pushing myself to join a group, but...
Predictive!

Crowfall explores the joys of server latency and ability use

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Does half a second sound like a long time to you? Of course it doesn't. A second doesn't sound like a long time to...

Desert Nomad: Immersion, atmosphere, and roleplaying in Black Desert

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Hello friends, and welcome back to Desert Nomad, your more or less biweekly source of ramblings that are almost guaranteed to be at least...
The large old German man is not the villain. Groundbreaking!

Someone is already level 100 in Overwatch

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Overwatch player FenderOverwatch has successfully reached the level 100 cap on Tuesday, just a week since its formal launch. You can all give up now. The...

Perfect Ten: How to enjoy the alt lifestyle in MMORPGs

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Not everyone is into creating alternate characters -- alts -- in MMORPGs. This is understandable: Some people don't have time to play more than...
Still at a zero for sold ships that aren't actually usable, though.

Elite: Dangerous identifies issues with AI superweapons in the game

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The most recent Elite: Dangerous patch had some issues, starting with the fact that AI ships were rocking impossibly powerful weapons that would destroy...
There's really only one mode, when you get down to it.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever paid for art of your MMO characters?

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It's not a secret that I roleplay. I love to roleplay, my characters are important to me, and as a result of all of...
Ribbit.

Albion Online details the creation of frogs

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If you see a frog hopping around in your MMO of choice, you probably don't think about it too much. Either it's just a...
is land

Worlds Adrift shows off the features of its island creator

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There's a bunch of cool stuff you can do with the Worlds Adrift island creator. For example, you can create floating sky-islands. That's cool....
Asura are not cute. Why have we agreed to pretend they are?

Guild Wars 2 asks players to vote on lore

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ArenaNet has a fun new diversion for the Guild Wars 2 playerbase: You get to determine the lore name of the band living story heroes...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Why wave-ban Guild Wars 2 cheaters?

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Last week, our very own Bree Royce summed up a response given by ArenaNet's Chris Cleary to a self-confessed hacker on the game's subreddit...
I don't understand what's going on here.

A TERA/Devilian mobile crossover game exists

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All right. So what do you get when you combine TERA with Devilian? No, not the concepts of those games, the actual games. What...

The Daily Grind: Would you want portable housing in your MMO?

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For a long time now, I've had a very minor wish for an MMO feature: the ability to set up camp and have my...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 67: Mailbag spectacular

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Justin and Bree dive into the mailbag for an all-Q&A show with questions submitted by you!

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