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World of Warships embarks on community event ‘Project R’

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Who would like a new destroyer? Wargaming just launched a five-week community event for World of Warships to bring the Kamikaze R destroyer back...
More than you know.

You’re stuck in Manhattan for The Division’s launch

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What's the best borough of New York City? If you said Queens, Brooklyn, or the Bronx (no one ever says Staten Island), you're going...
Somewhere, across the sea, somewhere.

Wisdom of Nym: The next stop on Final Fantasy XIV’s magical expansion tour

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The next expansion for Final Fantasy XIV will be announced this year. We all know it. I suppose there's a chance it won't happen,...
Try to fly better than this.

Get some useful tips on Blade & Soul before it launches tomorrow

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Tomorrow's the big launch day for Blade & Soul for anyone not already enjoying the head start opportunity. Users on Reddit have helpfully compiled...
What do I do?

The Daily Grind: What’s the best pet class in an MMORPG?

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I hated pets when I first got started in MMORPGs. Pets in early MMOs had such terrible AI and were such a nuisance to...

Fans are remaking RuneScape with Neverwinter Nights 2’s toolset

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Most RuneScape fans would probably agree that Jagex's game is very fine indeed, but there are always those who look at an MMO and think,...

One Shots: This little piggy went to market

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I love me a good in-game marketplace. It always makes me think of commerce, of adventure, and of clashing worlds. Too bad we're usually...
Ah yes, teamwork.

The Daily Grind: What do you do in MMOs to calm down?

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At the risk of giving you more information than you all want to hear, lately my anxiety issues have been reaching a fever pitch....
For my next trick, I'm making Prowl.

WRUP: Accidentally making Optimus Prime edition

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It will probably come as no surprise to those of you reading that I've been taking part in a weekly tabletop roleplaying game for...

The Daily Grind: Which fantasy race has gotten too tropish for your liking?

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Poor dwarves. Generic humans aside, I've always had a fondness for dwarves in fantasy literature and games. They feel less Mary Sueish than those arrogant...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Cognitive performance and your brain on games

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So far in our exploration of the topics in Rachel Kowert and Thorsten Quandt's book The Video Game Debate: Unravelling the Physical, Social, and Psychological Effects of Video...

Alien life discovered in Elite Dangerous — and it’s not what you think

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Ever since Elite Dangerous dropped its Horizons expansion and allowed players to land on planet surfaces, captains have been scouring the galaxy for interesting...
Local Panda Recalls When She Was Special.

WoW Factor: The importance of class fantasies

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Here's a fun thought exercise for you all: explain the differences between Fire Mages and Destruction Warlocks in World of Warcraft. But before you...
Just like a cat.

Crowfall details the goddess Illara and launches its pantheon guide

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There's no doubt that the gods of Crowfall are powerful. But the last of the lot to be revealed - Illara, mother of cats...
Oh dear.

TERA apologizes for the last producer’s letter, content gulfs

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Yesterday's letter to the TERA community went over like something of a lead balloon. Sure, the game had its best year ever, but players...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best pay-to-win MMORPG?

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Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market? I know pay to win is a dirty,...
Making it all better all over again.

Star Trek Online holds a recovery event for the rest of January

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The galaxy of Star Trek Online has just finished dealing with a destructive war against a race of almost incalculable age and power. There's...
IT'S THE FINAL COUNT DOWN

Elite: Dangerous has sold 1.4 million copies

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After a solid year's worth of updates and the first pass of planetary landing mechanics, Elite: Dangerous has hit a grand total of 1.4...
Exploitation.

The Division’s beta will start this month… probably

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Fans of the much-delayed title The Division can look forward to the beta test starting this month... probably. Maybe. The odds are high. Nothing...
Exploding AoE mine-person.

The Daily Grind: What MMO character type would you be happy to never see again?

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It occurred to me the other day that Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn't actually have a pet class. Every class can sort of...

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