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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s missing Midgardsormr

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What is Midgardsormr doing? The lord of the wyrms played a major role in the end of the 2.x story series in Final Fantasy XIV,...
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Project Gorgon introduces player vendor stalls

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There are plenty of ways to sell items to other players in Project Gorgon already, but there are some situations not covered by the...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

ArcheAge players cry foul on a $100 in-game pool

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It's been a cold April in parts of the US, but ArcheAge is addressing that with the addition of a new hot tub house...
Where is something I can hit with a pointy bit of metal?

Gloria Victis patch balances weapons and adds armor penetration

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The combat in Gloria Victis is a big part of the game, so it makes sense that the developers are taking their time to...

Guild Chat: Starting a raiding guild in Guild Wars 2

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the place where we gather to discuss a reader submission on whatever guild-related topic is giving him or her...

One Shots: Farming at dawn

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You people and your Black Desert fetish! Yes, the game is drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, it's the new hotness. Yes, you like sending in screenshots...
I don't really know either.

The Daily Grind: How often do you have to look up information in your main MMO?

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My wife was sitting behind me and leveling one of her alts in Final Fantasy XIV, looking for a particular enemy. "Where are these...
It ends as it began, in love with Beast Wars.

WRUP: Never been to BotCon edition

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Transformer fans have been informed that this year's BotCon will be the final BotCon in in this particular form. What that means for the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?

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Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...

ARK’s modding contest offers you the moon

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Back in January, Studio Wildcard announced a modding contest for ARK: Survival Evolved. Those mods have now been submitted, and it's the community's turn...

Dungeons and Dragons Online tech woes continue a month after datacenter move

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Cast your mind back to the long-ago era of "early March 2016," during which Turbine moved Dungeons and Dragons Online to a new datacenter....

Ultima Online rejects F2P rumors, says Steam launch has been held up by EA

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If you were waiting to try Ultima Online when it launches on Steam as devs have been promising for over a year now since...
In hindsight, this was a bad decision.

Black Desert is patching in auto-path looping right now

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Hope you voted yes on the auto-path looping feature that Black Desert put to player vote on Monday! The poll closed with over 83% of the...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse teases procedurally generated planets

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This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse video sees Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick discussing the game's 2.4 patch, explaining the plan...

Massively Overthinking: Grouping, kill-stealing, and open PvP in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic arrived in our inboxes from longtime reader Leiloni. It's a timely one all about newly launched Tree of Savior -- and...

Warframe celebrates third birthday with almost 23M registered users

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Warframe has been busy celebrating its birthday month with anniversary goodies. "Since Warframe's release in 2013, more than 22 million players have played 2.1...
So many colors in the anger rainbow.

TERA interim CEO: ‘TERA and En Masse aren’t going anywhere’

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En Masse Interim CEO Sam Kim participated in a Reddit AMA for TERA players today, ostensibly to calm nerves after the company announced a...
All the new mistakes.

Overwatch walks players through the addition of competitive play

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Are you ready to compete against other Overwatch players to see who is truly the best person playing the game? If you answered in...
Vorp?

Players plan a 12th anniversary celebration for City of Heroes

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City of Heroes is gone, but the dedicated fans of the game aren't about to let a little thing like the title's shutdown prevent...
Well, you are a bit weak for MMOs on the Switch.

DC Universe Online deploys more story content and a new patch

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You can start exploring Episode 23 of DC Universe Online right now if you're subscribed to the game. Right this moment. If you're at...