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Wisdom of Nym: Potential jobs for the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion

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We're going to be hearing about the next expansion to Final Fantasy XIV in... several months, actually. We're in no kind of rush here....

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO customer experience you’ve ever had?

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Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, before I worked for Massively, I called up SOE. I wanted to move my Star Wars...
science, together, fun

EVE Online enlists community aid in real-world scientific research

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EVE Online is warping into a sector where hobbies and scientific research intersect. CCP Games announced that it's partnering up with The Human Protein...

One Shots: The zen of jumping puzzles

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Even my most casual acquaintance will always know two things about me: that I have more hair than is healthy for a human male...
Stepping back across time.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever had an in-game MMO romance?

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I got my wife into MMOs by volunteering to buy her a copy of World of Warcraft. At the time, we had been best...

Blade & Soul impressions from around the MMO blogosphere

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It's probably no surprise to anyone that Blade & Soul managed to rope in a lot of excited fans and curious casuals this past...
Bee Soda: AHHHH BEES

WRUP: Marvelous true facts about something other than bees edition

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Today, we're going to reveal some marvelous true facts about - wait, what the heck is going on with that header? What is this?...

The Daily Grind: What were MMOs like back at their launch?

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I was reminded this week that Dungeons and Dragons Online is hitting its 10-year anniversary in 2016, which amazes me because I don't think...

War Thunder fan creates a full virtual reality cockpit

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Flight sim fans are often on the cutting edge of technology and peripherals, usually more so than the rest of the gaming crowd. After...
I want to like you a lot.

Launch impressions of Blade & Soul: Combat, story, questing, and flow

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Every time I play Blade & Soul, I'm really playing a different game, which I dub Why Don't I Like You More? The object...
Holy arts.

WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets

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Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going...
Firefell.

Firefall’s update is live and servers are up, but old characters are still offline

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The most recent Firefall patch faced some pretty significant downtime due to issues with its implementation; players were updated on the state of the...

The Daily Grind: Do MMO graphics influence your immersion?

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This past week, in the hubub surrounding Smed's new OARPG, Hero's Song, we interviewed bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss, who's building the lore of the game's...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick

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This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger. "If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...

How RIFT changed radically during its pre-launch development

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Fun fact: RIFT wasn't always known as RIFT. Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO went through many name permutations during its development, including titles such as...
Looking forward to adding homegirl.

Heroes of the Storm will add Diablo’s Wizard and Necromancer to its lineup

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Do you miss playing a Necromancer in Diablo II? It's not quite the same when you play a round of Heroes of the Storm,...
Set sail, etc.

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO tropes we don’t need in 2016 (but clearly aren’t going anywhere)

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All right, we've had just about a month of 2016 now, and I'm writing this on my birthday. Odds are good that I'm going...
Suit up.

Crowfall is going to start enforcing its ‘no refund’ Terms of Use policy

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The official wording of Crowfall's Terms of Use policy has been that pledge packages will not be refunded. You buy a package, it's yours,...

Firefall’s Razor’s Edge update suffers migration-related delays and downtime

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Firefall's Razor's Edge update yesterday didn't exactly go to plan, which you know if you've been desperately trying to log in to no avail. Red...
FEEL THE NOISE

You’re going to have to purchase World of Warcraft: Legion twice for early access and a physical collector’s edition

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Remember all of the absurdity about World of Warcraft's collector's edition with Warlords of Draenor? That was ridiculous. Basically, if you wanted to pre-order...