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World of Warcraft prepares for its annual Halloween event

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It's the most wonderful time of the year, everyone. No, not December; it's October and a month full of Halloween-related festivities. World of Warcraft...
Sneaking around, as you will.

Ascent updates its interface amidst a galactic smuggling crisis

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Did you vote for Galactic President Prolapser in Ascent? Possibly not, but everyone has to deal with what's happened as a result of his...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Why big MMO expansions are a good thing

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I'm not really on board with the trend of saying that big expansions are back. They never left. Sure, we have one coming out...
ridin spinnas, ridin spinnas, ridin spinnas, they don stop

The Secret World discusses bags and its next dungeon

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As we enter October, people are inevitably going to be asking for hoverboards because a movie once posited that October 21st, 2015, would include...

The Daily Grind: Give a shout-out to your favorite retired MMO characters

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We all have them: MMO characters we invested time, love, and no small amount of effort in making them all they could be... after...
Teamwork!

Glitch art book makes digital edition available for purchase

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If you're a Glitch fan and you missed out on buying The Art of Glitch through its Indiegogo campaign back in 2013, you now...
This moonland isle.

Wakfu launches its Island Moon update

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Wakfu is flying players to the moon with its latest update. However, it's important to note that the patch is not lining up with...

Exploring ‘The Video Game Debate’: Modern online game research

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Late last year, I published on Massively-that-was a set of articles addressing current research on the relationship between shyness and online game friendships, including a...

Choose My Adventure: Freeloading in WildStar

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Hello once again, friends, and welcome to a brand-new edition of Choose My Adventure. As you have probably already surmised, assuming that you read...
Price shark.

RIFT is upping its subscription price slightly with its next patch

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If you're considering taking a break from RIFT and dropping your subscription for a month, you may not wish to do that. With the...

The Daily Grind: What do you think of WildStar Reloaded so far?

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It's been a day since the free-to-play update came out for WildStar, giving veteran, returning, and new players a chance to check out the business...

Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks

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I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...
Seriously have a lot of ships, wow.

Star Trek Online outlines the basics of the Admirality system

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Veterans of Star Trek Online have inevitably made use of many, many different ships over the course of the game's lifespan. You get ships...
Do it anyway, but feel bad about it.

Hi-Rez Studios felt bad about abandoning Tribes: Ascend

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Letting Tribes: Ascend lie untouched for a long while was a smart business decision for Hi-Rez Studios, but it wasn't one that the developers...
this is duuuuuuuumb

Valve developer claims that VR motion sickness isn’t the fault of the hardware

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Are you worried about getting hit by a sense of motion sickness whilst using a VR headset? Valve's Chet Faliszek states that you don't...
DAGRON

Guild Wars 2’s former lead designer now develops for Amazon

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Amazon has been trying to work its way into game development for a while, but the retailer has a new weapon in its arsenal....

The Stream Team: 12 days of TOR, day 4

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On the fourth day of SWTOR story, the Empire gave to me... a hot desert sun and the end of chapter one. MJ and...
doge, wow

Project Gorgon on the difference between testing and launch balancing

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Can we get a quick show of hands indicating who likes logging into a familiar MMO and finding out that every one of his...
Indarth Invader.

Skyforge offers more details on Invasions and Operations

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Invasions are a big deal in Skyforge, but not every hero standing against the invaders is at the front lines of the main invasion...

Guild Wars 2 kicks off Guild Week tomorrow

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Guild Wars 2 has plenty in store for player organizations when Heart of Thorns launches later next month, and because of that, ArenaNet is...