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EVE Online previews upcoming nullsec and sovereignty changes

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The world of EVE Online's nullsec is changing. It's not getting any safer, no, but the nature of the dangers you face therein are...

Massively Opinionated: Which MMO payment model is the best?

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In this special podcastish episode, Larry, Justin, MJ, and Bree debate genre definitions, business models, and building the perfect MMO.

How League of Legends cleaned up its act

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Could all of the toxic community behavior found in League of Legends actually be beneficial? It might be in a roundabout fashion, as Riot...

The Daily Grind: What keeps you from crafting in MMOs?

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To this day, I've really only been a "crafter" in a small handful of MMOs: Fallen Earth, World of Warcraft, and Lord of the...

Reddit CEO apologizes for mistakes and poor communication

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The fallout from last week's Reddit-wide protest (which spilled over into several MMO subreddits) over a fired employee and high friction between the company...
Ladybug hunting.

Trove details your first five hours of play

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When Trove leaves its beta label behind later this week, there will be players jumping in with no idea how the game is supposed...
More droining, not like this.

Guild Wars 2 datamining uncovers Engineer drones

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It's been a little while since Guild Wars 2 revealed another of the elite specializations coming to the game with Heart of Thorns, and...
Holy moly.

World of Warcraft asks why you use the Black Market Auction House

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It turns out that you can bring the Black Market Auction House to your very own Garrison in World of Warcraft if you so...

That guy who redesigned Guild Wars 2’s UI is now tackling WoW’s website

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Remember back in January when an ArenaNet forum user named Amax redesigned the UI for Guild Wars 2? As it turns out, Amax is Gradinar Razvan, who...

Sword and Bored: Nerfs

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Mo falls asleep and awakens to some unexpected patch changes. Farming goblins will never be the same.

The Warcraft movie might become a trilogy

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Movie stills aside, we're still waiting to see our first real look at 2016's Warcraft film. The good news is that this will happen...
Looking like armor doesn't mean anything now, does it?

Final Fantasy XIV previews Alexander, claims 5M all-time subs

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It might not be your cup of tea, but Final Fantasy XIV is certainly the cup of tea for a large number of MMO...

One Shots: Impossible architecture

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When you construct your buildings out of pixels and polygons, you don't necessarily have to worry about what's physically possible and what isn't, just...
Kind of taking a drubbing here, Tyria. I'm sorry.

The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO grind you’ve experienced?

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There was a certain level band in World of Warcraft where my wife and I just resigned ourselves to a lack of useful quests...

The Game Archaeologist: The 4th Coming

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Over the years that I've been writing The Game Archaeologist, I've received more than a few requests to cover a game that was completely...
asplode

WRUP: Cool guys don’t look at fireworks edition

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As we all know, cool guys don't look at explosions (they blow things up and just walk away). This is true as few things...

The Daily Grind: Do you like playing as an evil character?

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In most MMOs, your moral compass and career objectives are fixed for you: You're a hero-for-hire who's only out to save the world, rescue...
Some people just won't let go.

Betawatch: July 3rd, 2015

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I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had...

Elite: Dangerous downgrades graphics, plans appearance at Lavecon

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If you have been wondering if Elite: Dangerous looks a little less gorgeous as it did before, trust us, it's not just you. After players...

The state of MassivelyOP’s ARK server

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Well, the MassivelyOP ARK: Survival Evolved server is still a thing. It's been running for just over 10 days now, and it's been publicly available for...