Previews

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Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Hall of Chains raid wing first impressions

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I promised you at the end of last week's rundown of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World season's launch episode that I'd return this week...

Hands-on with Monster Hunter World’s weekend beta – and how it compares to Dauntless

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I won't lie: The Monster Hunter World beta on console last weekend isn't going to give you the best sense of the full monster hunting experience. It...

Interview: ArcheAge’s 4.0 Maelstrom launches December 13 with changes to lunagems, raid finder, and more

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Batten down the hatches because a big storm hits tomorrow! ArcheAge's Maelstrom, with its cross-server navel arena, launches on December 13th. We got to...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s living world S4 Daybreak

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I'm back with an earlier-than-anticipated special edition of Flameseeker Chronicles to share my impressions of the opening episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World...

Hyperspace Beacon: First impressions of SWTOR’s Chiss flashpoint

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Yesterday, Star Wars: The Old Republic launched update 5.6, which gave us many new quality-of-life changes to the game as well as our first...

Slay-to-win: Massively OP’s hands-on with the Dauntless closed beta

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The end of September marked a major milestone for Dauntless, the upcoming monster-slaying action-MMORPG from indie developer Phoenix Labs, as it officially concluded its...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story ahead of season 4

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The launch of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 4 will be upon us today, so it's all the more pressing that I wrap up...

Hyperspace Beacon: Assessing SWTOR one week after the big server merges

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Many people believe that server merges are innately bad because in games like ArcheAge (or even all the way back to Star Wars Galaxies),...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking more of Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story

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As promised, Flameseeker Chronicles is back with a continuation of the Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire story deep-dive I've been crafting over the last few...
Please, please tell me that the kidney thing isn't real. I am actually faintly afraid now.

Going clubbing with Trion in Trove’s new update

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When you are invited to go to a club with Trove's devs, you'd best get ready for fun time! Of course, I mean a...
Consoled.

Hands on: Having a blast in SMITE’s new adventure, Shadows Over Hercopolis

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Although I have tried, the MOBA side of SMITE isn't quite for me (yet). I'm just not terribly comfortable in the various lane modes...

The Survivalist: ARK Aberration has already been delayed, but here’s what to expect

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Surprise! ARK: Aberration, the survival sandbox's next expansion that was slated to launch this month, is delayed. Shocking, I know. Actually, if any fans...

EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s free-to-play upgrades are pretty damn generous

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You've probably heard by now that EVE Online is giving its free-to-play alpha clone characters a massive boost in power in December about a...

Flameseeker Chronicles: One week into Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire

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I've had my hands on Guild Wars 2's second expansion for a week and some change now and have built up a more solid picture...
Here we go again.

Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire launch diary: Initial impressions

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My initial impressions on Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire launch are rather late to the table, owing to some fairly significant connection issues...

Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG

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Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...

PAX West 2017: Life and death in Digital Extremes’ new MMO Survived By

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While there were plenty of established games on hand at PAX West 2017, there were also a few new ones offering players a taste...

PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation’s combat, crowdfunding, characters, and the infamous hat

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You don't have to be a massive MMO studio to have a big showing at PAX West - Intrepid Studios proved that. The indie studio...
Head games.

PAX West 2017: Playing Kritika Online’s upcoming Psion class in Shattered Table

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En Masse recently introduced the newest class coming to Kritika Online, and while visiting the studio's offices during PAX West 2017, I was able...

PAX West 2017: Taking ‘control’ of TERA on console

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It's all about the controller: My En Masse Entertainment PAX West office visit last weekend included a hands-on with TERA on console. Now, I have...