Previews

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E3 2017: Hands-on with Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones

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I like naval combat in my MMOs. That's my weakness. Vehicle combat is great, but for some reason, I especially like boats. When I...

E3 2017: Pokemon Go’s raiding, gym revamp, badges, and an interview with Niantic

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Surprise! Niantic brought Pokemon Go to E3 2017 and invited members of the gaming press outside the sacred halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center...

E3 2017: Hands-on with Destiny 2

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Like many readers, I was originally disappointed when Destiny wasn't released for PC. I'm not even a Halo fan but could see that the title had promise....

E3 2017: Hands-on with Sea of Thieves’ multiplayer ship crewing

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As I mentioned in MassivelyOP's Best of E3 Overthinking article, I came away from this year's con thinking Sea of Thieves was the best playable...

E3 2017: Hands-on with Splatoon 2’s Salmon Run

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At this year E3's, a lot of the big companies in gaming let journalists behind the scenes, rather than forcing us to spend hours of...

Tamriel Infinium: The major flaw in Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind’s PvP

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When I spoke to ZeniMax Lead PvP Designer Brian Wheeler a few months back, I was intrigued by the PvP that Morrowind was offering...

E3 2017: Hands-on with Star Wars Battlefront 2

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Electronic Arts' pre-E3 event, EA Play, this past weekend afforded us not only the chance to scope out the details of what's new with Star...

Hands-on with Path of Exile’s upcoming The Fall of Oriath expansion

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If you were given the opportunity to jump in and experience Path of Exile upcoming The Fall of Oriath expansion early, you would, wouldn't...

MMO Burnout: Approaching DC Universe’s Injustice 2 as an MMORPG fan

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NetherRealms' Injustice 2 is not an MMORPG. It doesn't have a persistent world or a massive number of players actively engaging with each other graphically...

Chaos Theory: Interview and impressions of Secret World Legends, part II

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Last time, I told you my Secret World Legends tour with Creative Director Romain Amiel was too big to fit in just one Chaos...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind is the MMO you want and don’t want

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I have been head-over-heels for Elder Scrolls Online since One Tamriel, and the Morrowind chapter has only added to my enthusiasm for the game....
Fresh-ish.

ArcheAge Erenor Eternal update dev tour: Trading revamp and new zones

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Have you got the urge to explore? ArcheAge's Erenor Eternal launches this evening, bringing three brand-new zones for players to gallivant about in. Of course,...

Preview: Behind the gates of RuneScape’s Menaphos, opening today

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One of the worst teases in a game for me is to see a place and not be able to go and explore it....
Like this style.

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: The dungeon

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!One of the core parts of Final Fantasy XIV is dungeon crawling. I'm reluctant as heck...
Healing! I need it.

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: The healers

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!Healers! You need them in Final Fantasy XIV. Seriously, they're vital, and not just to make...
It did, at least, address the issue, but MCH didn't fix the problem.

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Ranged DPS jobs

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!I have to say that the Live Letter was a wee bit frustrating in places. How...
Oh, oh, oh, it's magic! Y'know?

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Caster DPS jobs

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!If there's one field of jobs that's never really locked me in during previous Final Fantasy...
Imperfect balance.

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Melee DPS jobs

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!Oh, melee DPS, you matter to me. You matter to a lot of people, in fact....
DARK DARK KNIGHT

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Tank jobs

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!I really wanted Samurai to be a tank. There's not a lot of specific reasoning for...
Hire me.

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Samurai and Red Mage impressions

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!It should come as pretty much no surprise that one of my first focal points when...