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EVE Online cracks down on cheaters, again, and contemplates more free-to-play gates

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You'd think that people might think twice about cheating in EVE Online, given that in 2018 alone, the company banned tens of thousands of...

Guild Wars 2 rings in the year of the boar with its Lunar New Year festival

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The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and for the peoples of Tyria, that means it's time for Guild Wars 2's annual...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 205: Dragons and other MMO rarities

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Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr, Breach, Nexon, ArcheAge, Pantheon, FFXIV, SWG Legends, CrossCode, and the harms of early access.
Expectations.

Star Wars: The Old Republic fan petition asks for more funding for the game to give it new life

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The state of Star Wars: The Old Republic is an odd one. It would seem odd to contend that the game is dying, but as...
Somebody loves you, and that's good.

RuneScape boots player who streamed himself bullying a suicidal gamer

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A game as large and old and multifaceted as RuneScape is bound to collect some bad seeds over time, and as we've seen repeatedly...
doggo

Gamigo is reversing last week’s ArcheAge unicorn mount stealth-normalization

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Last week, we covered the mess over ArcheAge's unicorn mounts, which had been patched and speed-normalized without notice, leaving players angry over what they...

Leaderboard: Do you think Bethsoft is going to take Fallout 76 free-to-play?

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One of the claims floating around Reddit and YouTube is the claim that stores across the globe, from the UK to Australia to even...
Stormy weather.

World of Warcraft patches in its new raid and its new season of items for Tides of Vengeance

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It's time to head into the Battle of Dazar'alor in World of Warcraft, so long as you've got a regular group to head into a...
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Guild Wars 2 developers discuss the big dramatic ending of the latest Living World episode

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Who likes big surprises in video game stories? All right, now who likes having those big dramatic moments spoiled ahead of time? If the...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Wrathstone DLC has hit the PTS – here’s what to expect

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Boom! Elder Scrolls Online players have known about the Wrathstone DLC for only a week, and now here we are welcoming its arrival on...
Caw! Polly is no longer the apex predator!

Atlas hackers strike again with the return of the dreaded air whale

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It's raining whales! What the heck, it's now raining whales?! Hoist sails! That's the ancient sea shanty players of Atlas were learning to sing when...

Astellia confirms it’ll be buy-to-play in the west, won’t be a ‘smash-and-grab’

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At PAX South this weekend, Astellia reps did indeed sit for a panel on the game as promised - a panel hosted, apparently "at...

Ashes of Creation yoinks another ex-Daybreaker, this one a community manager

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Ashes of Creation's Intrepid Studios has been grabbing up Daybreak devs left and right, and now it's hired a new one: Sarah "Lt. Toast"...
Looking forward to adding homegirl.

Heroes of the Storm professionals file lawsuit against former team owner over withheld payments

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Five members of the now-defunct professional Heroes of the Storm team Naventic have filed a lawsuit against the team's former owner, James Ross Elliot...

Galaxicus lets you choose your own adventure between MMO and MOBA

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So what's your poison: space MMO or space MOBA? Either way, you'll find that the up-and-coming Galaxicus wants to sate your interstellar appetite. The...
Serveers (artist interpretation)

Pagan Online’s weekend test cancelled due to server overload

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The good news about the Pagan Online stress testing that was meant to occur over the past weekend is that it did exactly what...

AdventureQuest 3D’s Moglomancer pet class is on way to early access for $99+ backers

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If you love pet classes, you'll be getting a treat soon in AdventureQuest 3D. The Moglomancer class, the final stretch goal in AQ3D's Moglin...

Torchlight Frontiers blends form and function with new wardrobe feature

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In last week's dev livestream, the Torchlight Frontiers devs detailed some of the ways that they've been improving the game based on player feedback,...
When you've got tons of promo work to go back through.

MapleStory 2 is retiring Toad’s Toolkit on January 31

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The latest producer's letter from MapleStory 2 describes Toad's Toolkit as an experiment, an attempt by the designers to address a clear issue with...

Here’s what The Repopulation’s current owners are working on in 2019

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At the tail end of 2018, The Repopulation actually saw some forward movement under its new owners at Idea Fabrik, with the launch of...

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