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Asheron’s Call would’ve been 20 years old this month, but the community isn’t dead

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Ah, Asheron's Call. We miss you. You'd have been 20 years old this month, celebrating your antique status with the likes of Ultima Online...
Shoot to build.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida explains the Ishgard Restoration plan, addresses population bottlenecks

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Yesterday saw the introduction of the Ishgard Restoration content in Final Fantasy XIV, if you could see it past the enormous sea of people turning...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Update 44 launches with new dungeons, areas, and mounts

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New places to explore! New dungeons to delve! The ability to ride a horsey! It's Update 44 and it's live in Dungeons and Dragons...
Boom, crash, new year, explosions.

TERA’s latest PC patch tweaks classes, offers new leveling event and sweet dragon mounts

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PC players should point their eyeballs toward TERA this week, as En Masse has ponied up an update for the action combat MMORPG that's...
oh no skellingtons

World of Warcraft’s latest test server build sparks player anxiety over glowing eyes

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The next World of Warcraft patch is in the middle of testing, which has already resulted in some negative player feedback on certain systems. But...

Hearthstone’s eight-player Battlegrounds mode enters open beta

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If you're keen on a little something new in your games of Hearthstone -- say, a mode that doesn't have any cards in it...
Whoops.

Kritika Online returns in the west as Kritika:REBOOT today with some big changes

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It's a happy week for western fans of Kritika Online as the game has landed once again on our shores. Publisher En Masse closed...

Kingdom Under Fire 2 drums up hype for its launch with a pre-release event in a German castle

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It appears that publisher Gameforge is getting super serious about the impending western launch of Kingdom Under Fire 2. As in "rent out space...

Open PvP MMORPG A3 gets a new battle royale lease on life as mobile MMO A3: Still Alive

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Are you familiar with the PC MMORPG A3? Neither am I, but apparently it's something of a PK nightmare with open PvP the second...

MU Online announces a server merge and an event to celebrate the occasion

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Most of the time a server merge is cause for concern, but for MU Online, it's cause for a party! Two of the game's...
Viva buhos!

A mobile version of Granado Espada is in development from Hanbitsoft

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We understand if you have forgotten about Granado Espada at this point. Sure, Hanbitsoft has been developing it consistently for years now, but it has...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 246: When rock bands play MMORPGs

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Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard and Square's financials, WoW, LOTRO, Pearl Abyss, EverQuest II, AQ3D, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and SWG, and mailbag topics on optional subs and Blizzard's lessons.

Guild Wars 2 has lost yet another developer, this time to Bungie

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Even if you disregard the poor community reception of some of ArenaNet's recent initiatives, it's been a rough couple of months for Guild Wars...
And chill.

British Esports Association aims to increase ‘female esports players at the top level’

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If you'd like to see more ladies kicking butt and taking names in esports like Xiaomeng "VKLiooon" Li did at the Hearthstone Grandmasters final...

Choose My Adventure: Second time’s the charm in Citadel Forged with Fire

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As interesting as figuring things out on my own in Citadel: Forged with Fire may have been the first time around, I have to...
We remember, to our detriment.

World of Warcraft: Classic has all servers down to one layer now

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If you're still salty over the addition of layering to World of Warcraft: Classic, you have picked an odd hill to die upon. But you're...
Healing girl.

New Overwatch short story details what brought Mercy back into the field

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The original Overwatch still has a bunch of heroes who never got a whole lot of further exploration, such as the almost ubiquitous healer Mercy....

Diablo IV opens the Dark Gallery to showcase dark locales of the dark ARPG

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Dare you stare into the heart of darkness that is Diablo IV's Dark Gallery? Beware, reader. You can't just look at these pictures. You...
Working from not-home.

Final Fantasy XIV patches in Ishgard Restoration and the newest Ultimate content with 5.11

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So often cities are destroyed in MMOs and never seem to be actually fixed in any way. But that's not the case in Final Fantasy...

Fallout 76 dataminer is banned from the game after reporting an exploit

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No good deed goes unpunished for one Fallout 76 player who found a significant exploit regarding legendary weapons, reported it, and got summarily banned...

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