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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.1 in review, part 1

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I always think I can get these patch-in-review things done in one column. That never turns out to be the case. This time, though, I'm...
Please love me again.

Fight or Kite: PvP games to play if you’re still boycotting Blizzard

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The past couple of weeks in the land of Blizzard have made for a wild ride. Some of us have extremely strong feelings and...
Twists.

BlizzCon 2019: When Blizzard prayed for rain and got a drizzle

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So we all knew that this year's BlizzCon needed to be bigger than last year's BlizzCon. That was, on one level, not a high...

The Daily Grind: Is Overwatch 2 just the MMO we wanted before there was an Overwatch?

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Going into BlizzCon, the only thing I really cared about was Diablo 4 - chiefly because I loved the Diablo franchise. It was all...

Global Chat: Fallout Last

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Bethesda's busy digging another grave for Fallout 76, this time by saddling the troubled online title with a problematic subscription service that is broken...
Sort of draconic.

The Daily Grind: So, were you pleased with BlizzCon 2019?

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Folks, I'm writing this from the distant past and you're reading it now. I'm writing for the future. So as I type this, I don't...
Let's go.

The Daily Grind: What future games give you hope for MMOs?

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There is no doubt we have definitely moved into a different era of MMORPG development, with super-huge AAA-budget titles and releases being a thing...

The Daily Grind: Are you still excited for today’s BlizzCon reveals?

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This is a rough year to be excited about BlizzCon. It was a rough year a while back, with World of Warcraft in the midst...

Battle Bards Episode 155: FFXIV Shadowbringers

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Welcome to the “Cursed Episode” of Battle Bards, where you’ll be risking bad luck and poor RNG rolls just by hearing it! But it...

Massively Overthinking: The problem with MMO ‘dailies’

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Longtime MOP Patron and friend of the site Avaera recently posed us an intriguing questions about daily login rewards in MMORPGs. "Recently my game of choice,...
Back in time.

Vague Patch Notes: Does BlizzCon have a future in its current form?

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BlizzCon 2018 was a pretty unnecessary disaster for Blizzard. It managed to demolish any hopes people had about Battle for Azeroth rounding the bend and...
Throngs.

Check out Red Dead Redemption 2’s PC launch trailer ahead of the game’s November 5 release

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Know what's happening Tuesday? Well, a bunch of things. Voting tops my own list. And also Red Dead Redemption 2's PC launch, and that...
Minnesota is hard done by here.

The Daily Grind: Would you pay a sub to play Guild Wars 2?

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Hear me out - not trolling here. I've been thinking about this all week, ever since the uproar over the pricing for Guild Wars...

Guild Wars 2’s analytics boss on why he hates having to create a ‘fun score’ for games

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We all know that what's fun is pretty subjective, but it's the job of folks like ArenaNet's John Hopson to produce a "fun score"...

Perfect Ten: What I learned about ArcheAge Unchained as a complete newbie

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As I was going through my first evening in ArcheAge Unchained, thanks to the new buy-to-play release, I was kicking myself for going into...

The Daily Grind: Will BlizzCon weaken gamers’ #BoycottBlizzard resolve?

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Two forces are destined to collide at this coming weekend's BlizzCon: the force of fan fury over Blizzard's recent actions and the force of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 244: An Onslaught of news

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Justin and Bree discuss Onslaught aka SWTOR's first expansion in three (!) years, Fallout 76's latest kerfuffle, the return of Kritika Online, ArcheAge's ArchePass confusion and rework, DDO's mounts, BlizzCon, and Halloween, with a mailbag topic on MMO toxicity.

Choose My Adventure: Torchlight Frontiers says goodbye to me with a hearty kick to the butt

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It seems that the final week of Torchlight Frontiers wanted to see me out with some bruises on my butt. I don’t know whether...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Quality-of-life upgrades Guild Wars 2 still needs

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Today, ArenaNet is finally launching the long-awaited build and gear template features in Guild Wars 2. While it has brought with it its fair...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most boring MMO dungeon of all time?

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I dunno why I'm even asking this question. It's Oculus. But I'd forgotten Oculus even existed. It popped back into my head the other day...

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