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Leaderboard: Are you playing on Age of Conan’s new ‘saga’ server?

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Age of Conan's Saga of Zath server officially launched yesterday, drawing fresh attention back to the game that Funcom maintenance-moded by proxy last year...
Opposition.

WoW Factor: The debate over World of Warcraft’s refer-a-friend nerf

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Ah, another day and another thing to enrage people in World of Warcraft. Last time, it was that the Allied Race unlocks might (will)...

The Daily Grind: How important is roleplaying to MMORPGs?

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It's not exactly a secret that one of my first loves in any MMORPG is roleplaying. The whole reason I have multiple alts in...

Jukebox Heroes: World of Warcraft’s best music, part 1

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A week ago, I started to engage in an interesting thought experiment. I started jotting down what I thought were the best World of...

Hyperspace Beacon: No, Star Wars The Old Republic isn’t on the verge of sunset

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I recently read a wild argument based on unsubstantiated rumor that Star War: The Old Republic is nearing its end of life, that BioWare...

The Soapbox: Confessions of a serial hoarder (in MMORPGs)

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How much is too much? To some, that might seem like a reasonable question. But I knew. I knew. There is no such thing as...

Perfect Ten: Major MMO expansions and updates to expect in 2018

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Now that we're almost 1/12th of the way through 2018, it's probably about time to stop anticipating the year and start experiencing it. We...

The Daily Grind: What MMO character customization options excite you?

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I am one of those types of people who enjoys spending far, far too long on character customization screens fine-tuning my toon's look. The...
That is definitely a thing.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 154: A Prime experiment

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Justin and Bree discuss Trion's big RIFT and Devilian news, Camelot Unchained's $7.5M investment, Darkfall New Dawn's launch, and layoffs for Albion and Elyria, with a mailbag question on what went wrong with WildStar.

EVE Evolved: The Citadel conundrum

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The hot topic on everyone's lips in EVE Online right now is Citadel proliferation: The galaxy is rapidly filling up with an uncountable number...
It's a house, you see.

Wisdom of Nym: Reviewing Final Fantasy XIV’s new housing rules

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I've been leery for a long while now of Final Fantasy XIV's "you get your details just before patch day" stance vis-a-vis the housing...

The Daily Grind: Where did you Marvel Heroes players scatter to after the sunset?

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A couple of months ago, after we learned about the sunset of Marvel Heroes but before it actually happened early, we asked our local...
Different?

Wisdom of Nym: Does Final Fantasy XIV have too many content subdivisions?

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Here's a fun question for you about Final Fantasy XIV: What's the difference between a trial and a raid in the endgame? At first glance...

Leaderboard: Will you be playing RIFT’s new server?

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Last week, Trion Worlds announced a bold move for its MMORPG RIFT: Debuting this spring will be a brand-new server for the game with...

The greenhorn hunter’s primer: Getting started in Monster Hunter World

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As the end of January draws ever closer, so too does the official console release of Monster Hunter: World, the latest entry into Capcom’s...

Global Chat: Jumping on board the Warframe train

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Are you playing Warframe these days? If not, you might be missing out on the growing party of people who seem to be flocking...
Stormy stormy storm-storm.

The Daily Grind: How often do you check your MMO playtime?

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My main character in Final Fantasy XIV is fast approaching a year of total playtime. That isn't entirely surprising, since she's been in the...
Oh, this... keeps my feelings where they were before, really.

The Daily Grind: Are we due for a good cyberpunk MMO?

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I am a generally big fan of the cyberpunk genre, especially when it works in a healthy dose of '80s aesthetics for that clunky,...
It's a real laugh.

Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria hit with sizable layoffs (January 19, 2018)

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So it looks like things are not all roses and light behind the scenes for Chronicles of Elyria, as the studio has apparently let...

Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends 2018 – new year, new game, new goals

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What does Secret World Legends have in store for 2018? For the world, or for me? Either answer includes Season 2 of the story!...

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