Jukebox Heroes: MMO tunes from the 1990s

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I'll admit that I have a particular fondness for older video game music. I still scour the archives of NES and Genesis libraries for catchy tracks, listen through Amiga and Commodore 64 playlists, and seek out MIDI tunes that trigger memories of great PC adventures. There's a charm in the simplicity and cruder sound hardware that is, for me,...

Crowfall devs talk about the Myrmidon minotaur and murder machines

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What's the Crowfall team up to these days? In a new Q&A video for July, the lead devs talk about the three "tracks" that the team has been working on: the new Myrmidon archetype and the ballista; the kingdom and campaign world building tools; and a seamless large world that players can log into and explore. The team also delivered a...

The Stream Team: Building an ARK egg farm

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The time has come. All the eggs are belong to us all! MassivelyOP's MJ and the MoPark community are coming together in ARK in order to build the first communal egg farm! When completed, this will help folks have access to dino eggs without having to personally tame (and house, and feed) multiples of every single type of dino....

World of Warcraft preps Legion pre-patch for July 19, previews transmog 2.0

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World of Warcraft's Legion pre-patch is on the way as promised: on July 19th, to be exact. The patch will include the new transmogrification system as well as numerous changes to classes and talents. Coming later this summer will be the release of the Demon Hunter class and the start of the pre-Legion events. Speaking of tmog, Blizzard took some time to...
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WRUP: The sea edition

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I had never really seen the sea before the first time my father took me to Martha's Vineyard. Until I lived there, I certainly hadn't been embraced by it. I hadn't had it as a constant companion, watching my father deteriorate, watching me deteriorate, telling me in slow degrees how hope is a lie we tell ourselves to ease...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best eyecandy?

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We can quibble about the quality and variety of content in MMORPGs, but I think most of us would agree that visually, online games have come so far since the days of sprites and jagged polygons. Looks do matter, to some degree, even if we proclaim ourselves to be past such things. An MMO that's easy on the eye faces...
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Betawatch: AdventureQuest 3D steamrolls toward open beta (July 15, 2016)

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You know how some titles like to linger in ill-defined test phases forever? AdventureQuest 3D doesn't want to go that route. The game is launching into closed beta on July 19th, and then it expects to be in open beta after about a week. Wasting no time, indeed. You can check out our podcast with the team behind the...

The Stream Team: Pushing further into Path of Exile’s labyrinth

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While Path of Exile's Prophecy league has stolen most of her attention lately, MassivelyOP's MJ hasn't forgotten her goal of conquering the Lord's Labyrinth. She'll be taking her fire-loving Witch back, and she is determined to make it deeper in. Join us live at 7:00 p.m. for a return into the maze of death. What: Path of Exile Who: MJ Guthrie When:...

Watch your step: Edengrad adds land mines

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Flush with success (not to mention cash) from its Kickstarter campaign, the Edengrad team is excited to share what projects it's been working on recently. In a new developer diary, the team has word of several changes and improvements for this post-apocalyptic sandboxes, starting with the addition of land mines. Because that's a priority, people! "We devote a large amount of...

Darkfall: New Dawn opens its store

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Darkfall: New Dawn isn't wasting any time setting up a revenue stream to tap players flocking to this reboot. The new web store, which is currently in testing and only offers some functionality, is selling different packages of the core game and subscription months. It's probably a good idea to get the store going, as the game will soon switch...