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Am I excited, with some reservations, about World of Warcraft's next expansion? You bet. Am I happy to be involved with the testing? Yes. And also no, because I don't want to be bored with the expansion before it's actually out. The last thing I want is to go ahead and go whole hog on a title when I...

This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the Divergence Online drama came to a close, as DMCA claims against the developer were dropped early and the game fully returned to Steam. We also saw The Repopulation switch engines, Elite: Dangerous tweak its business model, and LuckCatchers fall under our radar as an early access title on Steam. Read on for more on what's up with MMO...

Taunting may not be the sexiest feature of an MMO, but for tanks it's as vital an issue as they come. Happily for those on the front lines in EverQuest, the devs are planning on buffing and fixing taunts and other related systems with this month's patch. "We looked into the success rate of the taunt skill and decided this...

Soon Revival players will have more toys with which to play in their houses, as renovation kits are almost here. "We spent the week testing renovation kits," IllFonic promised. "There is still one outstanding issue related to 'physicalizing' items in renovation kit rooms, but this is literally the only thing on the table as we push to get them out...

MassivelyOP's MJ is a firm believer in the buddy system; everything is just plain better with a friend. (And no, it's not just to have someone else to blame things on!) That's why she's even more excited to jump back into Blade & Soul: A friend is finally able to join her on the Jiwan server -- at least if...

It's been a grim week for Dragon Nest Europe, as technical issues forced the team to take the game offline on February 2nd for several days. The original announcement called this a "very grave situation," a point that was underlined two days later when the studio announced that some data had been lost due to these problems. So what went...

Last month, we did a little post on MMORPG PvP asking about two-faction PvP and whether it was really suited for all the MMO themeparks that seem to jam it in. But there are other types of PvP out there, and today's Leaderboard will pit them against each other. In one corner, there's RvR -- realm vs. realm (vs. realm!),...

Fashion or power: Who says you can't have both? Not ArcheAge, that's for sure, because the game is getting ready to introduce costumes with stats that level up over time. According to a post by CM Seraphina Brennan, these special costumes have been live in Korea for a while now and have been in demand in the west. The new system...

Riding dinos in ARK: Survival Evolved is fun enough, but who wants to be the driver all the time? How about riding shotgun? MassivelyOP's MJ is on the hunt for a Gallimimus, a fast-paced racer that can seat up to three. That means while one person steers, others can be firing those tranquilizer arrows! Join us live at 12:00...

An endless ocean of words, a tsunami of thoughts, and a riptide of fan devotion has flooded the gaming world about World of Warcraft ever since the title launched to critical and popular acclaim in November 2004. Chances are that most of the people reading this article have played it at one time or the other (and the few...