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Battle Bards Episode 140: Piano piano!

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It’s one of the most powerful and versatile of musical instruments, and now the piano is getting its own featured show here on Battle...

Warhammer Online blogger and MMO podcaster Steve ‘Slurms’ Lichtsinn loses battle with cancer

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Out of the boisterous class of Warhammer Online bloggers that emerged on the scene in 2008, Steve "Slurms" Lichtsinn became well-known for his affable...

Massively Overthinking: MMOs as distraction vs. culture

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Earlier this month, there was a fascinating conversation swirling around a Gamasutra article by Bryant Francis, specifically a quote from game dev Patric Mondou. "We're moving away...
Money talks, but what it says isn't engaging sometimes.

EVE Online gets ready for a galaxy-wide capital ship nerf

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Don't let words like "balance" and "improvements" blind you from the real truth here: EVE Online's capital ships are about to be hit by...

Ashes of Creation says it’s aiming for the ‘largest organized PVP battles of any MMORPG’ in castle siege blog

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Buried in last week's news that Intrepid was delaying Ashes of Creation's next phase of alpha one (and therefore delaying its release into next...

Dauntless patch introduces us to a new frosty behemoth and revamps hammer combat

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If you have been following Dauntless as you should have, then you would know that a new behemoth was on the horizon, but that's...
But seriously, what's Damien's deal this week?

The Division 2’s early access begins as Ubisoft details the living world endgame

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Early access is officially underway for The Division 2 for preorder buyers ahead of the formal launch this weekend. If you're in, you're already...
You should be weaker.

Neverwinter’s Undermountain makes better healers of Warlocks and better shield-tanks of Fighters

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When Neverwinter's Undermountain expansion this spring, it's bringing with it a slate of big class changes to go along with the new content. Perfect...

Chronicles of Elyria vows to ‘bring the storm’ this year, according to new dev blog

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Stormiest future -- or storm-bringer? Chronicles of Elyria hopes to be the latter according to its newest developer blog. "Last year, people told us...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for getting your character super drunk?

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Fallout 76's dev blog a few weeks ago about its upcoming brewing and distilling skills - which are actually surprisingly detailed - got me...

Massively Overthinking: The paradox MMO

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Back in February, the MMORPG subreddit offered up yet another fun thread: User Friendly_Fire told the MMO community that what it really wants is...

Prosperous Universe prepares to release its new game world this Friday

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It's the end of the world as Prosperous Universe players know it, but they should feel fine, as out of the Big Bang of...

Exclusive: Upcoming MMORPG Astellia Online deep-dives its skill systems

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We've been keeping an eye on Korean-born Astellia for several years now as the full-scale MMORPG has trekked through development. As revealed in January,...

The Daily Grind: Do you game on a budget?

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Last week, a friend of mine made an offhand comment about how much something dear to her cost, joking that it wouldn't seem like...
It goes clicky.

Global Chat: Off-the-cuff impressions of Anthem

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If you like BioWare, high tech eye candy, blowing crap up, or riding the current wave of Hot New Game Releases, chances are that...

Battle Bards Episode 139: Return to LOTRO

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It has been a good long while since the Battle Bards walked the road that led them from the Shire to Mordor, but now...

Chronicles of Elyria’s latest community letter promises production update, title transfers, and more

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Chronicles of Elyria's February newsletter rolled out last night to fans and backers, and it's primarily focused on goings-on in the community, but there are...

Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the all-in-one MMO

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One of the forever-arguments MMORPG players seem to enjoy having is the one about niche MMOs. There are quite a lot of gamers out...

Massively Overthinking: Contending with the MMO genre’s ‘wowfugee’ crisis

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Last week on the MOP Podcast, we read a letter from a listener named Megan who pointed us to a blog post on the The...

Check out the brand-new look for Camelot Unchained’s ability system UI

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Camelot Unchained's latest dev blog runs down everything going on in the game's open beta this week, but it's the new ability builder UI...

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