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Daybreak has been sold – again – this time to EG7 Global for $300M

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Who had this on the end-of-the-year bingo card? Apparently, Daybreak has been bought out - again. The company holding the hot potato this round is...
Point.

First Impressions of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, part three: Influences and summation

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One of the things that I generally like to avoid doing is comparing World of Warcraft to other MMOs on the market. Even as we've...
Burnsauce.

First impressions of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, part two: Endgame experience

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Once you get to max level in World of Warcraft, the game changes. This should not be a surprise, as it has been the...
Very satisfying.

First Impressions of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, part one: Story and leveling

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In a lot of ways, the problem with talking about World of Warcraft is the same problem when you try to talk about The...

The best MMO sales and events of Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2020

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Thanksgiving and Black Friday are pretty different in 2020 than in past years, but the online gaming sales and events? They're eternal. Join us...

First Impressions: Atlas Rogues’ current early access is a broken imitation of Atlas Reactor

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Thanks to some truly weird control scheme issues, it took me an absurdly long time to clear a tutorial level. That was my opening...

The Soapbox: How Pathfinder killed World of Warcraft for me

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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands launches today. I will not be playing. Once upon a time, a new WoW expansion would be a major event...

World of Warcraft Shadowlands is upon us tonight as WoW turns 16 years old

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At long last - and I do mean long, since the expansion broke with modern tradition and actually saw a delay at almost the...

Star Wars: The Old Republic teases the ominous story of GU 6.2 Echoes of Oblivion

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"You do not know the face of true power. But you will, very soon. You will." With these chilling words, Star Wars: The Old Republic...
All over again.

WoW Factor: A wild theory for World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands

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I don't have quite as much as I would have expected to say about Shadowlands so close to its launch. Part of that is, of...
Space needed.

Vague Patch Notes: Players aren’t the only people who should prepare for their MMO to die

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There are certain realities that developers need to reckon with that start with acknowledging a certain degree of reality, and one of those bits...

Huge Lord of the Rings Online Q&A talks Gundabad, River-hobbits, Brawlers, and 2021 plans

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Lord of the Rings Online players have been clamoring for a lot more communication from SSG this year, especially from the game's higher-ups. This...
So many colors in the rainbow.

Perfect Ten: The 10 qualities of MMO sandboxes

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What is a sandbox MMO? At first glance, it seems like a pretty easy question to answer, especially if you're going by Kickstarter projects,...

Amazon’s New World demo: Fishing, Reekwater, and hands-on havoc

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It's certainly been rough seas for Amazon's upcoming New World over the past year -- especially with a significant change of development direction for...

Niantic just announced Pokemon Go Beyond, the game’s biggest content update ever

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Pokemon GO has already had an overwhelming number of events since late September, with both hits and some misses, but Niantic’s looking to close out...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga: Truce

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So here we are, we’re finally entering the home stretch of the Icebrood Saga. Today sees the release of the first chapter of Champions,...
All things go, all things go.

World of Warcraft offers up a trailer for the upcoming Shadowlands launch

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Ready for a cinematic tease for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? You really should be because the expansion is launching in just around a week, so...

LOTRO Legendarium: Was LOTRO’s lifetime sub the best deal ever?

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When Lord of the Rings Online ramped up to its launch in early 2007, Turbine offered a tantalizing deal to potential players. If they...
Nope, not letting this one go.

Police evacuate Ubisoft Montreal over what appears to have been a fake threat report

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According to Canadian news outlet Journal de Montreal (now verified by several other Canadian news agencies), the physical building where Ubisoft Montreal (among multiple...
Oh boy, not ready.

WoW Factor: Does Blizzard even know what it wants World of Warcraft to be now?

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Let's start by pre-empting someone who feels very clever. Yes, I hear you muttering "profitable" as an answer. That isn't accurate; that's answering what...

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