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WoW Classic Classic launches tonight with fresh progression servers and some changes

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It's (re)launch day for WoW Classic, as Blizzard opens the doors this evening to a batch of fresh start megaservers around the globe starting...
Yeah, that'll do it.

Vague Patch Notes: The ridiculous marketing doublespeak around MMORPGs

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There is a lot to make fun of when it comes to New World, and it comes in many forms, from excusing bad decisions...

Fractured has officially launched its first season – and it’s free-to-play now, too

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It's patch day for Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured Online, and this isn't just any patch: This is the game's free-to-play relaunch. "e are officially FREE...

Perfect Ten: Utterly silly MMO transmedia synergy over the years

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Remember back when Trion Worlds tried to coin -- or cement -- the term "transmedia synergy" for the relationship between Defiance the game and Defiance the...

LOTRO Legendarium: Riding out into Lord of the Rings Online’s Legacy of Morgoth

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Anyone who knows my gaming habits understands that I am not a fan of desert zones, expansions, or even Tatooine. Sorry Luke, but it's...

EverQuest II’s 21st expansion, Scars of Destruction, officially launches today

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Strap on your sword belt and memorize your full book of spells, for EverQuest II is calling the faithful back to its fold for...

Square-Enix and Lightspeed Studio officially announce Final Fantasy XIV Mobile

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Don't look now but Final Fantasy XIV is getting an official mobile adaptation. Publisher Square-Enix and developer Tencent-owned Lightspeed Studios have taken the wraps...

Choose My Adventure: My life as a Moonshiner in Red Dead Online

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This is not something I say very often or very lightly, but I'm glad that I was pressured into spending money on a game. I'll...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Godspawn, Guild Wars 2’s latest release

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Today marks the release of Godspawn, the first content patch of the Janthir Wilds expansion cycle for Guild Wars 2. While this patch comes...

The Soapbox: The War Within is the best World of Warcraft’s endgame has ever been

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When I delivered my first impressions of The War Within, I was full of praise for World of Warcraft's latest expansion, but I did...

Here’s what’s actually making it into Corepunk’s early access launch build next week

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So Corepunk studio Artificial Core put out a press release this morning, and I think most of our readers already know the main content...
Shock, awe.

Wisdom of Nym: Initial impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads dungeon and alliance raid

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It's interesting to me how often Final Fantasy XIV patches are inconsistent when it comes to what makes them interesting. This is perhaps not...

MMO Hype Train: Into the Echo and the wish for a time travel MMO

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Are there any MMO projects that you suspect only you remember and care about -- but everyone else has forgotten? I feel that way...

Blizzard insists World of Warcraft’s housing won’t just be Garrisons 2.0

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So World of Warcraft is getting player housing, and this announcement was so big that nobody seems to remember or be talking about anything...
Ominous.

WoW Factor: Home is where the heart is, even in World of Warcraft

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It has been a curious sensation these last few months, looking at World of Warcraft: The War Within and not wanting to play. That...

Star Wars The Old Republic confirms GU 7.6 for early December but delays its story launch for quality reasons

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Remember back in September when Star Wars: The Old Republic developer Broadsword said it would share more about Game Update 7.6 in November? Well...

Massively Overthinking: What are the great ‘popcorn games’ in the MMORPG genre?

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MOP reader Elenie recently put the concept of "popcorn MMOs" back on my radar thanks to a comment about Neverwinter being an MMO many...
Hardly lonely.

Vague Patch Notes: Going solo isn’t a problem in MMORPGs

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So I'm wrapping up a month of talking about how MMORPGs are by necessity social games. These are games in which you need other...

WoW Factor: Thoughts on World of Warcraft getting housing and Classic Classic fresh start servers

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With no BlizzCon this year and a pretty full and constantly updating roadmap for World of Warcraft unfolding (including this month's 20th anniversary activities),...

Warcraft Direct: World of Warcraft Midnight has player housing, WoW Classic Pandaria in 2025, and WoW Classic Classic

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Friends, today is not-BlizzCon, which is to say that Blizzard decided not to hold a BlizzCon event in the year when World of Warcraft...

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