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Even when that emotional connection is being violently severed.

World of Warcraft fans toast the game’s 15th anniversary

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As we head into the fall and World of Warcraft's official 15th anniversary, you best believe that Blizzard is going to be milking this...

One Shots: Familiar and welcome lands

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Welcome back home! That feels like the sentiment that WoW Classic gave when it launched recently. Players absolutely swarmed to these servers, many of...
Not this.

The Game Archaeologist: Is it worth the hassle to update graphics in older MMOs?

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"I'd play this game again if the graphics were updated." "If they re-released this game with modern graphics, it would be way more popular." "The Game...
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WRUP: My Internet was out all night so all you get are some facts about piccolos edition

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Yep, my Internet was out all night when this would normally have been written. Thus, you will have to enjoy this list of facts...

The Daily Grind: How have other MMO players amused you?

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I absolutely love the fact that massively multiplayer titles give me a social experience even when I'm in a room all by myself. Bumping...

The Soapbox: There is no MMO that can fix a broken MMO community

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We've heard again and again how the recently launched World of Warcraft: Classic was going to "fix" the MMO community by stripping away modern...

Leaderboard: Does Guild Wars 2 need another expansion?

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If you've followed NCsoft's quarterly investor reports for the last many years, you've probably seen dozens graphs of Guild Wars 2's revenues and the...

PAX West 2019: A first dip into Elder Scroll Online’s Dragonhold DLC

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The Elder Scrolls Online community event in Seattle at this year's PAX West was one of many firsts for me. For one, this was the...

WoW Classic opens more servers for transfer, addressing layer switching

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Blizzard is continuing to open up opening up character transfers for WoW Classic to allow folks who rolled on overloaded shards to get the heck off....

The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you wish had an emulator – but doesn’t?

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A few weeks back, when The Matrix 4 news hit, I spent some time digging around The Matrix Online's community so that I could...

Massively Overthinking: Do you ever feel guilty about ‘freeloading’ in a free-to-play MMO?

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A few weeks back, Massively OP's Ben Griggs made an observation that I bet some readers can relate to. He mentioned that in his...

Chronicles of Elyria players secede from their king to create their own confederation

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A fascinating bit of player-run political intrigue has happened in Chronicles of Elyria well before the game has even seen a playable build. During...
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Legends of Aria is merging Azure Sky and Verdant Earth today

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The Azure Sky and Verdant Earth server clusters of Legends of Aria are merging today, as was promised at the end of August. The new...
You won't believe the things I didn't bother telling you!

Vague Patch Notes: How MMO studio communication and player confidence really work

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Here's the funny thing about communication from MMO studios: It's vital to the continued feeling of a healthy game, and yet at the same...
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PvP MMORPG Eternal Magic’s closed beta starts today

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Originally, the closed beta for Eternal Magic was supposed to start on July 17th. That didn't happen; instead, the game announced a delay before the...

City of Heroes Homecoming players have rolled almost a million toons to date

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I've always said that if I could do one thing in video games - you know, besides what I already love and do -...
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Ship of Heroes pushes character creator beta to later in 2019, says its toons are more advanced than City of Heroes’

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With summer drawing to a close, Heroic Games is barreling ahead on Ship of Heroes' character creation tool beta, which was originally aimed at...

The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you got absolutely sucked into an MMO?

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I both love and hate those periods of time when I get sucked into an MMORPG. Usually this comes when a game first launches,...

Torchlight II has officially launched for Switch, PS4, and Xbox One today

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In last week's WRUP, I mentioned playing a thing I couldn't talk about on my Switch. Now I can because 2012 ARPG Torchlight II...

Choose My Adventure: In which Apex Legends makes me feel extremely old

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I'm a firm believer of "You can't dislike it unless you know it," a sort of twist on the "Don't knock it 'til you...

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