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One Shots: Tossing virgin gamers into volcanoes

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The great volcano god Kenny is angry (again). Kenny's got a temper like you wouldn't believe, and he goes off on every perceived insult...

The Game Archaeologist: The day Dungeons and Dragons Online dropped the free-to-play bomb

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By 2009, the MMORPG genre had firmly established a norm for its business model. For over a decade, a monthly subscription -- usually $15...
Multi-digit division.

The Division 2 releases a sweeping set of balance changes on its test server

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The next major patch for The Division 2 is scheduled for release in October, which means that the game is running out of time...

Warframe delivers updates and improvements to Arbitration Alerts

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Arbitrations, which are a type of Warframe Alert offered by the Arbiters of Hexis, have apparently gotten a bit of fine tuning. A developer...

Here’s where Frontier stands on Elite Dangerous’ September patch bugfixing

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In the wake of Elite Dangerous' September patch, which ostensibly added a new newbie tutorial and revamped the cash shop to use a new...

Star Citizen nibbles on space rocks with a look at FPS mining

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Last week, the video digest from Star Citizen was all about exploring caves and what you'd find within them such as mining deposits. So...

The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on wiki-reliant MMORPGs?

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MOP reader Alex recently wrote to us about MMOs that seem to be built around their wikis - and why that's not necessarily a...

Massively Overthinking: Is the age of the $15 subscription coming to an end?

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Massively OP's own Justin Olivetti penned a blog post this week in which he muses on the lifespan of the $15 MMO sub fee,...
Now don't kiiiiiiiss

Learn about storytelling and art design from the Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers leads

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At this point most Final Fantasy XIV fans are familiar with the name Natsuko Ishikawa, the main scenario writer for Shadowbringers. She's the one responsible for...
Bart, stop creating a diversion!

Vague Patch Notes: Do video games really need trade shows anymore?

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The past few years have seen some really big seismic shifts in the game industry. In the time that I've been working here alone,...

Steam’s new features are now available in open beta

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The Steam library's beta version of its shiny new feature are now up and running, so those who are champing at the bit to...

Bungie’s latest video talks up Destiny 2’s Shadowkeep and the plan for Year Three

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Another "ViDoc" from the folks at Bungie is, as one would expect, chock-full of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep hype. In this latest sizzle reel-cum-documentary, players...

Fortnite’s new mobile Party Hub feature lets you chat and play battle royale with friends

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Dropping in with friends has gotten a whole lot simpler in Fortnite's battle royale mode with the most recent update. v10.31 has introduced a...

Elite Dangerous’ new tutorial and new shop currency are live today

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My own experience with getting started in Elite: Dangerous went pretty smoothly, but I contend that the tutorials I went through could have been...

Warframe of Mind: A guide to finding Warframe’s lore fragments

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Now that you know there is a host of lore to find in Warframe, you are probably more eager to gather it all. And...
A bunny must jump.

Final Fantasy XIV’s final anniversary story casts a gaze toward its antagonist

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Well, last week Final Fantasy XIV's anniversary fiction was just full to the brim of spoilers for those who have not yet finished the...

Elite Dangerous takes its cash shop offline for this week’s currency revamp

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It's an odd sort of day for Elite Dangerous, as the Frontier Store has gone dark - but only for a bitsy: It'll return...
It's a new thing.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.1 is on its way after the first live letter

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We had a good string there of proper translations, didn't we? It was really nice to be able to tune in and just get...

Destiny 2 shares its Season of the Undying release calendar and plans to buff every weapon type in the game

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Bungie's weekly report is once again all about Shadowkeep's looming arrival to Destiny 2, though this update has lots of details that may make...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Dragonhold DLC hits the PTS on September 16

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Elder Scrolls Online is pushing onward to the biggest release of the season: the Dragonhold DLC. And today's blog post from ZeniMax offers a...

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