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The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that turn you off just based on history?

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We were having an interesting discussion in work chat the other day about EVE Online involving Brendan and me. Brendan, obviously, is the expert on...
You couldn't have seen this coming, huh?

Albion Online teases its upcoming randomized PvE dungeons throughout the game world

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The next update for Albion Online is offering new paths to treasure just spawning in the world, although you're going to have to fight through...
ride eternal shiny and chrome

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds now has an app for tracking kills around streaming players

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If you're rushing into battle in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and shooting away, you may realize only belatedly that you gunned down a well-known streamer's character in...
Oh, right.

Haven and Hearth prepares for a world reset on February 1

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The current iteration of the world for Haven and Hearth is the 10th version of the game world, and it's been running for quite some...
Sea what you did there.

Atlas plans to make the climb to the top less arduous for players

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The development team behind Atlas is happy with the influence that hardcore players and large companies have upon the game. That's a core part of...
lol so randum

Take a look at the remastered battlegrounds heading to World of Warcraft in patch 8.1.5

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Whether or not you're tired of Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch in World of Warcraft, those two battlegrounds are old. They're the oldest ones in the...
Demon Hunters HATE this holiday

World of Warcraft is bringing in Free T-Shirt Day as a micro-holiday in patch 8.1.5

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If you're not happy with the state of World of Warcraft at the moment, perhaps what would change your mind are free shirts. It couldn't...
Cyclic.

The Cycle postpones its sixth alpha test for longer access while adding stress tests

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Bad news first for fans of in-dev survival sandbox The Cycle. The game's sixth alpha test has been pushed back by two weeks, so it'll...
Warping shadow.

The Daily Grind: When did you realize you were no longer a beginner in an MMO?

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I tend to think of myself as a beginner in any given MMO for a really long time. Like, to the point where I'll have...
It's a tiny little sprout thing. It might kill you.

Final Fantasy XI rolls out the Spring Alter Ego Expo on February 1

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If you think about it a little, the trusts in Final Fantasy XI are a bit like the eponymous pokemon. They fight alongside you and...
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road until I get a poncho.

GDC’s sixth annual State of the Industry report shows VR down, Steam down, and unionizing up

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The sixth annual GDC State of the Industry report is an interesting barometer of development; rather than focusing on analysts, it focuses on surveys...
Dead in the water.

World of Warcraft’s latest Q&A covers the global cooldown and item level changes

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Pretty much no one has really been made happy by World of Warcraft putting most major cooldowns on the global cooldown, one of the many...
No word on whether or not you get two comely maidens of virtue true.

Dark & Light offers up a pig costume for Chinese new year

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It's the Year of the Boar everywhere, including in Dark & Light, and that means it's time for this year's Chinese new year event to...
Love is in the air, everywhere I look around~

Final Fantasy XIV previews this year’s Valentione’s Day festivities

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There's something sinister in the wings in Final Fantasy XIV. Something strange is happening with the world's aether, causing magics to behave strangely in little...
haha oops

Project Genom is quietly restructuring around SpatialOS

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Have you been watching Project Genom from the sidelines and noted in the back of your mind that it seems like the game has gone...
Yes, we're all very impressed over here.

The Daily Grind: How much should fan communities influence MMO designers?

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The other day I saw a comment on an MMO subreddit that I quite liked; to paraphrase, it basically stated that the system designers...
LADY YOU'RE SCARING US

Lineage II looks forward to updates for both live and Classic in early 2019

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The next year will bring stuff for Lineage II. That's the takeaway from the new producer's letter for the game looking forward to everything on the...
Of course, you can argue that the lack of BfA is actually a positive.

China’s third round of game approvals still omits Tencent and NetEase

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There are a lot of game companies in China, but Tencent and NetEase are the two titans with huge stables of titles, numerous online...
In we go.

Anthem is just under a month away from official launch, but weekend VIP demo downloading has begun

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If you've been looking forward to Anthem, you have about a month to go until it has launched for everyone. The game's full launch is...
Same old story, same old song and dance.

Long before Diablo Immortal, the franchise nearly had… Diablo Junior

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We hear that if you look into a mirror with the lights off and say "Diablo Immortal" three times, the Prime Evil himself will...

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