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10-year-old Allods Online is (briefly) selling another batch of ‘collector’s editions’

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It is always a little weird to see an MMORPG release a collector's edition well after the launch of a game, but hey, marketers...
Mossy.

Final Fantasy XI offers players a shot at the Shadowlord’s swords

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Is it fair that the Shadowlord in Final Fantasy XI gets to have cool swords you don't have immediate access to? No. It is...

Fight or Kite: How Guild Wars 2’s Harbinger, Willbender, and Virtuoso stack up in PvP

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Guild Wars 2 has always been my go-to home for MMOs. There’s just so much the studio did right when designing the game. But...
Sing a song of madness.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s cash shop and the existential horror of monetization

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The fact that there's a cash shop in Final Fantasy XIV is something that is absolutely impossible to discuss in a value-neutral fashion. Simply...
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First impressions: Elyon is a boring world with compelling gameplay and customization systems

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I’m going to be perfectly honest, I went in to Elyon with some pretty low expectations. Watching it be transmuted from Ascent: Infinite Realm,...
Into the exceedingly well known.

Wurm Online apologizes for lapsed communication, promises work on animal husbandry and VR support

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It's been a little while since we've heard anything major out of Wurm Online, with the game's last big ticket feature being the addition...

The MOP Up: Ankama, the studio behind Wakfu and Dofus, turns 20

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This past week marked a huge milestone for the parent studio of Wakfu and Dofus, as Ankama turned 20 years old. To celebrate, Ankama...

LOTRO community Q&A asks about closed server transfers, graphics upgrades, and new events

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It's not your imagination: Lord of the Rings Online really has been doing a whole bunch of interviews over past month or two. The...

One Shots: Catniss Everkeen

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"The true endgame of FFXIV is fashion, but in the process of documenting my many many glamours sometimes I get a cool action shot,"...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why Lord of the Rings Online is worth playing in 2021

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It has come to my attention that there are more MMO nomads than normal this summer who are casting about for a new game...

PSA: Aion Classic is handing out a three day-long subscription bonus to all players this weekend

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Are you enjoying your time in Aion Classic but not enough to buy the buff-granting subscription? Then you'll probably want to know more about...

The Daily Grind: List your favorite expansion to every MMO you’ve played

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Lists -- we're doing one today. And it has the potential to be a really fun one! The challenge is fairly simple: Make a list...

EverQuest II’s player-run Festival of Unity is back this weekend with a variety of games and events

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The self-described longest running player event in EverQuest II history has returned for another year of in-game summer fun. It's the Festival of Unity,...
Rise, rise, rise.

Final Fantasy XIV brings back The Rising for its eighth anniversary on August 27

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Another year of operation is moving into the rear-view mirror for Final Fantasy XIV, and that means another iteration of The Rising coming around...

Mortal Online 2 announces ‘savage’ September 6 stress test

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After a goodly while in closed alpha combat testing, Mortal Online 2 thinks that it's ready for the next best step and is proposing...

Pantheon recaps new hire and pre-alpha, outlines to-do list before alpha

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Pantheon's August producer letter has arrived this week with a bunch of good news for fans of the game: Visionary Realms has hired a...

Global Chat: Hitting that endgame wall in MMOs

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MMO blogger Digital Visceral recently wrote about a situation that many of us encounter in our games: Hitting that max level and feeling at...

Perfect Ten: My top 10 MMO pet peeves

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In general, I try to be an optimistic fellow. When it comes to MMO gaming -- you know, that hobby we apparently love and...
This may just be bad.

Former RuneScape composer sentenced to 22 months in prison for sexual assault

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Ian Taylor, the former composer for both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, has admitted to the sexual assault of a young girl and has...
Sometimes it just makes sense.

World of Warcraft reverses course on player customization and promises more

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Back in February, Blizzard reversed its stance on player customization options for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. Originally, players had been told that further customization...

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