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Preview: My Time at Evershine promotes players from cozy townie to ‘adventurous’ town manager

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Pathea Games has something of a "type" when it comes to the game it likes to make. My Time at Portia and the multiplayer-friendly...

First Impressions: The War Within breathes new life into World of Warcraft

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After being mostly disappointed with Dragonflight, I was wondering if my decision to return to World of Warcraft for the Worldsoul Saga was a...

Tarisland unlocks its epic spider boss for extreme squishing

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Following a patch last week that gave players a helping hand through the Arcane Realm floor challenge, Tarisland opened the doors of a new...

Hands-on with Arc Games’ Fellowship, a new game trying to distill the MMORPG dungeon experience

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For many folks, one of the more entertaining aspects of playing an MMORPG is running through its dungeons (though of course that varies from...
Level up, loser.

Wisdom of Nym: The actual storytelling issues with Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail

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I'm not exactly surprised that basically any controversy vis-a-vis Final Fantasy XIV's most recent expansion is pretty much completely focused on the story (with...
Pure.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Arcadion brings the noise

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There has been a question that has kind of been bubbling in the background of the entire premise behind Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and...
You have too much junk.

First Impresions: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail is a dense summer getaway for the MMORPG

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I finished up Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail's story a while ago, but I've been spending a couple days turning over what I think about...
With strong eye contact.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s relatively smooth early access isn’t a sign of doom

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On Sunday evening, I had to log out from Final Fantasy XIV to take care of an errand. This is not unusual. It is,...

First impressions of ASKA, Sand Sailor’s brand-new colony-building survival sandbox

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Thanks to the press preview hosted by Thunderful and Sand Sailor, I recently had the opportunity to play around with survival sandbox ASKA a...

First Impressions: Tarisland’s interesting gameplay isn’t enough to surmount shoddy temport quality

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When we issued our 2024 predictions for the MMORPG genre during our annual year-end articles, I said that Tarisland would be a sleeper hit,...

Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs

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A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17

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Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with New World’s controversial Aeternum reboot, which is still an MMORPG

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How's everyone recovering from all this New World Aeternum news coming out of Summer Games Fest? It's been kind of a confusing time for me, as...

Hands-on with V Rising: PC vs. PS5, multiplayer, and progression impressions

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You might think given the last few pieces I've written that I might have a thing for vampires. I vehemently deny this. It is...

First Impressions: Elder Scrolls Online story, not scribing, is Gold Road’s apex

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If you followed my series of Choose My Adventure columns from last month, you'll know that I ended up making Elder Scrolls Online my...

Progress Bar: Wayfinder is in a much better place as an offline game

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Normally we're the sort of gamers who advocate for more MMOs and multiplayer games, not less. We're also all about games being preserved. Therein...

First Impressions: Corepunk’s MOBA-esque closed alpha was fun – with lots of room to grow

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I've got a pretty good poker face, especially when nobody can see my face. So I've been pretty subtle about my excitement for Corepunk...

Second Wind: V Rising’s 1.0 build is a fangtastic revamp of the vampire survival sandbox

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It doesn't seem possible that V Rising burst onto the scene almost two years ago, but here we are. I sometimes struggle to get...

Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s radically casual new endgame

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Today we're going to be dusting off Second Wind, a column where we revisit MMOs of the past. It's an older column, sir, but...

First Impressions: Gigantic Rampage Edition’s classic Clash mode and the game’s overall plans for the future

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I admit that when I was first invited by Gearbox Publishing to get my hands on the resurgent Gigantic, I was mostly awestruck. I...

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