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Blizzard celebrates 20 years of Diablo II

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It brought us memes, it brought us Necromancers, it brought us farming for loot, and it theoretically brought us a showdown against evil creatures...
SIR

The Daily Grind: Do you watch developer videos for MMOs?

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Covering videos in this job is just plain annoying. It is. An information-dense text post takes me a few minutes to read through, I...
I don't think you really want glows here.

Fallout 76 previews the rewards of its first seasonal progress event starting June 30

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An entire season's worth of progression in Fallout 76? Who could ask for more? Lots of people, maybe, but seasonal progress is what you're...
Yeah, that's gate.

Gatewalkers is a new co-op survival ARPG hosting an alpha test on Steam now

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Smash things, survive things, go through procedurally generated worlds, repeat. That's the core gameplay loop for Gatewalkers, a new game described as a co-op...
Huuuuh.

Diablo IV shows off the development of its open world and item progression

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It's going to be a while before Diablo IV is in the hands of players, but the team is certainly keeping at work even...
Nothing to add.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is letting you swim and dive starting on July 3

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Sure, having your own private island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is nice, but why not just descend into the water around it and...
Shoulder touch.

World of Warcraft’s latest Shadowlands build includes profession updates, dungeon journals, and customization

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Another alpha update has hit World of Warcraft's test servers, and this one wound up with a few technical issues ensuring that the alpha...
Give me a break! Giiiiiiiiiive me a break!

Blade & Soul shows off all the new features with today’s Divine Break update

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Haven't you earned a break in Blade & Soul? The newest update is dubbed Divine Break, and it... actually doesn't give you a break...
Don't call me Kyle right now.

Overwolf details the changes coming for Curseforge and using World of Warcraft addons

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So what's going to happen with Curseforge and your precious, precious World of Warcraft addons? You need those to play! For those who missed...
You've seen this before.

Diablo III adds random elemental power discharges for Season 21

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If you're still waiting for Diablo IV, you are still going to be waiting for quite some time. That's just the reality of the...
MACE

Albion Online offers more mobile improvements and queue improvements

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The latest patch to the Albion Online Queen update is certainly going to make mobile players happy, as it allows you to drag items...
The vista

The Daily Grind: Do you like collecting trivia about unused MMO content?

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We recently ran a feature all about an iceberg of obscure World of Warcraft knowledge, weird unused parts of the game or old promotions or...
Whee or something.

World of Warcraft introduces an Auction House ‘action budget’ that is then immediately removed

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It's time to talk about Auctioneer for World of Warcraft. If you're unfamiliar with this particular add-on, what it does is pretty scan the...
I'm on a boat.

World of Warcraft brings back Single-Minded Fury in Shadowlands

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All of you who play Warriors in World of Warcraft and like to be in the class of characters who flip out and break...
Library?

The Daily Grind: What do you think is right to charge for in a free-to-play MMO?

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We all understand that free-to-play games still basically want your money, yes? That's the whole point of the business model. But the question is...
Sure. Fine. Great. Superb.

Wild Terra 2 opens its beta up for free play until June 22

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The developers of Wild Terra 2 would like you to play the game, see how much stuff has been added to the game in testing,...
Good job, guy!

Red Dead Online disables the ability to spawn KKK members via cheats

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Good news, players of Red Dead Online, you will no longer be getting attacked by hackers spawning the KKK on you. That's a sentence...
undead, etc.

Sea of Thieves looks forward to its next major patch while pledging support for Black Lives Matter and the community

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Everyone should feel welcome in Sea of Thieves. That's a big message shared by the game's executive producer Joe Neate ahead of the latest...
Oh no tentacles.

The Daily Grind: What widely loathed system in an MMO do you really like?

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As broken as it was, I still did like the foundations behind Final Fantasy XIV's launch setup of abilities. The down side to this system,...
Cutty cut.

Elder Scrolls Blades gets a new patch for Switch motion controls

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Do you enjoy playing Elder Scrolls Blades on your Switch but wish it were a bit more like a Wii game encouraging you to swing...

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