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The Stream Team: A look at Chronicle: RuneScape Legends’ beta

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Tabletop meets CCG in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, and now you can finally see just exactly what that means! MassivelyOP's MJ has been eager to show...

EverQuesting: First impressions of life after Landmark’s latest wipe

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When Daybreak drops a big Landmark patch, it apparently does so quite literally... onto hard, unforgiving concrete... from the top of a tall building....

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Gorseval raid boss guide

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More than one reader has asked for further Guild Wars 2 raid guides, and who am I to disappoint? I've been keeping back this Gorseval...

Black Desert impressions from around the MMO blogosphere

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When a new game comes out, you can play it cautious by waiting for reviews or you can roll the dice and take your...
Do you really want to hurt me?

WoW Factor: Is this the time Blizzard’s changes stick?

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Well, folks, I promised you that this week I would talk about my further impressions playing through the Legion alpha. But then I spied...

Choose My Adventure: Crafting catastrophes and dungeon doldrums in Blade & Soul

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Hello, friends, and welcome to the fourth and final installment of Choose My Adventure with Blade & Soul. Last week, as you may recall...

Scarlet Blade will sunset next month

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We're genuinely sorry to report that Aeria Games has announced an impending closure for the notoriously suggestive MMORPG Scarlet Blade. Aeria broke the sad news earlier today: "Scarlet...

Global Chat: What is Daybreak thinking with H1Z1?

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Daybreak's announcement earlier this month that it will be splitting H1Z1 into two games triggered a flood of responses from the MMO blogging community,...

Beta impressions of Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic

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About a week ago, I got an e-mail granting me access to the closed beta test of Motiga's in-development MOBA title, Gigantic. Now, most...

Trooper companion headlines SWTOR’s Chapter 11: Disavowed, due March 10th

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BioWare has announced that since the launch of Knights of the Fallen Empire, players have logged over 900 million minutes of Star Wars: The Old...

Previewing Chronicle: RuneScape Legends ahead of its March 23 beta

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If you haven't heard of RuneScape's upcoming card game, you're not alone. Even when it skittered across my desk last fall, it largely escaped...

Hands-on with The Division’s beta: From character creation to Dark Zone PvP

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A couple of weekends back, I -- like many other players -- took part in the beta weekend for Ubisoft's upcoming MMO shooter, The...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Knights of the Fallen Empire Chapter 10 impressions

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I can't lie: The fact that BioWare took nearly seven hours longer to launch the next chapter of Star Wars: The Old Republic than...

Ask Mo: Re-reviewing MMORPGs and birthday shenanigans

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Mo's been collecting letters to the editor for me to address in Ask Mo for the past month or two, and this one from...

Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration

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The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...

Bebopping through ArcheAge’s Bloodsong update with Trion

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Sometimes the wait for new content is made worse when you see another region enjoying it long before you can. That's how I've felt...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Shatterer Unleashed

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In the last edition of Flameseeker Chronicles, I discussed the Guild Wars 2 Winter 2016 update that releases today in great detail, so I'm really...

Blade & Soul hits one million players in the west

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A week after its launch in North America and Europe, Blade & Soul claims to have surpassed one million players in the game worldwide...
Much like TERA, having a discussion about this game's attitude towards women is mostly a matter of shaking your head in exasperation.

Leaderboard: What’s your opinion of Blade & Soul, one week in?

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On Friday, we updated our beta impressions of Blade & Soul with fresh impressions after a week of play, and the underlying theme of...

Blade & Soul impressions from around the MMO blogosphere

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It's probably no surprise to anyone that Blade & Soul managed to rope in a lot of excited fans and curious casuals this past...

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