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EVE Evolved: Is it too late to start playing EVE Online?

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Sci-fi MMO EVE Online reached a special milestone this year with its 20th anniversary, and for many people, it raises an interesting question: Is...

Vitae Aeternum: Previewing New World’s Brimstone Sands, leveling revamp, greatsword, and more

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New World is gearing up to unleash its largest patch since launch, and members of the press were recently invited to a virtual event...

EVE Fanfest 2022: All the major EVE Online announcements from Fanfest

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It's safe to say that EVE Fanfest 2022 was very much a social event first and a game event second, with fewer concrete announcements...
Nah, you're gonna make it, buddy!

World of Warcraft walks through the enhanced starting experience for Shadowlands

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The upcoming World of Warcraft: Shadowlands doesn't just create new experiences at the top end for players. The revised leveling is bringing with it...
Ominous!

The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you enjoy that aren’t worth starting new in 2020?

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Anyone who knows me also knows that I really love City of Heroes. It's a great game and for a long time it was a...
Have fun, don't get killed.

Crowfall is working to make the new player experience smoother

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Starting a new game can always be challenging, but it gets a bit more challenging in a very open-ended title like Crowfall. The developers...

Hearthstone’s first In The Works update unveils new Classic cards, details new-player experience improvements

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Today Blizzard released the first In The Works update for its perennially popular online CCG Hearthstone, in which the studio gives players a peek...

EVE Vegas 2017: Pirate factions will hunt you down in new EVE PvE

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If your experience with EVE Online's PvE is of grinding through waves of predictable NPC pirates firing space pea shooters at you, get ready...

Shroud of the Avatar is running another free trial until September 27

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Curious about Shroud of the Avatar but not curious enough to drop money on the title first? Now you can try it out and...

EVE Evolved: 2016 EVE Online year in review

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It's been another busy year for sci-fi MMO EVE Online, and an absolute roller coaster ride for both players and developer CCP Games. On the...
What now?

EVE Online improves the new player experience further

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The free-to-play option in EVE Online brought with it a revamp to the starting player experience, so new free players would be able to...

EVE Evolved: Getting started with EVE’s free-to-play

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Just under two weeks ago, EVE Online launched its new free to play account option with the introduction of clone states. Subscribers are now given the...

EVE Vegas 2016: EVE Online is finally getting a real tutorial

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One of EVE Online's developers once described the new player experience with the line "Welcome to EVE, here's a Rubik's cube, go f**k yourself," and he...

EVE Vegas 2016: Ascension expansion detailed, new trailer released

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While the main event of the EVE Online social calendar is unmistakably the annual EVE Fanfest convention in Iceland, smaller gatherings are held throughout the...

EVE Online previews its revamped new player experience

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If you've tried to get into EVE Online in the past, maybe it's time to give it another shot. Not just because the game's...

EVE Evolved: What else is coming to EVE Online in November?

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Recently I've been looking at how EVE Online will be affected by the introduction of free-to-play "alpha clone" accounts in its upcoming November expansion, but there's a...

Das Tal creates a 14-step tutorial for July alpha test

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The Das Tal team has its eyes set on the next big step for the game: July 16th's alpha test. When the alpha goes...

EVE Evolved: Fixing EVE’s New Player Experience (again)

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It's become almost a running joke in the comments of articles that EVE Online is a great game to read about but not nearly...

Chaos Theory: Looking over your shoulder at The Secret World’s 2015

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We've finally left 2015 behind. And while it is perfectly natural to want to glance back in the rearview mirror over the last 12...

EVE Evolved: Could achievements save EVE’s new player experience?

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EVE Online has always been a very long-term game, with players setting goals that often take months to achieve and forming friendships over the...

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