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High Treason is a low-fantasy PvP MMO with an optional permadeath mode

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Just in case you're among those who are opining that MMORPGs are too easy and not hardcore enough, there's another incoming title to serve...

Desert Arena: First impressions of Shadow Arena, the Diet Black Desert of battle royales

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Did someone just cast Arcane Echo? Because this'll be our second piece on Shadow Arena this week, following its deep-dive by our PvP columnist...

Hardcore sandbox MMO Trials of Ascension is back under a new team – with yet another Kickstarter

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You folks remember Trials of Ascension, right? The hardcore permadeath sandbox MMO with all the messy Kickstarters and drama? The one whose last Kickstarter...

LOTRO Legendarium: Five ideas for special servers in Lord of the Rings Online

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At PAX East recently, Standing Stone Games teased some details of Lord of the Rings Online's future. I'm going to hold off on talking...
spooky, kinda

Massively Overthinking: How could MMOs combat endgame rushing?

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Rushers, content locusts, world-firsters: Whatever you want to call them, these folks are both a boon and a bane for MMORPGs. They buy the...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s next Hardcore League and new permadeath server are here

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Dungeons and Dragons Online is having a good 2020, first with its 64-bit client and Alchemist class - and now with the return of...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s 2020 roadmap includes Shifter race and Feywild expansion

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What do you want in your Dungeons and Dragons Online this year? Whether it be a new permadeath server, an expansion pack, a modern...

Dungeons and Dragons Online begins testing the Alchemist class, addresses balance concerns

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With a penchant for potions and poisons, the Alchemist might not be welcome at most frat parties, but in Dungeons and Dragons Online parties?...
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The Division 2 reveals early Episode 3 details, Hardcore Mode stats, and a new cosmetics lootbox

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The latest State of the Game roundup from The Division 2 has a number of details for players of the co-op shooter, including some...

The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v3.0

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Behind history are people and stories, some of them well-known and some of them obscure. It has been my mission in The Game Archaeologist...

The Division 2’s Title Update 6.1 is bringing Hardcore Mode and the Situation: Snowball seasonal event

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Just because the Washington, D.C., of The Division 2's fiction is under siege doesn't mean that Agents can't enjoy a bit of holiday cheer....
Here we go.

Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019

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After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...

DDO wraps up its permadeath server run with an after party

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The first run of Dungeons and Dragons Online's permadeath server -- officially known as the Hardcore League -- has officially come to a close....
There were some decent tabletop Star Trek games, but no.

Perfect Ten: The many flavors of MMO PvP

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Not so long ago (so, at the rate news has come out since then, what feels like decades ago) I wrote a column about...

The end of Dungeons and Dragons Online’s permadeath server approaches

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As the mound of slowly decaying corpses pile up on Dungeons and Dragons Online's permadeath server, players only have a few more weeks to...

Perfect Ten: Solo prequel games to MMORPGs

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When studios go about making MMORPGs, risk comes along with the effect as a matter of course. The only question is how to reduce...

The Daily Grind: How would you make a special MMO ruleset server?

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Lately there's been some friction over in Lord of the Rings Online due to what players see as mishandling and miscommunication over the game's...

LOTRO Legendarium: The bold life of a player chicken

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When you get a little bored of the normal questing flow or dungeon hopping in Lord of the Rings Online, there are plenty of...

Dungeons and Dragon Online pumps out a Sharn-themed adventure pack

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It's Patch Day for Dungeons and Dragons Online. So what does the GM have planned for adventurers in Eberron? Why, it's a new adventure...

One Shots: My other car is a ravenous dragon

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Sure, in your normal, mundane life you drive a Prius hatchback, but in your virtual existence, you enjoy a ride that's a bit more...

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