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The MOP Up: Another look back at Final Fantasy XI’s history

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Final Fantasy XI continued its series of retrospective interviews, this time sitting down with former GM Toshio Murouchi to talk about the history and...
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Betawatch: Dysterra springs ahead to launch and falls back due to cheating

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Good work, Dysterra! It can be a rocky road to launch, even to early access launch, but you braved the difficult path and oh,...

Global Chat: The dawning of a new great MMO era

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The next great era of MMORPGs is in the making right now and will dawn on us shortly -- or so postulates MMO Folklorist,...

The MOP Up: SWTOR spins a Bounty Hunter yarn

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was nearly your bedtime and Star Wars: The Old Republic sat down next...
It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of of theoretical games.

Betawatch: Hey, that Star Citizen sure is taking a long time, huh

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Well howdy there, folks! I'm Gamer Gary, and I'm out here with all of this construction equipment because someone posted a whole chart showing...
It makes sense, given the context.

Global Chat: Turkeys terrorize New World

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While y'all eat turkeys this week, in New World, the turkeys terrorize you! Heartless Gamer navigated the gobble massacre in excruciating detail. "Over all the...

The MOP Up: Astrokings brings back Stargate SG-1 for a limited time

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While it's not Stargate Worlds, Stargate SG-1 is back for its third round as a collaboration event in the space mobile MMORTS Astrokings: "Command...

Global Chat: Do SWTOR’s companions carry the player?

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Due to issues of pride and fear of snarky comments, most of us might not admit to ever being carried through MMO content. But...
So snipe.

Betawatch: Blue Protocol launches in spring 2023 in Japan

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Well, after an unusually quiet span of time, Blue Protocol is approaching an actual launch. It's launching in early spring of 2023 in Japan,...

The MOP Up: Fallout 76’s robots want you to look as dorky as you can be

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A recent patch for Fallout 76 concentrated on fixing bugs, such as resetting weekly expedition rewards, adjusting several quest issues, improving the Atomic Shop,...

The Daily Grind: Should all MMORPGs include guild recruitment boards?

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As someone who has made a hobby out of jumping around MMORPGs like Frogger, I've spent more time looking for guilds than I would...
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Betawatch: BitCraft sets November 18 as its next pre-alpha date

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Darn it, BitCraft, this column is called "Betawatch." Stop throwing around terms like "pre-alpha testing" like that's something that should be public-facing. It's unpleasant!...

Betawatch: Ilysia pretties up its visuals as it advances in beta

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How pretty do you want your Ilysia? The designers are hoping the answer is "quite pretty" as they work on prettying up the game...
Mlem?

The MOP Up: ARK’s ultimate survival edition lands on Switch

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Everyone's favorite prehistoric survival simulator is making a big splash on the Nintendo Switch this week. ARK: Survival Evolved's base game is becoming available...

Global Chat: Are you an MMO lone wolf even though you’ve tried to be social?

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A recent post over at Words Under My Name resonated as the author shared how, despite multiple efforts to be social in MMOPGs, sooner...
Icy Hot, but a game.

Betawatch: Frozen Flame is hosting an open beta this weekend

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Supposedly, Frozen Flame is still coming to early access in the not-too-distant future, but you can see how the game plays before that happens....

Halloween fun across the MMORPG genre, 2022 edition

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Halloween officially began October 1st (or September 1st, by some calendars), and we've been collecting all the spoopy events in MMORPGs and MMO-adjacent titles...
Gourds!

Realm of the Mad God, Spiral Knights, Minecraft Dungeons, Soulworker, Fiesta Online, and Shaiya launch Halloween festivities

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Halloween! It's nearly upon us, and that means that a lot of games are celebrating in various ways, including most MMOs. We've even got...

The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online introduces one of Firesong’s defenders

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With Elder Scrolls Online's Firesong DLC arriving early next month, there will be a new roster of characters to meet during this new journey....

The Daily Grind: How do you set up your MMO chat window?

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While we often use it to talk, we almost never talk about chat windows in MMORPGs. Those unassuming boxes are the workhorses of our...

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