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World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas discusses Mythic+ keystones, reputation, and communication

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After today's surprise unpleasantness with the latest Activision-Blizzard financial report, it might be a touch surprising to see World of Warcraft's game director Ion...

The Stream Team: Breaking the Weapons in Final Fantasy XIV

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While MOP's Chris has experienced a lot in his time in Final Fantasy XIV, there are still some things he hasn't seen yet. For...

Amazon is shutting down New World’s and Lost Ark’s forums next week in favor of Discord

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Yesterday, I said in MOP's work chat that the New World team deserved kudos for being one of the few major MMO studios pumping...

The Daily Grind: Is the age of superhero MMOs past?

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Is it just me, or does it seem like nobody is that hot to trot for superhero MMORPGs these days? A few years ago,...

Old School RuneScape outlines Sailing skill’s upcoming multi-month player feedback steps

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Regular fans and followers of Old School RuneScape already know that Jagex likes to design new things by committee - aka through reams and...
Break it down now.

Cliff Bleszinski is apparently interested in a LawBreakers revival

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For three blissful years now, no one has had to give any thought to LawBreakers outside of those of us who remember this bizarre...
That throne could be better illuminated, let's not even front.

Final Fantasy XIV opens up its special site for patch 6.4, The Dark Throne

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It's going to be late May before players can dive into the next patch of Final Fantasy XIV, The Dark Throne. But why wait...

Choose My Adventure: Endgame in Neverwinter nearly rocks my Bard’s face apart

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So as that headline suggests, I made it to level 20 in Neverwinter. That's not really too surprising to regular players, I imagine -...

The Daily Grind: How could Blizzard make World of Warcraft more appealing to former players?

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Eliot's column about World of Warcraft feeling like a dead mall struck a chord with our commenters, many of whom agreed with the feels...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet takes aim again with Ice Inteleon

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First we had an archer Mightiest Mark 'mon, but The Pokemon Company and Game Freak are turning things up by upgrading to Ineleon, the...
Riding along in my hippomobile.

Final Fantasy XI prepares for the Feast of Swords, Final Fantasy XIV prepares for a feast of cosplay at Fan Festival

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Starting this Friday, April 28th, Final Fantasy XI is offering players all the swords they can eat. Oh, you might say that the number...

Red Cross launches an initiative that challenges FPS players to follow real-world humanitarian laws of war

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It can often look like the opposite is true, but in wartime, many countries theoretically follow a set of laws known as the International...

Mad World’s early bird release sees bugs, cash shop currency delays, and emergency maintenance

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Last week saw the "hell-made" multiplayer ARPG Mad World kick off its launch for those who bought in to the game ahead of its...

World of Warcraft discusses goals and plans for Mythic+ affixes and dungeons

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The Blizzard developers who make up the team behind World of Warcraft's Mythic+ dungeons took an hour out of their day to hold a...
Fight this dude.

New World’s latest server merges are happening tomorrow

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When New World announced plans for another round of server merges affecting several servers for players in the Americas and central EU, one of...

The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios manipulate their playerbases with trolling and tribalism?

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A few weeks ago, MOP Chris and I were discussing Star Citizen's antics - remember the video with the coffee? - and it was...

The Stream Team: A dose of dailies in Destiny 2

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MOP's Chris is back on the grind in Destiny 2 as he looks to clear out some missions, earn some gear (hopefully), and continue...

Battle Bards Episode 224: A return to the music of EverQuest II

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It's been an almost egregiously long time since the Battle Bards turned their attention to the EverQuest II soundtrack -- but now that wait...

One Shots: The spice must flow

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Feeling antsy because Funcom's Dune Awakening isn't here yet? Utakata has a decent substitute for you in Tower of Fantasy, apparently. Nothing like a...
Management!

The Daily Grind: How often do you change guilds in your MMOs of choice?

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Some people joined up with a guild years ago, and since then that has been The Guild I Am In. No changes. But today...

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