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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming watches a virtual reality giant fight tiny PC knights in Davigo

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What happens when one giant playing in virtual reality faces off against itty bitty rocket-firing knights playing on PC? You get Davigo, the VR...
This is the face of giving a damn.

Final Fantasy XI’s Valentione’s Day arrives once more with bird mating

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Once again, Final Fantasy XI will spend its Valentione's Day celebrating that which matters most: bird mating. Yes, as always, the annual Valentine's Day...

The Stream Team: Learning how to play War Thunder the Matriarch way

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MOP's Chris is entering all-new territory for him in today's stream: He'll be taking up the role of pilot or tanker (or both!) in...
such economy, very player

Tarisland discusses its business model and in-game economy in a new video

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Tarisland has airdropped in a new video about its economy this week, but the downside is that the video is a bit vague when...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the worst at balancing its classes?

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A few weeks back - and before we realized the game was slated for execution - MOP's Sam wrote a piece about balance in...

The Daily Grind: When was the last time an MMO studio truly impressed you?

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Embers Adrift is probably never going to be my MMORPG, but damn I'm proud of Stormhaven Studios. Yes, I have a soft spot for...
Now you can play with your straight friends!

Microsoft will require Final Fantasy XIV players to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass in order to play the game

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It's tucked away in the announcement that Final Fantasy XIV's beta on the Xbox Series X|S starts on February 21st, but the announcement does...
Another year.

The Daily Grind: How do you cope with losing someone in an MMORPG?

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I have been immeasurably lucky in that I have never lost a close online friend to death, only to drifting away. But unfortunately, you...

The Stream Team: Moving a first timer through the next round of Final Fantasy XIV’s Pandaemonium raid

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MOP's Chris is once again helping a friend through Final Fantasy XIV content! Last week he and his husband joined their good friend Ollie...
Shocking!

The Daily Grind: Would you be interested in a Guild Wars 3?

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Have you ever noticed how every MMO franchise seems to get to exactly two numbered installments and then stops, at most? Guild Wars 2...

Open Perpetuum is bringing land mines, new weapons, and T4 balancing sometime in ‘Marchish’

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Markish your calendarsh because the Perpetuum emulator Open Perpetuum is going to be releasing Patch 31 sometime in "Marchish." When is Marchish? We're notsh...
hisss

WRUP: How to get ham from snakes edition

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All right so I'm not actually sure what you need to learn here. For one thing, ham is a meat that comes from pigs....
If you're not following @TruceSMV, you're missing context for this! Also you're making me sad because I have things there and I want you to love me.

The Daily Grind: How driven or chill are you toward your MMO progress?

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I've always been a very goals- and projects-oriented person, even in my gameplay. I figure that if I'm going to spend time in a...

The Stream Team: Joining in on the Nightingale stress test

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MOP's Chris is going to add his weight to the one-day stress test of Nightingale today, and at the same time he's going to...
Love and further, additional love.

World of Warcraft’s February Trading Post is all about having a lovely time of love

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It's February, and as far as World of Warcraft's Trading Post is concerned, that means it's time for an entire month of love. This...

The Daily Grind: Do you even want an MMO with transmedia synergy?

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We've been talking about transmedia synergy again thanks to Dune Awakening, so I want to go at it from a new angle. The term...

Massively Overthinking: Do you care more about MMO stats or looks?

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This week's Massively Overthinking is fully inspired by the unicorn backpack meme, which Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss tweeted out last week with the caption "stats over looks any day." You know we have to talk about this.

ARK Survival Ascended is launching a streamlined way to get player-made items in February and April

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Mod support is already a thing in ARK: Survival Ascended, but the survival sandbox is bringing a little bit more streamlining to the custom...

After nearly eight years, Dual Universe says physical Kickstarter rewards are en route

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Dual Universe completed its Kickstarter crowdfunding drive in October 2016. Some of those backer tiers included physical schwag that would be mailed to player...

Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour

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Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour is coming to Los Angeles February 16th-18th, but despite its already being sold out, Niantic is still dangling some key...

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