Interviews

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World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas claims War Within early access won’t grant long-term advantages

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So let's recap for people who have missed out on this. World of Warcraft's next expansion, The War Within, is available for pre-order. This...
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Interview: Wayfinder pauses seasons as it hunts for a publisher and rebuilds roadmap

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Last week, Wayfinder fans were shaken by the news that another round of layoffs at Digital Extremes was accompanied by the dissolution of the...

Blizzard president confirms a focus on mobile and live service games, briefly discusses studio’s ‘new era’

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The tide of change is continuing to slip its way across the shores of Blizzard, which is the general tone of a BlizzCon interview...

World of Warcraft will develop ‘Saga’ expansions in parallel, addresses War Within’s headstart controversy

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Even after hearing everything that Blizzard had to say about World of Warcraft's Worldsoul Saga in general and next year's The War Within expansion...

WoW Classic won’t be keeping Wrath Classic realms, debates what to do with Season of Discovery characters

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The reverberations from all of WoW Classic's announcements at this past weekend's BlizzCon continue to be felt across the MMO community. And for every...

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...

Interview: New World’s Scot Lane on Edengrove housing, transmog tokens, and more

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In part one of my interview with New World's game director Scot Lane, we covered topics such as the game's past, future plans, and...

Interview: New World’s Scot Lane on the MMO’s past, future, and upcoming dungeon finder

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New World launched two years ago today. While it may have stumbled out of the gate, I believe it has since evolved into one...

The Stream Team: Star Trek Online’s Incursion with Cryptic’s CM

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Star Trek Online: Incursion is out, and it's full of trouble from other dimensions! Massively OP's MJ has already fought off The Borg from...
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Final Fantasy XIV x KFC crossover video depicts Colonel Sanders as a Black Mage

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First of all, we wish to assuage any concerns by reminding people that Final Fantasy XIV does indeed contain chickens. So this video tweeted...

Interview: How Dauntless’ weapon revamp will affect development and gameplay

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Last month, Dauntless announced a far-reaching change to weapons, with individual weapons becoming more distinct, a new swapping mechanic that lets players switch between...
Hollow Knee.

Final Fantasy XIV’s free trial will continue to expand, but don’t expect a free-to-play switch anytime soon

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One of the many long-standing memes among the Final Fantasy XIV community is the one about the MMORPG's free trial, which will be expanding...

World of Warcraft contemplates buyable trader’s tender and an old world revamp

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We all learned about World of Warcraft's Guardians of the Dream patch in terms of its overall location and content offerings yesterday, along with...

Bethesda vows to ‘keep working on’ Redfall, arguing it doesn’t ‘quit or abandon stuff’

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Most eyes are on Bethesda and its sprawling single-player space epic Starfield, particularly in light of the RPG's bugs and how previous game releases...

Lost Ark interview: Amazon talks jump-start servers, battle royale, dodging power creep, and more

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Lost Ark has had a whirlwind August, first with the release of a major roadmap for the game, then with the launch of the...

TennoCon 2023: The soul of Soulframe is healing, redemption, and cute critters

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Last year's TennoCon introduced us to a tease of Digital Extreme's new upcoming game, Soulframe. Since then, MMO gamers - including me - have...
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Blue Protocol interview addresses the western version’s combat, story, and content cadence

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Blue Protocol is one of the many MMOPRGs that are represented at Gamescom 2023, particularly the Amazon Games-published western edition of the title. That...

Warframe’s Whispers in the Walls adds new narrative, hub, and Tenno ‘skin’

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What is TennoCon but the opportunity to debut something big for Warframe? Every year Digital Extremes introduces players to new and exciting content that's...

Diablo IV general manager: ‘We made some sort of mistake in managing expectations’

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While Diablo IV's sold well enough in the run-up to launch, nobody can say that it's been a smooth ride for Blizzard's online ARPG....
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Throne & Liberty details changes to PvP, cash shop, and autoplay features at Gamescom

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With Gamescom 2023 well and truly underway, the western version of Throne & Liberty aims to make a solid showing in light of its...

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