When World of Warcraft Classic debuted in 2019, the motto was “#nochanges”: It was to be a pristine picture of the original leveling experience in the landmark MMORPG. It wasn’t long, however, before #somechanges started sneaking in. A few things released out of order here, a few quality of life tweaks over there, and before […]
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One of the reasons World of Warcraft Classic’s new Season of Discovery servers can be kooky is that the developers aren’t too worried about balance. Does that new rune make paladins overpowered in the 20-man Gnomeregan raid? Do melee hunters suddenly rule the roost for damage? Do druids with Windfury imbalance PvP? It’s all part […]
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Despite being a cozy MMO, there’s definitely endgame progression in Sky: Children of the Light, for which you’ll need ascended candles. Sky is all about acquiring cosmetics, props, and other bits of personalization and you’ll need ascended candles to unlock the highest tiers of outfits and rewards, as well as advanced interactions with your friends. […]
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As with most MMOs, Sky: Children of the Light has several different currency systems to keep track of and one of the most sought after are the orange seasonal candles. For each new themed season of Sky, you’ll collect candles with a matching symbol and use them to buy cosmetics and emotes from the season’s […]
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The prevailing reputation of Journey’s multiplayer system is one of anonymous kindness and emotional connection, which is about as opposite as you can get from the experience of multiplayer in Dark Souls games (unless you’re visited by the fashion police or Let Me Solo Her, that is). I wouldn’t have thought there was anything in […]
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Singularity 6, the studio behind the cosy MMO Palia, is the latest developer to suffer layoffs. Just under 50 developers, around one third of the company, have been let go according to Polygon reporter Nicole Carpenter. Environmental artist Daphne Fiato tweeted “Whelp, I’ve been laid off,” following up with “49 people Thanos snapped”. Other Singularity […]
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WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery has been a chaotic, but overall impressive experiment, all told. While it’s had its speed bumps when it comes to grappling with older server tech and designing its world PvP, it’s also got that harebrained vibe usually reserved for private servers and the like. Tanking rogues, healing mages—spaghetti is meeting […]
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“You bunch of mad, relentless, beautiful people really went and did it,” gushed Yoru-hime. “No more asterisks, no more legal or moral ambiguities hanging over our heads. Let it be shouted far and wide: City of Heroes lives again.” On the day that the fan-run Homecoming server officially became the future of the resurrected City […]
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At the end of the last couple of expansions, Blizzard has given World of Warcraft players a meta-achievement to conquer: An achievement made up of hundreds of other achievements, the “I’ve done everything this expansion had to offer” medal of honor. Dragonflight is no different. The A World Awoken achievement dropped as part of the […]
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At the end of the last couple of expansions, Blizzard has given World of Warcraft players a meta-achievement to conquer: An achievement made up of hundreds of other achievements, the “I’ve done everything this expansion had to offer” medal of honor. Dragonflight is no different. The A World Awoken achievement dropped as part of the […]
Read MorePhase 3 launches for Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery today, and players will once again explore a WoW Classic update with no advance community testing. Not having a Public Test Realm (PTR) for Classic means some things will be broken, developers said in a PC Gamer interview—and that’s okay. Not just okay, Blizzard argued, but […]
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Generative AI in gaming has been a gnarled, thorny subject for the past few years. Recent experiments have raised the hackles of artists and writers alike—though thus far said experiments have mostly proved that it does a bad job of replicating the human touch. As I mentioned last week, I feel like tech like Ubisoft’s […]
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Running the Crystal Tower alliance raids in duty roulette is normally a mundane affair. Most players are mindlessly powering through this major inconvenience to their daily schedule, hitting Peloton as if their very lives depend on it. That all changed when he came. Glancing at the chat after things got a little hairy, I couldn’t […]
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World of Warcraft will celebrate its 20th anniversary on November 23 this year, two decades in which it has established itself as the world’s biggest and most pre-eminent MMO. WoW’s refinement, scale, and endlessly absorbing mix of adventure and brilliant group mechanics has over its lifetime attracted well over 100 million sign-ups, a number that […]
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After the critical success of its emotional, musical adventure Journey in 2012, Thatgamecompany’s creative director Jenova Chen had aspirations to reach a much broader audience of players. Journey was popular on console, with an audience that Chen jokingly described as men in their 30s who were conveniently journalists and awards judges, but “teenagers hated Journey,” […]
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