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Former WoW PvP mastermind 'Swolinka' respawns at Riot to build the League of Legends MMOIndustry

Former WoW PvP mastermind 'Swolinka' respawns at Riot to build the League of Legends MMO

Brian 'Swolinka' Holinka, former WoW PvP lead designer, has joined Riot Games as Principal Game Designer on the still-in-development League of Legends MMO.

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FF14 Evercold officially revealed: Yoshi-P drops a massive lore bomb at Fanfest and promises to 'unite the stars'Releases

FF14 Evercold officially revealed: Yoshi-P drops a massive lore bomb at Fanfest and promises to 'unite the stars'

Final Fantasy 14's next expansion is officially called Evercold, and director Yoshi-P used his Fanfest keynote to tease big cosmic promises and a January target date.

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Final Fantasy XI is getting new servers and possibly new story content because some games never dieIndustry

Final Fantasy XI is getting new servers and possibly new story content because some games never die

Square Enix producer Yoji Fujito has teased server replacements and possible new story content for Final Fantasy XI, keeping the 23-year-old MMO very much in the fight.

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Blizzard swaps human support agents for AI and players are getting absolutely ratio'd by a botIndustry

Blizzard swaps human support agents for AI and players are getting absolutely ratio'd by a bot

Blizzard has replaced its beloved human Game Masters with AI-powered support, and players are reporting frustrating, unhelpful responses. It's giving 'final boss that can't be beaten' energy.

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Yoshi-P considered a solo Final Fantasy 14 because some fans refuse to touch an MMO with a ten-foot chocobo poleIndustry

Yoshi-P considered a solo Final Fantasy 14 because some fans refuse to touch an MMO with a ten-foot chocobo pole

Yoshi-P has seriously considered making a single-player version of Final Fantasy 14 for fans who don't count online entries as "real" Final Fantasies - but the only team for the job is already deep in raid content.

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EA's board of directors pulled the plug on a Star Wars: The Old Republic reboot and honestly we're still processingIndustry

EA's board of directors pulled the plug on a Star Wars: The Old Republic reboot and honestly we're still processing

Star Wars: The Old Republic's director had plans to reboot the MMO as Star Wars: The New Republic - until EA's board of directors Force-choked the entire project into oblivion.

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World of Warcraft fans hold emotional in-game funeral for Turtle WoW as beloved private server shuts down after 8 yearsIndustry

World of Warcraft fans hold emotional in-game funeral for Turtle WoW as beloved private server shuts down after 8 years

Turtle WoW, one of World of Warcraft's most popular private servers, has shut down after 8 years following a Blizzard lawsuit. Players gathered in-game for an emotional farewell before the servers went dark.

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'Palworld Online' trademark filed - and there's an AI side quest nobody asked forIndustry

'Palworld Online' trademark filed - and there's an AI side quest nobody asked for

Pocketpair has trademarked 'Palworld Online,' hinting at a bigger future for the creature-collecting hit - but a mention of AI in the filing is raising some eyebrows among the playerbase.

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