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Dawntrail Is Meant To Be A Holiday, But It's Already Stressing Me Out

There's so much to catch up on before Dawntrail arrives and I know I'm going to struggle for time.

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Can Pokemon Go Be A Tour Guide For A New City?

Go Fest London strove to welcome players to England’s capital with a tourist’s guide, but can the app ever replace a tour guide?

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Report: ESO LGBTQ+ Discord Taken Down By Bigots

Bigots used a loophole to get the ESO Pride Discord shut down, making it clear that even just queer people coming together is too much for them.

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Dawntrail is Finally Giving Warriors Of Light The Vacation They Deserve

The Scions of the Seventh Dawn deserve a holiday after all they've been through.

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I'm Struggling With Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest FOMO

I wish I was in Las Vegas right now...

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Apex Legends’ Latest Loba Quest Makes Me Yearn For A Campaign Mode

Great characters, better movement, and all of Titanfall's history to work with? I need an Apex Legends campaign yesterday

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Call Of Duty's Whisker Tango Bundle Is The Perfect Kind Of Ridiculous

Cats firing lasers from their eyes sounds pretty cool to me. Warzone or not.

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It Sucks That Side Quest Progress Doesn’t Transfer In Diablo 4 Seasons

I don’t want to have to do the same missions over and over again

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Diablo 4's Equipment Vendors Are Completely Pointless

No point buying from them, no point selling to them. What are they even for?

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How Did Exoprimal Make Dinosaurs Boring?

Exoprimal has the perfect premise, but somehow drops the ball in the most embarrassing way

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Pokemon Sleep Is Changing Shiny Colours And It Could Have Huge Repercussions

You’re not dreaming, that’s really what shiny Snorlax looks like in Pokemon Sleep

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Report: Zenimax Is Doing "Nothing" To Combat Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry In ESO

“We need to feel safe and a lot of us in the ESO community do not feel safe."

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Blue Protocol Hands-On: Amazon’s Next Big MMO

We played an early version of the western release of Blue Protocol and spoke to franchise lead Mike Zadorojny about microtransactions and more

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My Husband Keeps Ruining My Pokemon Sleep Research With His Snoring

My husband has doomed me to only get the same sleep type Pokemon every morning in Pokemon Sleep.

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Esprit performing a number from Heathers the musical on stage in Final Fantasy 14. 1
Final Fantasy 14 Community Spotlight: Esprit's Way Off Broadway Show

Esprit's latest show in FFXIV had me belting out my favourite show tunes while the cast performed.

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Exoprimal Is A Return To Capcom's Dark Days

Exoprimal is giving me Resident Evil 6 flashbacks in the worst way.

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Diablo 4's Latest Update Reminds Me I'm Playing It Wrong

Diablo 4's Season 1 is overhauling most classes and lots of important items, nerfing Sorcerer harder than anyone could have predicted

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Is It Bad That I Wish We Could Still Play Final Fantasy 14 1.0?

I know FFXIV 1.0 wasn't great, but I wish I could replay it to see those early story beats once more.

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