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WoW Classic
Is Hardcore World of Warcraft moving beyond Classic? Not for Now.
During BlizzCon 2023, we learned about quite a few changes in Warcraft Classic. Aside from Classic realms moving from Wrath to Cataclysm, we have the Season…
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Diablo 4
What draws you to Hardcore modes in games? What would it take for you to try if you never have?
Hardcore mode owes a lot to early video game design with games like Rogue or even arcade games like Space Invaders, where the goal was to…
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WoW
Does World of Warcraft need a hardcore mode? Datamining suggests it may be coming in patch 10.1
Recent datamining that indicates Dragonflight patch 10.1 might well have some form of hardcore mode on select servers. While the datamined info doesn’t specify exactly what that…
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WoW
You are not the world – Game design and player experience
“I can easily do X without more than a few hours a week time investment.” Any time someone uses a personal example and applies it to…
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Discussion
Breakfast Topic: When do you game?
Over the years, I’ve found my gaming schedule gradually shifting away from weekdays. At this point, I’m nearly a fully-fledged weekend warrior. I might binge on…
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Diablo
Diablo 3’s third season ending soon
The end is almost nigh for Diablo 3‘s third season. Nevalistis posted today to mark the upcoming season end and give players a heads up. What…
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Diablo
Diablo 3 difficulty and game modes
So you've been persuaded to try Diablo 3 (maybe you read about the basics). You've loaded into the game, and now you're faced with the question…
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Diablo
Breakfast Topic: How is your Diablo 3 Season 2 going?
My first hardcore seasonal from Season 1 had died to Malthael at level 64 on Master difficulty. This season, I wanted to do better. I’ve been playing…
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