Events

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Pokemon Go home options expand to cover a refreshed Community Day

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Niantic has already been shaking up Pokemon Go so it can function better at home, but changes to coming to the usual monthly Community Day...

The MOP Up: Grand Theft Auto Online mugs its players

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Here's a perfect example of irony. Grand Theft Auto Online tempted players to log in this month with the promise of a free $500,000....

The Stream Team: Star Trek Online honors the medical field

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First responders and the medical profession are getting all the accolades today in Star Trek Online; players are gathering in Quark's bar on Deep...

The Stream Team: Astroneer’s clean up event

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EXO has introduced a better way for folks to clean up Astoneer's planets, and it's encouraging everyone to do just that with some special...
Gone, girl.

San Diego Comic Con is officially cancelled this year thanks to COVID-19

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It looks like the novel coronavirus has once again successfully put the kibosh on another major convention here in the US. San Diego Comic...

Destiny 2 pits its three classes against one another in the Guardian Games event on April 21

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The spirit of competition is coming to Destiny 2 and for once it's not about PvP. OK, it will likely involve a bit of...
Roast somebody.

World of Warcraft boosts reputation through May 18 and extends its experience boost

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If you've got some lingering reputations you want to raise before Shadowlands arrives in World of Warcraft, you've got some added help in doing...

ArcheAge tasks players with delivering watermelons in the Watermelon Event

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If you've ever picked up a watermelon, you know that they can sometimes be ponderously heavy, and their shape and smooth skin isn't doing...

Roblox will stream the One World: Together At Home event tomorrow

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Let's be real, the campaign slogans for the games studio efforts to fight COVID-19 have started getting a bit ridiculous. Play Apart Together. Stay...

RIFT tests new world bosses as Defiance asks players to hunt mutants

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They're not dead; they'd like to take a walk! Gamigo's ever-shambling MMOs RIFT and Defiance are doing some new things to keep however many...

Heroes of the Storm adds new Dark Nexus skins and a tests a new feature for defensive towers

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Hey look at that, Heroes of the Storm has had a couple of new updates! Neat! Blizzard's MOBA is kicking off another Dark Nexus-themed...

Player-run Open Perpetuum celebrates second birthday with new content and freebies

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Way back in 2017, Perpetuum Online developer Avatar Creations announced it was closing the game because it could no longer afford to develop the...

COVID-19 Roundup: EVE Online’s huge influx of newbies, live Gamescom is probably toast

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Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are faring and fronting during the COVID-19 pandemic. First up: CCP's Hilmar Pétursson...

Black Desert issues a juice challenge, Black Desert Mobile adds tier 5 pets and celebrates strawberries

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There are some fresh updates to Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile, and once again they're full of events for players to enjoy. This...

World of Warcraft previews Shadowlands’ Torghast while WoW Classic goes into Phase 4

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Will Blizzard ever crack the code of engaging and replayable World of Warcraft endgame content that doesn't go stale for a long time? It's...

The Stream Team: Hold your horses and bunnies in EverQuest II

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Massively OP's MJ needs to see a man about a horse. Or is it a Froglok? Whichever,  EverQuest II has launched a crazy new...

Over a thousand people rolled toons in Ship of Heroes’ impromptu beta

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Ship of Heroes had been making the best of the COVID-19 stay-home mandates with an impromptu beta test. Now that the test is done,...

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box festival is finally live (check out the new SAB raptor skin!)

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Way back in 2013, Guild Wars 2 dropped an April Fools' Day patch so epic it literally won our team's award for best expansion...
All over again.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off an eight-day free login campaign

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It sounds a little bit cliche, but now really is the perfect time for a lot of people to explore MMOs that might not...

The Stream Team: World of Tanks turned nine

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World of Tanks has rolled through nine years of battle, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to commemorate the occasion, tank style. There are...

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