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SteamCraft is a steampunk build-your-own-machine multiplayer shooter for 2019

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Steampunk aesthetics mean never having to ask why you have a steam-powered car with turrets on the sides and a gigantic Tesla coil sticking...
It brewing

Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse is now expected to launch this afternoon

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It's been a bit of a slow start for Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse mode, which was meant to launch yesterday following the deployment of Intrepid's new website, but as the game's Twitter account chronicled, that didn't quite happen thanks to "an issue on the deployment." However, as of this morning the site is live and downloading of the game has begun, though the game isn't actually up just yet.

‘Apocalyptic sandbox MMO’ Fear the Night is Snail Games’ new zombie survival title

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Remember back when zombies were all the rage? Now even H1Z1 has decided zombies are passe, but here we are with the launch of...
I still love you, robot.

Torchlight Frontiers recaps the progress of its second alpha test

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The second alpha for Torchlight Frontiers has guttered to a close, and it turns out that the players involved were fools of the highest order...
Pagan-tastic, I guess.

Wargaming’s new OARPG Pagan Online launches next year

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Grumpy over Diablo Immortal and Diablo III? Path of Exile not your cup of tea? Maybe give Pagan Online a peek for your clicking...

Mortal Online devs will launch Mortal Royale to Steam early access today

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So here's a thing that did not exactly make my list of favorite trends this year: MMOs transparently courting the battle royale market with...

DayZ actually launches with version 1.0, conditions in the underworld described as ‘chilling’

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The day we never thought would arrive has arrived. DayZ has actually launched version 1.0. It has launched. It's actually arrived at launch. No one is...

Text-based sci-fi sandbox MUD Starmourn hits open beta this Saturday

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Hardcore roleplayers and sandboxes may want to give Starmourn a sliver of precious attention this week: The elaborate MUD hits open beta this weekend....

Daybreak’s new game is PlanetSide Arena, and yes, it’s a battle royale

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Earlier this week, Daybreak began sending emails to players and former players teasing a new game being worked on within the studio's walls and...
awesome show great job

Artifact’s playerbase is already dropping fast, just like the value of its cards

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It was years ago that Magic: the Gathering fans learned a very simple fact about collectible card games: Cards are toys, not investments, and...

Daybreak is announcing a new game on Thursday

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Some Daybreak fans, including our own MJ Guthrie, are receiving a cryptic note from Daybreak this week - best check your old email accounts! Apparently the MMORPG company, most recently in the news for a major round of layoffs and best known for the EverQuest and H1Z1 franchises, aims to announce a new game this week on Twitch starting at 1 p.m. EST.

Wildcard’s new MMO Atlas has been delayed a week for polish

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When Studio Wildcard and friends announced a full-scale, 40,000-person MMO called Atlas last week, we were all excited. When they announced it was launching...
pls do a rescue

Former Square Enix America CEO advises Bethesda and Blizzard to learn from Final Fantasy XIV

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If you somehow managed to miss the news (perhaps due to extended undersea exploration missions or an archaeological adventure in the jungles of South...

Funcom’s Conan Unconquered isn’t an MMO – it’s a strategy game

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When Funcom announced last week that it was debuting yet another Conan title, the guessing game was on. Battle royale? OARPG? Mobile? Retro? RPG?...

Population Zero is an upcoming crafting-survival MMO inspired by classic sci-fi

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Survival crafting games are all the rage these days, it seems, and the genre's about to get just a little bit bigger with the...

Covens: The Ember Days is here to satisfy your needs for AR magical games

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If you're in dire need of some kind of augmented reality title with a magical theme and the thought of waiting until 2019 for...

ARK’s Studio Wildcard is launching a 40K-person-server pirate MMO called Atlas next week

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If you blinked during the Game Awards on Twitch, you might have missed the announcement of a new MMO launching next week from the...

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse, the MMORPG’s battle royale mode, launches December 18

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Over the course of the fall, Ashes of Creation developer Intrepid Studios has been testing a battle royale mode component for the Kickstarted full-scale...

Red Dead Online shores up its economy and offers compensation in today’s update

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If you're still beta testing Red Dead Online, or patiently watching from the sidelines while the console players get things sorted ahead of the...

Funcom will debut its next Conan game this Saturday

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A month ago during its last investor call, Funcom clarified that it was working on at least six new games in addition to its...

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