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Black Desert Online is blocking macro software in its Korean version, leading to player anxiety

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All right. We can all agree that trying to cut down on hacking in Black Desert Online is a good thing, yes? So we...

Legends of Aria is finally launching August 6 – with a huge new patch friendly to PvE players

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Legends of Aria has had an interesting development life the last few years. Upjumped from the small-scale Shards Online to a much broader-scale MMORPG...

Anthem’s finally pushed out pre-Cataclysm challenges – hope ya like smashing crystals

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Remember last week, when everyone in the Anthem community got excited about a Cataclysm precursor event whose timeline leak appeared to be a bug?...

Fortnite launches second-birthday goodies as season 9 ends with bizarre in-game duel

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Just about two years ago, Epic Games finally launched Fortnite, a cartoony co-op shooter/sandbox hybrid it'd been working on since 2011 that we called...

Fallen Earth solves the mystery of the vanishing character select screen

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You have to simultaneously feel bad for and cheer on Little Orbit, which has taken on the creaky code mess that is Fallen Earth...
Hang on, what were we doing here again?

Rumor: Supposed expansion leak claims World of Warcraft is heading toward an Age of Darkness

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Many World of Warcraft players are dying to know what's the future for this fantasy MMO and don't want to wait until this November's...
Stack attack.

Path of Exile plans to let Fossils stack while offering a boss-themed hideout for sale

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To all those sitting around with too many fossils in Path of Exile wishing that the items could be stacked, good news! The items...

Wurm Online’s new launcher sees success, players throw summer party

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It's been a busy month over at Wurm Online, what with the reset of its Elevation map and the introduction of the new launcher....

Warframe promises a ‘special celebration’ when its Twitch channel hits 1M followers

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Want to help Digital Extremes buff its Twitch channel - with the promise of something in it for you Warframe players? The studio has...
And the population is...

PSA: Outpost Zero is available for free until July 25

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Have you been sorely tempted by Outpost Zero but want to take it for a test drive before buying it? Well, you're in particular...

Camelot Unchained updates backers on progress, including on body models

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Work on Camelot Unchained continues as the game has officially crossed the first anniversary of its beta one. In the MMO's latest weekly update,...

Blight’s alpha is a portal to a ‘cruel, harsh’ PvP world

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Do you feel as though too many MMOs have a soft underbelly these days? Then you may wish to cut your teeth on an...

Leaderboard: Would you wear MMO clothes that look like armor in real life?

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Last week, ArenaNet dropped a bizarre tweet: It's collaborating with an apparel company on Guild Wars 2-themed clothes. And I don't mean t-shirts with...
It's only a model.

Albion Online outlines its plans for changes to GvG gameplay in Season 7

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The next season of Albion Online's GvG battles has two goals. The first is to make it easier for guilds to actually take part...

Mordhau says it’s now ‘taking toxicity and racism seriously’ plus adding more maps and modes

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"Multiplayer medieval slasher" Mordhau worked its way through the news cycle this spring and summer, first for its dazzling Steam launch and then for...

For Science: Exploitative monetization, pathological gaming, and the Proteus effect

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Our newsroom is overflowing with interesting academic papers relevant to gaming - let's round a few up, shall we? First, we've got Unfair play? Video...

Neverwinter’s Uprising loot includes the most horrifying MMO cloak of all time

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I'm glad I didn't see this dev blog until today because I might have had nightmares all weekend. Perfect World posted a preview of...
No belts

Final Fantasy XIV releases the long-awaited Viera and Hrothgar name conventions

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Here's something fun for the Final Fantasy XIV players wondering about a lore-appropriate name for a Viera: If you changed the character but haven't...

Chronicles of Elyria reveals its four world maps

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Are you a map fiend? Did you used to pour over paper atlases or Google Earth to check out terrain, roadways, and features? I...

SWTOR shows Onslaught pics, announces more free expansions for all players

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This weekend's Star Wars: The Old Republic community cantina in San Diego proved to be a font of information about this fall's Onslaught expansion,...

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