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Conan Exiles has delayed its illegal structure wipe and plans to re-enable Avatar summoning

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There's a patch approaching for Conan Exiles aimed at removing illegal structures, which means "structures that should not exist in the game" rather than...

Shroud of the Avatar’s R67 has begun testing on the QA server

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Fans of Shroud of the Avatar will soon be able to hide cloaks and keep their doors fully open among a variety of other...
Blaaaah

Fortnite kicks off 14 days of summer with rotating new modes and weapons

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It's summer, kids! Are you ready to sink a whole lot of time into Fortnite? Please say no. But the game is certainly ready...
Wheeeee

Star Trek Online brings back the Risian Lohlunat Festival for 2019

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Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Party Bus, and we're on our way to the Lohlunat Festival for a...

EA’s C-suite declines executive bonuses following 2019 financial performance

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EA hasn't had the best week, what with sending its representatives before a UK parliament committee to insist that lockboxes are totally fine, healthy,...
Same old story, same old song and dance.

Rumor: Diablo 4 and a new Overwatch game are seemingly confirmed by Blizzard Versailles employees

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We've had persistent rumors about development on Diablo 4 for a long time now, thanks to Blizzard job postings and teases and leaks. And...

Champions Online announces new ‘serialized story’ content

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Back in early June, a certain nameless MOP author wrote a column that speculated on why Champions Online didn't do better -- and what...

MMO sim RAW lets you live out your fantasy of being a convenience store clerk, seeks Kickstarter funding

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Have you ever wished that you could spend your days slinging cigarettes over a counter? Or market used cars to gullible customers? Or grow...

Star Wars: The Old Republic previews changes to the Inquisitor, Sorcerer, and Assassin coming with Onslaught

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The PTS for Star Wars: The Old Republic is just full of Onslaught goodies for those who are interested in taking a look in...
Oh.

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has generated about 15% of what Pokemon Go made on launch

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How big were you betting on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite? If you look at it in terms of developer history, the obvious point of...

League of Legends is blocked in Iran and Syria due to US embargo laws

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The politics of the real world have impeded the possible solace or distraction of a video game. It appears that League of Legends players...
Ah, good, backstory.

World of Warcraft offers up a new comic on the subject of Mechagon

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Mechagon is a heretofore unexplored part of Gnomish lore in World of Warcraft, having not been mentioned before its inclusion in the game with...

MMO Week in Review: Quite ethical and quite fun surprise mechanics

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I remember when I used to worry about studios misusing words like sandbox, free-to-play, persistent world, and MMORPG. I even worried that the term...

Shadowbane’s player-run rogue server wipes to start a new season

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Feeling more than a little antsy as you continue to wait for your PvP dreams to come true in Crowfall? You could chew off...

The MOP Up: Aion Legions of War brings the fight to cheaters

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Aion: Legions of War is still trying to make the best of its first few months, but it's going to take some serious work...
But don't worry, they're not all murder-happy.

EVE North 2019: A huge battle once broke out in EVE Online, but not a single player was involved

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Massive battles are the norm for sci-fi MMO EVE Online, with players routinely clashing in their hundreds or thousands over territorial claims and political...
It's a game of give and take.

Path of Exile shares more keystone design discussion from the Legion league

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Keystones in Path of Exile have a big impact. They always offer significant power, but they also always offer a significant weakness as well,...

Make My MMO: Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid is ‘feeling great’ about the game’s progress

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Pantheon's Brad McQuaid posted a lengthy dev blog all about its use of Unity and how the game has...

Expand your wardrobe with five new legendary gear sets in Grim Dawn’s latest update

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Tidy up those inventories, Grim Dawn players: The latest update to Crate Entertainment's dark-fantasy ARPG, which went live yesterday, introduces five all-new legendary gear...

Sea of Thieves promises a more ‘predictable, regular cadence’ for content in latest video

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In this week's Sea of Thieves developer update video, Executive Producer Joe Neate digs into the latest update for Rare's high-seas sandbox and discusses...

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