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Week three of Guild Wars 2’s welcome back campaign unlocks Long Live the Lich

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Over the past few weeks, Guild Wars 2 has been enticing lapsed players with its return to Tyria program, which has offered up free...

Kakao is permanently killing off Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, this week

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Dang, this was not the outcome we were expecting here: Kakao has announced it is outright sunsetting Black Desert's Shadow Arena mode. On Wednesday,...
You look bony. Are you feeling bony?

Warframe’s latest development stream shows off the Wisp and the new Garuda Deluxe skin

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The developers behind Warframe love showing off new frames and new skins, and the most recent development stream involved both. The Wisp is slated...
Whee or something.

World of Warcraft welcomes the Darkmoon Faire and its new rollercoaster

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The faction war is supposedly more urgent than it's ever been in World of Warcraft. We say "supposedly" because, well, it's hard to believe...

A first look at Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Masters of Sharn sees goblins and dinosaurs

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When a new content update arrives to an MMO, one would likely expect some new baddies to fight. During a broadcast from Twitch streamer...
Have a little empire. As a treat.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off a free login campaign today

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If you've avoided getting back into the loop for Final Fantasy XIV but want a snapshot of the game ahead of its third expansion,...

Latest Division 2 update adds unwelcome nerfs and accidentally limits signature ammo drops

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It would seem that there's an unwritten law that a multiplayer game's first major update has to bellyflop; the recent Battle for D.C. content...

Roblox grows to 90 million players, does a crossover with WWE for some reason

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Sporting a player population that Fortnite and League of Legends could only dream of attaining, global game platform Roblox announced that it has reached...

MMO Week in Review: The myth of the BioWare magic

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If you were hoping that if BioWare just kept its head down and buffed up Anthem, it could avoid the trainwrecks of some other...

EVE Evolved: Big things are happening in EVE Online this spring

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There's a lot going on in EVE Online right now, from the insane storyline playing out right now in-game and new Triglavian ships on...

The MOP Up: Hearthstone’s pre-Rise of Shadows patch arrives

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The next major expansion for Hearthstone is almost upon us (and will, in fact, be here Tuesday), but for now you can get ready...
Well, someone's having fun!

MapleStory 2 outlines the major Gemstone changes arriving with its New Leaf update

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The developers behind MapleStory 2 know that nobody likes having things removed, which is why the big rundown on Gemstone changes arriving with the next...
Delvish.

Blade & Soul is patching up its dungeons for its next event on April 10

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The upcoming event for Blade & Soul is all dungeon-based, so it makes sense for it to come alongside a patch that's all about dungeons....

Make My MMO: Oath is the latest MMORPG to launch on Kickstarter

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, a new Kickstarter contender has entered the ring! The game is called Oath, and Ready-Up Studios is asking...

Novaquark’s JC Baillie talks about Dual Universe’s vision of the metaverse

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Those who play online titles that act like a separate world like Second Life or VRChat are likely familiar with the concept of a...

LOTRO announces Rohan housing while DDO is slated to get a 64-bit client

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Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online players have plenty to look forward to in their near and far future, especially...

Valve and ZeniMax are among the publishers under EU investigation for illegal geo-blocking

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A number of major games publishers are under a spotlight cast by the European Commission for breaking EU competition rules. Valve, ZeniMax, Bandai Namco,...

Fallout 76 is introducing controversial repair kits to the in-game store after promising no P2W

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Back in October 2018, Bethsoft's Pete Hines verbally pounded on the desk stating that Fallout 76's in-game store wouldn't feature pay-to-win items. That insistence...
I'm fine. We're fine. This is fine. Everything's fine like wine.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation shares notes on nodes

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The developers behind Ashes of Creation aren't about to let a little thing like delays prevent them from telling you a bunch of details...

Preregistration opens for Talion, Gamevil’s new mobile MMO

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Mobile game publisher Gamevil has announced that its upcoming mobile MMO Talion is coming to the U.S. and Europe, and players can preregister now...

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