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MMO Week in Review: PlanetSide 2 departs Daybreak, WoW tests War Within

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PlanetSide 2 is undergoing another round of upheaval this week as EG7-owned Daybreak announced that it's transferring development of the game over to EG7-owned...

MMOARG Orna celebrates Earth Day with Terra’s Day event

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While other MMOARG companies might be disappointing us with this year's handling of Earth Day events, Orna's Northern Forge is giving us a great reminder of...

The MOP Up: FFXIV recaps its PAX East appearance

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In case you missed it in person, you can catch up with all of Final Fantasy XIV's PAX East 2024 developments in a recap...

Torchlight Infinite skyrockets to its best numbers in over a year thanks to its Whispering Mist season

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It may prove to be a momentary blip in the scheme of things, but a resurgence of interest in Torchlight Infinite has returned this...
Sure, fine.

Lineage II outlines its 20th anniversary plans for all of its versions

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Can you believe that it has been 20 years since Lineage II originally released? Because you only sort of should believe it. The game...
Well, at least he's not a lalafell.

Final Fantasy XIV highlights Fruity Snacks, a player who is all about fishing

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There's more to Final Fantasy XIV than just emotionally charged fights against birds with depression, and there's more to the behind-the-scenes elements of the...
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Whatever happened to Wildcard’s pirate-themed sandbox MMO Atlas?

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It might be by design that we've collectively forgotten about Atlas, the piratical survival sandbox MMO by Wildcard substudio Grapeshot Games that was at...

Space exploration sandbox Starship Simulator successfully funds at over $497K

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Getting to command, tinker, fix, explore, decorate, and control your own detailed virtual spaceship looks even more promising with the recent news that FleetYard...
The windows

Tarisland opens a dedicated pre-registration website with milestones and quests

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Do you wish to pre-order Tarisland on the Windows? No, we're not making a joke or a typo, that's what the official dedicated pre-registration...
Somehow, Palpatine returned

Betawatch: World of Warcraft heads for another expansion test cycle with The War Within

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Like Oscar Isaac folding his arms and lowering his head with an exasperated sigh, we must report to you that somehow, World of Warcraft...

Warframe’s time-bending Protea Prime lands on all platforms May 1 as it readies its next devstream

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The prime access Frame that's on offer in Warframe is about to cycle once again: The time-manipulating, gadget-flinging character Protea is confirmed to be...

Past Fate projects early access launch sometime in the third or fourth quarter of this year

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Currently, the sandbox MMORPG Past Fate is in a closed alpha state (except for when it deigns to run open alpha tests). It would...
Zeroes.

Zenith is now on the PSVR2 store with both Zenith Infinite Realms and Zenith The Last City

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If you are still waiting on a non-VR PC port of Zenith The Last City (something studio RamenVR did promise Kickstarter backers many moons...
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Final Fantasy XIV promises an updated Dawntrail benchmark to improve character creation lighting and fix issues

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While lots of players were very happy to have the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail benchmark this past Sunday, there was some discontent. Odd lighting...

Pokemon Go players are not happy with their new avatars

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As we mentioned in our monthly Pokemon Go event round-up for April, the game recently introduced new avatars on April 17th, despite lots of negative...

Planet Crafter is a new multiplayer survival sandbox where you geo-engineer an entire planet

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Last week, multiplayer survival sandbox were treated to yet another entry in the field: Planet Crafter, a game I've had on my own wishlist...

My Little Pony fan MMO Legends of Equestria is closing its European server

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Last year, we did a Daily Grind asking about interest in a My Little Pony MMORPG, and y'all reminded me that we actually have...

Albion Online shares its full schedules for Season 23 – including the plan for Albion Europe

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For those of you who long to begin the blood-drenched path to mastery with Albion Online's Season 23, you should know that the path...

Overwatch 2 ties its mythic skin shop to monetization as it focuses on the impact of ‘unapproved peripherals’

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When Overwatch 2 launched its 10th season, one of the big ticket features was a mythic skin shop, but it decided not to divulge...

Fallout 76 begins the first phase of public testing for its Skyline Valley update

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What does a nuclear apocalypse do to a place like Shenandoah National Park? Fallout 76 players are now able to find out -- at...

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