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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...
Kitty!

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...

EverQuest offers a schedule of events happening over its two-day Fippy Fest showcase

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What will fans of the EverQuest franchise get for their buy-in between $50 and $1500 to be part of Daybreak's upcoming Fippy Fest fan...

Star Citizen pushes back alpha 3.23’s new hangars and cargo missions, adds in water physics instead

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For the past several weeks, Star Citizen has been talking up the features of its upcoming alpha 3.23, often calling it one of the...

World of Warcraft shares the patch notes for its first phase of The War Within alpha testing

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The time has come for those who signed up or bought in to test the next expansion of World of Warcraft: The self-described "public...
Sometimes you know there's an ongoing story.

Lord of the Rings Online begins testing Update 40’s load balancing changes

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Even as Lord of the Rings Online's 17th anniversary gets underway this week, Standing Stone Games is already laying the foundation for the MMO's...

Ghost dev Brian Holinka broadly discusses the MMO’s combat model

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The name of Brian Holinka will very likely be familiar to MMORPG fans, primarily for his work as lead combat designer for World of...

Elder Scrolls Online hands out a generous compensation package for locked accounts

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In one of the darker chapters of Elder Scrolls Online's history, this past week saw the game lock down and roll back many accounts...

Neverwinter runs down Adventures in Wildspace’s upcoming battle pass and its ‘spill-over XP’ feature

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Since 2021, Neverwinter has been trying to do new things with the battle pass model, and now it's looking to try out a new...

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