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Albion Online adds 20v20 Crystal League battles and adjusts group warfare features in latest update

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Crystals are super important in the world of Albion Online, apparently. Or at least, they're important enough that 40 people will want to fight...
Inversion

For Science: Researchers investigate why some players invert their directional controls

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When you have an analog stick to control the camera, does pushing the stick forward tilt the camera up or down? The Guardian published...
Mobile spreadsheets.

EVE Online is planning a native macOS client, with testing planned for early 2021

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In a time when some games are reducing support for new Mac machines, EVE Online is doubling down to capture Apple fans thanks to...

Crowfall’s December ACE Q&A talks up active skills, shows off a new castle, and confirms some VIP benefits

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The beginning of December for Crowfall means yet another ACE Q&A livestream video featuring J. Todd Coleman and Thomas the Beard. This month, both...

Inside Star Citizen discusses the Perseus gunship and a multitool tractor beam

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Star Citizen's shiny new Perseus gunship, which readers will recall debuted at this year's IAE as a $600 purchasable concept, once again gets a...

Lord of the Rings Online boasts at least 11,000 quests

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Maybe at this point, Frodo and Sam should feel some pity toward the rest of us. After all, Lord of the Rings Online players...

Star Wars The Old Republic announces December 9 release for GU 6.2, December events, and a new CM

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It's almost time once more for Star Wars: The Old Republic players to find out just what Valkorion is up to. Again. The game's...

Pokemon GO’s 2020 community day won’t include 2018 CD moves but does grant Shiny Celebi

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The month of December is generally Pokemon Go's double-feature catch-up Community Day. Over the course of two days (December 12th and 13th this year),...

Npixel reveals stunning ‘space-time’ MMORPG Chrono Odyssey

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If you like Gran Saga but want something a bit less cartoony, you're going to want to feast your eyes on the second MMO...
Go away, we have bigger problems now!

Final Fantasy XIV posts the preliminary notes for Tuesday’s patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten

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The posting of patch notes for Final Fantasy XIV is a long-respected tradition because they're always extensive and they first come out before the full...
House of skulls.

BioWare loses GM Casey Hudson and Exec Producer Mark Darrah

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If you felt a seismic shift in the foundation of the world last night, it may be that questionable burrito you bought from 7-11......
Schwing

Phantasy Star Online 2 is launching Episode 6 on December 9

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It's almost time to reach for new heights in Phantasy Star Online 2. The game started running its campaign for the road to episode 6...
Sometimes the game hates you trying to understand it.

Final Fantasy XI previews its December version update without any Odyssey content

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It says something about this particular year that it's actually comfortable and refreshing to find something being delayed just because it isn't quite polished...
Launch me.

Temtem answers questions about early access on PlayStation 5 on December 8

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It's a good thing that Temtem is going into early access on the PlayStation 5 as of December 8th, as that means a chance for...

PSA: The standard edition of Elder Scrolls Online is free-to-play until December 9

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It's the most wonderful time of the year. Not just the start of the holiday season, but the start of yet another free play...

Spellbreak is tying lore to gameplay and arriving to Steam with the Spellstorm update December 15

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What are your motivations for playing battle royale? Progression? The chance at victory? Because you've hitched your YouTube channel to a single game and...

Indie MMO Gloria Victis has just rolled its way into beta

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Happy beta launch week to Gloria Victis! No, really. The MMO has been in early access alpha since 2016, but it's finally moving out...

Crowfall plans to replace stat-building passive skills with active skills in its next update

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Players unfamiliar with Crowfall's terminology should know that "passive skills" in the game mean they allow players to accrue stats over time whether they...

Changyou’s World of Shadowbane is gearing up for a global Steam launch in January

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Remember way back in 2015, when Chinese studio Changyou bought up the rights to classic territorial warfare MMORPG Shadowbane and relaunched it overseas as...

Dauntless shares patch notes for its Reforged update as Phoenix Labs expands its operations

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Today is the day where Dauntless gets Reforged. The much-ballyhooed update that shifts a number of the multiplayer RPG's base systems -- particularly how...

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