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Sinister?

Introducing Animal Crossing but it’s a horror movie

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Anyone who has played Animal Crossing: New Horizons knows that the scariest possible thing to befall you on the island are things like hot...

Grim Dawn shows off some new Crucibles and details epic items upgrading to mythic level

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With the next update to Grim Dawn leering overhead, the devs at Crate Entertainment have been eager to pull back some of the curtain...

Gaming-focused chat platform Guilded secures $7 million in funding

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Yep, another chat platform is seeking to take Discord's crown, but in the case of Guilded, it's doing so with what it purports to...
she's a killah

Albion Online adds mobile improvements like a virtual joystick and Outland banks, raises €42K for COVID-19 relief

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If you've been exploring Albion Online on mobile or if you just like the option when you're not at home (there was a time...
Ecto-Cooler?

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands gets a new alpha build with updated abilities and new models

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A new alpha build of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has arrived, and naturally that means it's time to start datamining the heck out of...
WE'RE SO BLEEPING DAAAAAAAAARK

Mad World previews ongoing alpha development in new gameplay video

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It's been a while since we heard much from upcoming MMO Mad World, hasn't it? That's the isometric, grimdark MMO from Jandisoft that was...

Torchlight III makes big changes to skills and skill points in the latest beta update

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Previously, if you wanted to get some fresh skills in Torchlight III, you had to spend skill points to open up the next tier...

MusicBattle is a text-based MMORPG about making music and doing crimes

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When people say that the music industry is pretty cutthroat, we assume that actual throats aren't getting cut. In the text-based MMORPG world of...
I'm an excellent fighter.

The Swtorista Armor Site is here to help Star Wars: The Old Republic players chase their fashion dragons

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Raids? Dungeons? Gear score? None of these are true high-level goals. Any real MMO player knows that fashion is the real endgame, and Star...
I blew things up!

EA delivers solid Q1 2020, YOY revenue increases, and a promise of game upgrades for next-gen consoles

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Activision-Blizzard beat revenue expectations for the first quarter of 2020, so it won't surprise anyone to learn that EA did too. But while revenue...

Finnish startup Dazzle Rocks raises $7M for new mobile ‘social sandbox MMO’

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So hey, who wants to hear about a new MMO? It's a new "social sandbox MMO" from Finnish startup Dazzle Rocks, and it just...

CCP intensifies fight against COVID-19, hopes EVE Online will ‘outlive us all’

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With EVE Online celebrating its 17th anniversary, it would stand to reason that CCP Games' CEO Hilmar Petursson would have a few things to...

Fallout 76 players come together to aid an in-game doctor with real-life medical needs

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Members of the Fallout 76 PS4 community are likely familiar with Brent “CJ Martin” Fairchild, a person who roleplays as an in-game doctor. Dr....
There! A thing!

Half a million people played Albion Online in April, so its studio is hiring again

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Blizzard is far from the only company making bank thanks to millions of gamers stuck at home sheltering from the pandemic right now. Sandbox...

En Masse celebrates TERA’s eighth birthday with supercute dragon baby pets

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May is TERA's anniversary month - on PC, specifically - and En Masse is now rolling out the red carpet for the next few...

MMO fan creates an infographic to help you choose a game

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With such a wide field of MMORPGs out there, it may be pretty daunting to figure out where to start -- or where to...

Wurm Online fixes a number of weird bugs in its latest patch

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The most recent patch to sandbox MMO Wurm Online is mostly all about improving the game and crushing bugs, which is all well and...

Gamigo’s tree planting initiative sees over 80K trees planted, extends another week

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The last time we peeked in on Gamigo's Eden Reforestation Projects charity drive, there were over 40K trees planted thanks to players buying up...
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Activision-Blizzard Q1 2020: Blizzard MAUs flat at 32M, but revenue jumps ahead of Shadowlands

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It won't surprise you, given the current global health crisis, that a large portion of Activision-Blizzard's first quarter revenue report and conference call focused...
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Dual Universe is rearranging the controls on the Speeder for easier use

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The Speeder is the first vehicle you're tasked with assembling in Dual Universe, and as a result it's the introduction to vehicle controls. It...

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