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Datamining offers tantalizing clue about Guild Wars 2 controller support

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Ever wished you could play Guild Wars 2 from the comfort of your couch with the simplicity of a controller? That dream may one...

MacOS Catalina forces SMITE to end support for Mac players with Season 7

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Anyone reading this who plays SMITE on a Mac, listen up: The arrival of Season 7 is going to spell the end of support...
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Path of Exile lays out development plans for its next four expansions, 4.0.0, and mobile

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This year looks to be a loaded one for Grinding Gear Games and Path of Exile fans. The devs have offered up a preliminary...
Sacrificial.

Wurm Online is finally getting third-person perspective toggle

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The cult MMO sandbox Wurm Online is hitting 2020 at a flat run thanks to a lot of ambitious features planned for the game...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 255: Girls, elementals, and other things that ruin MMOs

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Justin and Bree discuss Magic Legends, Tarkov, World of Warcraft, Crowfall, Lost Ark, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, with mailbag topics on how MMOs can avoid murderhobo gameplay and how to escape MMOs that suck you back in.

Here’s what’s changing in Dual Universe’s economy when alpha 3 launches

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Let's talk about money. Space money. Dual Universe dev Novaquark tweeted out a blog post that almost flew under the radar, and it shouldn't...

Astellia Online update brings legendary dungeons and spidery events

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If you're not diving into World of Warcraft's new update today, Astellia Online would like to present its alternative content drop for your consideration....
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Neverwinter previews the infernal Avernus campaign

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Looks like the HELL PIT was just the beginning for Neverwinter adventurers because it's just about time to start in on the Descent into...

Guild Wars 2’s Lunar New Year festival is live with a new cape and player-designed guild emblems

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The Lunar New Year is just a week and a half away, which means a bunch of MMOs are about to start in on...

Elite Dangerous’ first large scale bug fixing update goes live

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Most of the time, folks like to see big ticket pieces of content or new shiny things in their updates, but we suspect that...

Valiance Online, still gunning for launch this year, drops a brand-new flythrough video

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Let's not sugarcoat this: Valiance Online has almost been crowded out of players' vision when it comes to the City of Heroes spiritual successors....
No elf.

Blizzard shows off the remodeled Night Elves for Warcraft III: Reforged

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Warcraft III: Reforged might have missed its initial launch date of "by the end of 2019," but not by much; the game is still...
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ESA responds to Sony’s skipping of E3 2020, saying the show will be ‘high-energy’

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So if you missed the news due to it generally being shrug-worthy, it turns out that Sony has decided to skip out on E3...

PWE’s new ‘MMO’ Magic Legends confirms spring beta, PC launch in 2020, console launch in 2021

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Editor's note: At 2:15 p.m. EST today, PWE sent official notice that the date given in its original press release this morning is incorrect....
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? No. You smell bad.

ArcheAge players score $420,000 in ancient class action suit over consumer law violations

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We've been following the saga of the ArcheAge lawsuit for what seems like ages now. Back in 2015, three gamers filed a class action lawsuit...
Ah, good, backstory.

World of Warcraft launches patch 8.3, Visions of N’Zoth, today

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Who's feeling downright crazy today? It's the day for crazy in World of Warcraft with the launch of patch 8.3, Visions of N'Zoth, concluding the Battle for...

Magic to Master is a revived free-to-play MMORPG from 2009

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Let's take a look at something new, shall we? Well, "new" here meaning "a returning MMORPG from 2009" and not so much in terms...

Inferna adds a new dungeon, balances combat, promises 2020 roadmap

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So what's new with the early access MMORPG Inferna, whose early access path we've been chronicling since November? Well, there's an update that kicked...
Single-platform universe.

Dual Universe shares its latest narrative Tale and shows off community creations

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Sure, Dual Universe is mostly about building neat stuff and surviving the sandbox world of its sci-fi space, but it's also got some lore...
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DC Universe Online is offering free access to episodes through February 7

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The anniversary event for DC Universe Online has arrived, as the game has turned nine years old and is celebrating with a whole lot of...

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