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SWG Legends teases new dances, flourishes, guild halls, houses, and Halloween

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The SWG Legends rogue server of Star Wars Galaxies is ramping up for its October update, and what better way to show off the...

Black Desert PC sets sail for the Great Expedition update on October 23

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Arguably, the landmass of Black Desert on PC has seen way more updates and attention than the oceans have. On Wednesday, October 23rd, that's...

ArcheAge Unchained’s test server goes dark in prep for launch

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Certain quarters of the MMO community are positively jittering with barely repressed excitement over the imminent launch of ArcheAge's buy-to-play, non-pay-to-win server this week. With...
Gotta go back in time.

BlizzCon protests begin to officially organize in response to the Hong Kong controversy

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In news that will come as no surprise to anyone, word has surfaced of an organized protest scheduled for the first day of BlizzCon....

Fortnite literally vanished into a black hole, and the internet lost its mind

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In what's being called one of the most-watched gaming events in the west ever, Epic Games trolled Fortnite players hard yesterday afternoon by taking...

MMO Week in Review: So BlizzCon in a couple of weeks is gonna be interesting

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This week, Blizzard shot itself in the foot and then waited a few days and shot itself in the other foot just to make...

Aion: Legions of War details plans to improve the starter experience, Arena sniping, and battle mechanics

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Aion: Legions of War, the mobile MMORPG from the greater Aion IP, has shared a developer update full of plans to adjust several aspects...
To rather uneventfully go.

The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s thorny patrol

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Cryptic is really hot to trot with Star Trek Online's new patrol system, and this past week the studio highlighted the third new one:...

Lusternia replaces its producer as the text-based MMO/MUD turns 15 years old

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The timing for this bit of Lusternia news couldn't be worse, to be completely frank. The MUD's producer, Robb "Estarra" French, has been ejected...

SWTOR previews the new tricks Onslaught brings to Snipers and Gunslingers

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It's almost like Star Wars: The Old Republic just realized how close October 22nd is and how many sub-classes there are left to preview....

AdventureQuest 3D opens up Yokai Isle in its latest update, preps Mogloween

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The Lolosia Saga of AdventureQuest 3D continues with the game's latest update, introducing players to the hidden ninja location of Yokai Isle and a...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen drops alpha 3.7 as it turns 7 itself

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Star Citizen went absolutely mad with infodumps, and I almost feel sorry for it because it got half...

Daybreak confirms yesterday’s layoffs and ‘realignment of the company into separate franchise teams’

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Yesterday, we reported on the sad news that MMORPG company Daybreak Games had suffered yet another round of layoffs. As developers began weighing in...

Lord of the Rings Online is adding crafting material bags to the collector’s editions of Minas Morgul

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Maybe getting some cosmetics or character level boosts aren't enticing enough to get you to drop up to $130 on a collector's edition of...

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse just rolled out a much smaller PvP map for testing

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Ashes of Creation's battle royale-cum-testing ground Apocalypse kicked out an update yesterday that, among other things, offers a new place for players to slay...

ArcheAge Unchained opens up character creation and name reservation today

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After a number of delays, ArcheAge Unchained has finally started taking names and allowing players to make their asses. ...wait, that's not how the...
great googly moogly

Blizzard finally addresses Hong Kong esports fiasco, reducing bans and reinstating prize money

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All week, we've been covering the absolute chaos surrounding the punishment of pro Hearthstone esports player Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung, whom Blizzard banned along...
Clothed descending a staircase.

Betawatch: Superheroic character creation beta battles!

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A fantastic fight to flummox and fascinate fans, true believers! It's the showdown of character creator betas for superhero games, as Ship of Heroes prepares...

League of Legends tells casters and pro players to avoid ‘sensitive issues’ at the World Champs

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So Riot's not having a good week with the whole China thing either. While the League of Legends studio was able to successfully fend off...
This was a thing.

It looks like Daybreak’s been hit with yet another round of layoffs

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Former H1Z1 Technical Director and PlanetSide Arena dev Josh "Autenil" Kriegshauser posted a tweet this evening suggesting that Daybreak has once again undergone layoffs. "Sorry...

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