Updates

We’re not even going to try to sort out the patches from the updates from the iterations from the campaigns and expansions and expanshalones. If it’s something going into an MMO that’s already out, it lands in this category! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

World of Tanks adjusts HE shells and SPG mechanics, War Thunder adds new vehicles and better nuclear blasts

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We've got another round of updates for the various multiplayer military vehicle battle games in our genre's sphere to report on. Specifically, World of...
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Blizzard clarifies that new Legendaries in World of Warcraft’s next patch will have sockets automatically

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All right. So here's the situation. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is adding a new socketing system for Shards of Domination starting in patch 9.1,...

Lord of the Rings Online’s two new progression servers launch June 30

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Not even two weeks ago, Standing Stone Games took the wraps off two new progression servers for Lord of the Rings Online, and as...

Warhammer Return of Reckoning begins its Ranked Season 2 next week

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Warhammer Online's Return of Reckoning rogue server has been teasing its second ranked season over the last few weeks, and now it's almost here....

EverQuest II begins Scorched Sky festival this weekend, PlanetSide 2 unveils the Chimera

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"Scorched Sky" - is it the weather report for today or EverQuest II's summer festival? Hey, why not both? I'm not sorry. But yep,...

EVE Online tests out some new color filters, EVE Echoes introduces exploration

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Both EVE Online and EVE Echoes are seeing some new things introduced to their respective games. In EVE Online, there's a new test build...

Closers’ latest character is knives out… to the max

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I always wondered what happened to the infamous little kid who found a pocket-knife at a party and was so gleeful about it. Wherever...

Old School RuneScape outlines future patch updates and releases its first wave of Steam client updates

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Last week, Old School RuneScape kicked out an update that was headlined with its 150th quest, and since then the devs at Jagex have...

Dungeons and Dragons Online brings Saltmarsh dungeons, endgame item changes, and more to PTS

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The PTS of Dungeons and Dragons Online is once again flush with new things for players to check out as this past Tuesday saw...

You can make your Black Desert Corsair right now (and play her next week)

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On this week's podcast, we were discussing how few pirate classes there are in MMORPGs despite pirate NPCs being in pretty much all of...

Blocky sandbox Trove has finally launched on the Nintendo Switch

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Trove's summer releases just keep rolling: Just a week after dropping the Bard update on PC, now Gamigo's blocky MMORPG has launched on the...
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has its first major patch, Chains of Domination, available for pre-loading

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It feels like it's taken a really, really long time for the first content patch to arrive for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. That would...

Wizard101 announces a ‘guild-lite’ system and group perks

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"Providing opportunities for socialization" is the watch-phrase going around Wizard101 these days. Game Director Leah Ruben charted a manifesto this week about how KingsIsle is...

Aion Classic will officially make its western debut at noon tomorrow

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Good news for MMO players raring to go in Aion Classic: You won't even need to get out of bed early to do it....
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New World’s latest alpha update reduces PvP penalties, adjusts experience requirements again

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Amazon's New World apparently has a couple more patches in store for alpha players after all. Today's update behind closed doors has several changes...

Dauntless’ roadmap updates include a Repeater refresh, the Omnicell sub-class system, and shock changes

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Players of Dauntless have likely been busying themselves with hunting the Chronovore or chasing after Exotics, but it never hurts to look at what's...

Guild Wars 2 kicks off Dragon Bash today

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Meanwhile, the Dragon Bash festival has returned to Guild Wars 2 as of this afternoon, sending players to Hoelbrak for racing, drinking, moas, drinking,...

Massively on the Go: Niantic is partially rolling back Pokemon Go’s COVID bonuses

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Almost a month ago I argued that Pokemon GO's COVID changes should not be rolled back. I was under no illusions that Niantic would...
I know I just said we weren't focusing on this, but it's a good screenshot!

Final Fantasy XIV ups tomestone limits and timeworn artifact rewards with patch 5.57

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Have some relic weapons left over to grind? Have a dire need for some tomestone upgrades? The process of both is getting a fair...

Sea of Thieves kicks off its third season with new goodies, new enemies, and its Pirates of the Caribbean adventure

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He's the pauper of the surf, the jester of Tortuga, and as of today he's now officially part of the Sea of Thieves. Today...

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