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]

Blade & Soul’s Storm of Arrows update is now live – here’s the trailer!

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The patch notes for today's update to Blade & Soul are online, and it's forecasting a rain storm. The kind you can't really bring...

Elite Dangerous’ new tutorial and new shop currency are live today

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My own experience with getting started in Elite: Dangerous went pretty smoothly, but I contend that the tutorials I went through could have been...

Korean mobile MMORPG TERA Classic adds the Elin Lancer

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The Korean-only mobile MMORPG TERA Classic has decided to give the game's tiniest race one of its biggest weapons. Or maybe they misheard the...
Hmm. Appears I'm still alive.

PUBG is adding survival mastery to its progression system

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Weapon Mastery is a thing in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a progression track following your ability to inflict significant harm upon your opposition over time and...
we'll bank this up

RuneScape patches in changes to player-owned farms

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Changes to player-owned farms are in the air today for RuneScape; the game's patch this week implements changes announced recently. Experience gained for individual...
Set sail for bees.

World of Warcraft posts its patch notes for 8.2.5, somehow not titled the Rise of Bees

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New models for Worgen and Goblins! New Party Sync features! The end of the War Campaign! And lest we forget, bees! Yes, World of Warcraft...

World of Warships marks four years with new Directives, freebies, and bonuses in Update 0.8.8

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Another year has come and gone for the online ship battler World of Warships, so it's high time to celebrate with its players. The...

Anthem launches Cataclysm’s final week, abandons Acts structure for future updates

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Today marks the final week for the Cataclysm event in Anthem, so if you've among the few who have been playing along, you're entering...

First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga prelude, Bound by Blood, now live

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It was just two short weeks ago that ArenaNet invited its fans to Seattle for the announcement of the continuation of Guild Wars 2's...
Your stuff, can I have it?

Ultima Online’s publish 106, Forsaken Foes, is live on the eve of its 22nd birthday

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Would you believe we're just a week away from the seminal game of the MMO genre's 22nd birthday? We are indeed, and Ultima Online...

MMORTS Travian Legends turns 15 years old with its Victoria Codex event

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You folks remember Travian Games, right? At one point, the company was designated as the European publisher for both Crowfall and Shroud of the...
we's friemds

World of Warcraft previews its clever new party sync system

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By all indications, World of Warcraft's Patch 8.2.5 is on the horizon, and when it arrives on the servers, it's going to bring one...

Dofus celebrates 15 years of operation with a meta event and plans to launch a retro server

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One of my favorite things about this genre is how the "lesser-loved" titles can keep on truckin' thanks to an established and engaged playerbase...

Camelot Unchained’s weekly update talks textures and Minstrels

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The pure support class is one that is sorely missing from the modern MMORPG, so news that Camelot Unchained is working on some musically-minded...
Well, good by the standards of this title.

The Repopulation’s latest update is all about database improvements and server merges (in a good way)

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It can be really hard to swallow the idea that you can discuss server merges in any MMO in a good way. Sure, it means...
The future's so blight I feel sick.

Path of Exile makes a number of tuning adjustments to the Blight league with its next patch this week

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The Blight league in Path of Exile will spawn fewer monsters when the game's next patch arrives this week. It was just spawning too many...

Elite Dangerous takes its cash shop offline for this week’s currency revamp

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It's an odd sort of day for Elite Dangerous, as the Frontier Store has gone dark - but only for a bitsy: It'll return...
Talk talk talk.

EVE Online officially ends its nullsec blackout today

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The nullsec communications blackout in EVE Online came with plenty of warning for players, but it was still a surreal experience for veterans when the...
It's a new thing.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.1 is on its way after the first live letter

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We had a good string there of proper translations, didn't we? It was really nice to be able to tune in and just get...

ArcheAge drops Shadows Revealed graphics video in time for fifth birthday celebrations

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ArcheAge is turning five years old in the west today, so Gamigo's just released a tantalizingly pretty video for folks who are curious just...

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