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KingsIsle is continuing to make good on its plan to revitalize Pirate101 this week with its new story-driven update, dubbed Through Death's Door. "Through Death’s Door seeks to expand the story of Pirate101, with the update serving as the beginning of the game’s second story arc," the studio says of the new update to its kid-friendly MMO. "Take to the...

There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it's here now: Albion Online's Albion Europe server has officially entered its first phase of early access - yes, there are several phases, just as there were several phases of beta before this. Today is the big one, however, as the European server...

A new announcement from Elite: Dangerous has lit a tinderbox among its playerbase, as Frontier Developments has confirmed that it plans to start selling internet spaceships to players in its cash shop -- including the upcoming Python Mk II, the game's first new ship in years. These pre-built ship packages will mostly be tailored around a specific in-game activity and...

In case you haven't noticed, Pearl Abyss is on a massive campaign this quarter to improve the public's perception of Black Desert with one quality-of-life upgrade after another, chiefly to the game's enhancement systems. This week's QOL boost is a pass on family-based lifeskills. "Life Skill levels, which were previously character based, are now Family based," Pearl Abyss explains in...

Last week, all productivity in the MOP office ground to a halt when we started playing a game to change an MMO's title into another one by swapping a single letter. Because we're children at hearts, this tickled us greatly and we couldn't stop. Some of the better ones we came up with include: Wife is Feudal City of...

It's a whole new world 3 in Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box. OK, maybe a whole new world is a slight exaggeration (how else would we get that song stuck in your head?), but there are a chunk of changes. Along with the addition of shops and blue ooze, there are new things to collect, achievements to nab,...

Mad World's upcoming April 25th patch is bringing a lot to its table, not the least of which being a first anniversary celebration along with some harder encounters for players to face and easier gear refinement for the higher levels of progression. The OARPG's first year of operation is being marked by Jandisoft with multiple events that run between April...

At 15 years old, Runes of Magic has to keep working hard to retain player interest and challenge those who think that they've seen and done everything. To wit, the studio is pushing out its latest entry in the "Timeless Dungeon" series on April 25th with the Shadows over the Altar update. In this patch, level 100 players will take...

Do you remember Vigor? It's a multiplayer shooter from Bohemia Interactive set in a post-war 1991 Norway where players have to scrounge, survive, and... well, shoot at people. The game first made its appearance at E3 2018, when it was an Xbox One exclusive, after which it proliferated to other consoles in 2020. And now it's finally moving to...

Justin and Bree discuss PlanetSide 2's new developer, Elder Scrolls Online's rollback situation, the revival of Life is Feudal, and the resurrection of Legends of Aria Classic, with adventures in LOTRO, ESO, and World of Warcraft, plus mailbag topics on Palia, Blade and Soul, Dragons Dogma Online, and MMOs that would work offline.