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Dreadful news for XDefiant fans and Ubisoft workers tonight: The game is closing down permanently, and several hundred Ubisoft employees are being laid off. Ubisoft made the announcement this evening: "Thank you for your incredible dedication and support of XDEFIANT. We regret to inform you that we are initiating the sunset process starting today, December 3rd, 2024. As a result,...

When finished with the Janthir Wilds story to date in Guild Wars 2, what's the next best thing to do? Make a huggable stuffed Quaggan, that's what! Truth be told, had Massively OP's MJ known it was a thing really, she would have prioritized it above the story. Tonight, she's after the achievement Build-a-Quaggan, in which she creates a...

It's winter in our portion of the globe, which means that the cold season is also hitting multiplayer games such as Monster Hunter Now as its upcoming season brings both the cold and the heat - specifically a cold location and some hot new hunts for the mobile AR title on Thursday, December 12th. The new seasonal update will open...

Let's assume the mobile and PC gacha RPG Neverness to Everness caught your attention when it was announced and detailed earlier this year and you've already pre-registered for the game. What do you do now? Well, you can look on jealously in the direction of China, as developer Hotta Studios opened up a closed beta test in the region,...

Last month, the co-op survivalbox Bellwright talked up new village prosperity mechanics that were coming in its next update. That update has since gone live, bringing those aforementioned features and a variety of quality-of-life tweaks for its playerbase. The self-titled Villages 2.0 patch brings prosperity mechanics that dynamically react to player actions at and near towns, lets players recruit fighters...

Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk's early access, Ubisoft's cozy MMO, and Throne and Liberty's spear, with adventures in WoW Retail and Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs we bounce off of and the allure of lifetime subs.

"Your experience in Old School RuneScape matters deeply to us, and we know that includes getting quality support when it’s needed. We own our shortcomings, but even more importantly, we want to earn your trust through action." Thus opens a new dev blog from Jagex that resolves to improve player support through its own actions and the responses to...

Remember earlier this fall when Bethsoft surprised everyone by announcing raids for Fallout 76? Well, you can fight over whether these four-person content runs constitute a raid or just a difficult dungeon romp, but either way, Gleaming Depths is live today, free for all players with a hankering to do some new endgame content. "The Gleaming Depths is a new...

Do you know the muffin MMO? Well, you're about to. Torchlight Infinite developer XD Games is calling its new F2P mobile game Go Go Muffin a "cozy fantasy MMO on the go," and it's live right now. Oh, and they know how absurd it is: "Go Go Muffin combines MMO gameplay with adorable pets and epic adventures to deliver...

If you're a superhero MMORPG fan, you're getting no fewer than two big holiday events this week, and the first is upon us now thanks to DC Universe Online's Season's Greedings event. That's not a typo! Daybreak's Christmas event is chunked into two "holiday feuds" that pit players against Larfleeze of the Orange Lantern Corps. The first, Yuletide Fear/Winter Plunderland...