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Dark and Darker Mobile will include US players in its soft launch next week

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Dark and Darker is indeed headed to mobile soft launch next week - and not just in Canada as planned, as US players will...
hark, a bear

New World kicks off a series of double XP weeks starting today

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Following the recovery of New World from the issues affecting the PvP season servers last week, players will be hungry for the double XP...

Obituary: Project Gorgon developer Sandra Powers has passed away

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I'm horribly sorry to be the bearer of this dreadful news this morning: Sandra Powers, one of the two key devs behind Project Gorgon...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best small group content for 2-3 players?

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One of the reasons my family keeps gravitating back to MMOs like Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes is that they have an...
Temmie get money for college

Temtem marks two million total users, celebrates by deflecting player requests for content updates

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Temtem continues to prove to be a more popular game overall than any of the side projects its development studio has deigned to work...
Voracious!

There’s a Final Fantasy XI zine on Kickstarter right now for your Vana’diel nostalgia tour

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So how did people put together enthusiastic fan projects before we all had the internet? Why, you made a zine, of course. Assembled loosely...

LOTRO community fansite creates a housing transfer FAQ while it waits for the official version

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With the big launch of Lord of the Rings Online's four new 64-bit servers -- two in the US and two in Europe --...
This is not a good game.

The Daily Grind: What’s the best-worst MMO chat mistell you’ve ever seen?

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PC Gamer had a fun report up on a heartwarming mishap in the Path of Exile 2 community that I thought MMO players could...

The Stream Team: Wrapping up the week with some Final Fantasy XIV roulette runs

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MOP's Chris is once again back on the roulette ride in Final Fantasy XIV. With some classes to level and some time to kill...

One Shots: Weird place for an AirBnB but OK

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Listen. I know it had great reviews and a Super Host. I know that it offers wifi and a full granola bar. But there's...
who the heck is that guy

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite nickname for an MMO NPC?

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NPCs you have to deal with long enough in any game are going to facilitate memes. This is inevitable. But some NPCs wind up...

Marvel Snap details the compensation packages players are getting for the recent downtime

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It's been a frustrating couple of days for Marvel Snap fans in the US as the mobile CCG went dark in the country as...
This might have.

WRUP: How to get a pear to run on your Nintendo Entertainment System or something edition

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Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the worst movie we still own a copy of.

The Daily Grind: Do weather effects improve your MMO experience?

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Is there such a thing as an uncanny valley for video game environments? To me, there is. When a place in an MMO never...

The Stream Team: Driving around with a friend to tackle odd jobs in Motor Town

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When you enter a game called Motor Town, you pretty much get what you'd expect on the tin; it's a town with cars that...

Black Desert starts new arena season on PC and new high-tier content on mobile as players raise $70K for charity

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This week once again has a bunch of good news for players of Black Desert, with all three editions seeing something new added in...
Why are you this way.

Past Fate talks up its latest development update with added jiggle physics

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If you have been keeping an eye on the seemingly grim-and-grimy world of Kickstarted MMO Past Fate but held off jumping into the game...
Here we are, in the classic.

Final Fantasy XIV is considering taking legal action against a stalker-empowering game mod

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If you're a part of the Final Fantasy XIV community beyond a certain level of engagement, you are no doubt aware of the game's...

New World’s overnight update broke the PvP season servers, and yeah, it’s real bad

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(Updated with Amazon's latest response at the end.) Amazon's overnight patch for New World seems to have unintentionally broken a few rather important parts of...

Blizzard donated one million dollars to a relief charity supporting California wildfire victims

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The response to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires this past month has been particularly strong from the gaming industry, owing to the fact that...