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Beyond the grave.

Final Fantasy XIV prepares for a new round of All Saints’ Wake on October 18

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The ghoulish delights of the spooky season pervade the MMO landscape, and Final Fantasy XIV is no exception to that rule. In fact, its...

Guild Wars 2 fans can trick-or-treat at player houses in this year’s Shadow of the Mad King event

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The best Guild Wars 2 event of the year (if you don't count Super Adventure Box) has arrived as of today, as the Shadow...

Here are some of the MMORPG, MMO, and multiplayer demos waiting in this week’s Steam Next Fest

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It's one of the biggest weeks in PC gaming, when disk drives shudder in fear and digital vendors offer up their wares, previews, and...

Pokemon Go heralds 40-player Gigantamax battles, but Niantic is mum on global/local requirements

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Pokemon Go fans better be bracing for a big announcement and a world of confusion, as Niantic and The Pokemon Company officially announced that...

RuneScape invites players into the seasonal Halloween hub of Harvest Hollow today

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Is there anything more Halloween-y than a central hub full of thematic decor and creepy fun to be had? That's definitely the vibe that's...

EverCraft Online dresses up for Halloween for its next weekend alpha October 18

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For the past little while we've kept an eye on EverCraft Online, a boxy voxel-based MMORPG that seeks to bring the genre back to...

The MOP Up: Ethyrial adds guilds and guild leveling

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We'll start today's leftover news roundup with the word that Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore added guilds with Patch 3.2.2! "They can be created for the...

Splatoon 3’s Splatoween for Halloween is a blast from Splatoon’s past

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Despite already being in maintenance mode, Splatoon 3's making good on its promise to still hold certain seasonal events starting with Splatoween. This one's...

Destiny 2 preps more hurricane relief and a speedrun for its newly released dungeon

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The Vesper's Host dungeon added to Destiny 2 this week has already had its world first conquerors named, but that doesn't mean that Bungie...

EverQuest kicks off Nights of the Dead, EverQuest II begins spooky season

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Feel that chill in the air and scent of pumpkin spice? That's Halloween coming to take over all your MMORPGs for the next few...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends expands the Galactic Moon Festival for Halloween 2024

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One of the oldest - and goofiest - MMORPG Halloween events has returned today thanks to player-run Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends:...

Overwatch 2 launches Halloween events October 15, Hearthstone opens The Great Dark Beyond November 5

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It's about to get spooky, ookie, and kooky in both Overwatch 2 and Hearthstone over the next few weeks, with the superheroic PvP FPS...

The Stream Team: Enjoying the Harvestmath festivities in Lord of the Rings Online

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MOP's Chris and his Happy Cappy Nirlun the Bear-Chested are off to enjoy Harvestmath in Lord of the Rings Online! There's quests to be...
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World of Warcraft shares where to get currencies and what to spend them on during its 20th anniversary

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Tuesday, October 22nd, will be when World of Warcraft marks its 20th anniversary, and that will mean shopping! Apparently! At least in-game shopping, anyway,...

Albion Online is offering big gold raffles for players who test Horizons this morning

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If you're curious about Albion Online's upcoming Horizons update and want to take a peek ahead of time, today is your day, as Sandbox...

MapleStory’s Midnight Carnival arrives for the Halloween season

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Don't look now, but MapleStory might be crushing the competition with its Halloween update this year. The V.254 release arrived on Wednesday with the...

Lord of the Rings Online gets its Harvestmath fall festival underway

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What's the best Lord of the Rings Online festival? That's a point of fierce debate among the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, but there's a...

TERA Console’s October patch opens a new dungeon and activates Halloween

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The first update since August's new screenshot mode patch arrived for TERA Console this week, opening up a new dungeon and welcoming players to...
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Final Fantasy XIV’s October 15 Moogle Treasure Trove event includes a… donut earring

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The next Final Fantasy XIV Moogle Treasure Trove event is kicking off next week, and it is clearly aimed at the Homer Simpson crowd....

World of Warcraft’s 20th anniversary update goes live on October 22

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World of Warcraft players now have a hard date for Update 11.0.5, which is coming in less than two weeks on October 22nd. The...