Events

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Final Fantasy XIV fans assemble 300 fans to play an Endwalker tribute medley

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As of this point, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is officially done. The game is down for maintenance for 48 hours for the early access...

Second Life celebrates 21 years of operation with town halls, music events, and exhibitor showcase

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While techbros on some serious stuff dream about a metaverse (or more specifically how to turn it into a monetizable hellscape), Second Life has...
There is another shore, you know.

Final Fantasy XIV sets an aetheryte in London ahead of Dawntrail’s launch

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If anyone has an aetheryte ticket in real life and wants the cheapest trip possible to the UK, good news, as there's an aetheryte...

The MOP Up: Among Us adds three new playable roles

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Highly sus game Among Us added three new roles with its latest update: Tracker (keep tabs on Crewmates via the minimap), Noisemaker (make noise...

Heidel Ball 2024: Black Desert is adding Seoul and the Dosa class, then going to the past

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Given that Black Desert Online is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an event in the very town that inspired the game's first city (Heidel),...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends begins Empire Day, grants player Medics species- & gender-change tools

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Don't look now, but we're only a couple of weeks away from the 4th of July, which means a whole slew of MMOs figuring...

World of Warcraft ignites this year’s Midsummer Fire Festival

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With the longest days of the year upon us here in the northern hemisphere, it seems proper and right to celebrate the sun's bounty...

SGF 2024: Previewing Funcom’s Dune Awakening, from PvP philosophy to the survival MMO label

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I must admit I went into Summer Game Fest with pretty low expectations. I was MOP's "E3 guy" back when E3 was a concern,...
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Blizzard promises a ‘robust footprint’ at Gamescom for WoW, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 celebrations

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During not-E3's Xbox showcase, Blizzard hinted very strongly that it would have more reveals and festivities coming later in the summer, which made sense...

The Classic Secret World community is hosting a 12th anniversary event for the game – not Funcom

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Let's get this out of the way: No, Funcom has not had a massive change of heart and decided to start developing for either...

Black Desert plans Heidel Ball watch party, deploys major combat and stat system update

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This weekend is a big one for Black Desert, as Pearl Abyss is hosting Heidel Ball both inside and outside the game, and the...

The Stream Team: The joys of bashing and smashing dragons in the snow of Guild Wars 2

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When you have a catchy theme song, everything's better. And Guild Wars 2's Dragon Bash has the best theme song of any MMO event...

Warframe’s Jade Shadows update launches with new character, new mission type, and new clan operation

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The Jade Shadows update has been the talk of Warframe for the past couple of months, but today is finally the day when fans...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17

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Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...

Final Fantasy XIV announces a fan gathering event at London, which books up almost immediately

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If you're a player of Final Fantasy XIV who lives in the UK, then you might have missed a chance to hang out with...

The MOP Up: Temtem goes neon as it spins down development

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Temtem's Patch 1.7 arrived with the start of its Neon Reverie season, the game's last as development starts to spin down: "To close it...

Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Big Big Run highlights the big problem with its PvE

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As I shamelessly teased in the WRUP last week, I managed to make some time for Splatoon 3's new Salmon Run event, the Big...
Yeah, that makes sense.

Jagex postpones RuneScape’s in-person RuneFest event after showrunner company implodes

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If you're a RuneScape fan who was looking forward to the return of the in-person RuneFest this year after its four year-long hiatus, we...

Elder Scrolls Online stocks up for a crafting revival, plans next anniversary event in Italy

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Just because it's summer doesn't mean you get to loaf off and do nothing. Here comes Elder Scrolls Online to tell you to get...

Black Desert’s 2024 Heidel Ball takes over a real-world castle in France on June 22

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The Heidel Ball presentation event has always been a big deal for Black Desert, and the 2024 edition of the affair is doing things...