Events

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The MOP Up: EverQuest II levels up its Roehn Theer raid

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An old favorite raid of EverQuest II is about to get an upgrade for the Year of Darkpaw. Daybreak announced that the Celebration Avatar Challenge:...

LOTRO’s September is full of pirates, birthdays, and treasure bugans

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September marks a pretty packed month of events for Lord of the Rings Online, starting with this weekend's Treasure Bugan hunt. Through September 18th,...

The Stream Team: Friday the 13th in AQ3D includes a pirates vs. ninjas war

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Friday the 13th is Massively OP's MJ's favorite day, and it is best spent in AQ3D! This time, besides some Shade fare, there's a...

City of Heroes Homecoming’s community is holding a player base real estate auction this weekend

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Would you like to own a player base in City of Heroes: Homecoming but can't be bothered to do all of that pesky furniture...

New World’s Aeternum open beta on PC and console has officially begun

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As planned, New World's Aeternum open beta has officially launched as of noon EDT today, welcoming all players on PC and console to test out...

Tarisland kicks off a speed-leveling event with rewards for the fastest levelers

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Remember when Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street argued in favor of slower leveling in MMOs? Well, Tarisland is doing the total opposite of that: It's starting...

Pre-loading begins for tomorrow’s New World’s Aeternum open beta on both PC and console

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New World's Aeternum open beta is almost upon us - yes, even PC players this time. While the official event doesn't kick off until...
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Villagers & Heroes turns on its Halloween event through November

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For everyone who says that Halloween begins on September 1st, Villagers & Heroes sees you and appreciates you. The game's annual Halloween event did...

Lost Ark releases the Behemoth raid and Chase the Storm event

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September's big content drop for Lost Ark has arrived today, starting with an impressive 16-player raid against the Chaos Guardian Behemoth: "With a limited...

Ubisoft confirms offline mode for The Crew 2, The Crew Motorfest during Motorfest’s year 2 reveal

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Ubisoft is celebrating the first anniversary of The Crew Motorfest (aka The Crew 3) by essentially promising not to do it dirty the way...

Trove launches UP vs Down event and expands Rising Tide with Release the Kraken update

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Gamigo's voxel sandbox MMORPG Trove has loosed a new event as of today, dubbed Up vs. Down. Actually UP vs. DOWN. Intriguingly, this even...

Vampire survivalbox V Rising is hosting a free-play event starting September 12

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If you've ever wanted to join 4.7 million people who already gave in to their vampire survival sandbox desires to play V Rising but...

Guild Wars 2 presents PvP Push pre-test plan as plushies pounce your purse

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As promised, the prototype beta for Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Push, is kicking off this afternoon, open to everyone as of 3...

DC Universe Online marks 85 years of Batman with another Batman Day mini-celebration

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Few comic book superheroes are as enduring as Batman, with the character still standing as an icon in multiple fandoms for 85 years. Naturally...

EVE Online engages the group-minded Siege of Zarzakh event for a limited time

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Apparently an enemy NPC group in EVE Online has decided that attacking the gates to Zarzakh, which means it's time for players to mobilize...

Star Trek Online brings back its ‘historical museum’ for franchise’s birthday

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Star Wars fans certainly know the importance of May the 4th, but did you know that there's a counterpart in the Star Trek fandom?...

The MOP Up: Albion Online patches Paths to Glory and talks up mounts

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Albion Online's third patch for Paths to Glory came out last week, an update which "includes balance changes, Destiny Board improvements based on your...

World of Warships turns nine years old in September with a new event, port, and rewards

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Believe it or not, World of Warships is turning nine years old later this month - on September 17th, in fact - so naturally,...

Over 6400 players built 50 empires in BitCraft’s last sandbox playtest

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The September letter from the producer for BitCraft has arrived just as the game's second closed alpha test comes to a close - a...

EVE Online prepares the process of selecting its 19th Council of Stellar Management

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It's nearly election season in EVE Online, as in CCP Games is providing dates and details for the creation of the sandbox's next Council...