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RuneScape brings back its Easter-themed Spring Festival this week and preps the next Fort Forinthry quest

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The spring season and its related holidays are in the air of RuneScape this week as the game's latest patch has brought back the...

The MOP Up: Hearthstone welcomes the Year of the Wolf

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The Year of the Wolf is coming to Hearthstone: "Throughout the Year of the Wolf, we’ll be focusing our efforts on making Hearthstone and...

April Fools’ Day events in the MMO world, 2023 edition

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April Fools' Day has a weird feel this year, being on a weekend, but it's here all the same. It's tradition for MMO devs...
Not this.

The Daily Grind: What’s your fondest MMO memory from… last month?

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Welcome to the very first Massively Overpowered Throwback Weekend! You know, we've been reporting on the news here for a long time now, something...

The Stream Team: AQ3D’s Burger Hero opens for business

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What will Massively OP's MJ be doing to prepare for April Fools Day tomorrow? Attending the grand opening of Burger Hero in AQ3D! Who...
Oh good.

E3 2023 has officially been cancelled

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This probably isn't going to come as a surprise to anyone, but it's still a significant announcement. E3 2023 has been cancelled outright according...

ExileCon 2023 includes Path of Exile 2 updates, a competitive race live on stage, and will stream free for all

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Fans are always eager to hear about Path of Exile's upcoming leagues, but that might pale in comparison to the desire to get more...
I'm a model, do you know what I mean?

Guild Wars 2 finally embraces the need for style in the first part of its April Fools’ Day joke

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All right, so Guild Wars 2 is done with dragons. That's the whole point of the last expansion. What about other problems that are...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s April schedule is hopefully a joke

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While there's always hope for a good April Fools' Day prank, Pokemon Go's April Schedule doesn't have one listed, at least not yet. Unfortunately,...

Elder Scrolls Online dares you to ’embrace the outrageous’ with its Jester’s Festival

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Do you have a manic grin on your face and a willingness to "embrace the outrageous?" It's really the only way to approach Elder...

Sega, Tencent, and Ubisoft are the latest game studios to drop out of this year’s E3

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It was already bad enough for E3 2023 that Sony, Nintendo, and Xbox all elected to leave the show behind; now the show is...

Nothing’s otter than a Bug Samurott in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

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You better watch out, you better prep Fly, you better not doubt it'll make a Pika cry, Samurott is comin' to town. Well, specifically,...

Skyforge kicks off Season 8 of Pantheon Wars for PC and PlayStation players

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PvP'ing players of Skyforge who are on PlayStation and PC, your time to shine has arrived: The eighth season of Pantheon Wars is now...

Mabinogi rolls out a massive 15th birthday celebration

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The number of MMOs reaching 15 years old is starting to stack up, and we're not at all sad about it. Nexon's anime sandbox...

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box – and part of an unfinished World 3 – is live ahead of April Fools’ Day 2023

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Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Festival is live for the April Fools' season as of today with all the usual features and tweaks. Players...

Neverwinter asks players to stop the ‘a-bok-alypse’ once more with its returning April Fowls event

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Life in Neverwinter is getting clucked up again as April Fools' Day has descended on the titular city with the returning April Fowls event,...
Who are you? Why are you here? What is this about?

PAX East 2023: Wayfinder unveils new character, battle pass plans, and April closed beta testing

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As we reported before, the co-op rogue-lite title Wayfinder was headed to this year's PAX East for demoing and a panel. That panel has...

The MOP Up: Open-world tactical RPG Wartales releases next month

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Looking to wage medieval war in a different format? You'll soon get your chance with Wartales, an open-world tactical RPG that's fully luanching on...
Here's hoping!

PAX East 2023: Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida teases crossover with Final Fantasy XVI

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With Final Fantasy XVI on the way, it makes logical sense that people would ask producer and director Naoki Yoshida if Final Fantasy XIV would...

Fortnite celebrates Ramadan with Lantern Fest 2023 as players start releasing Unreal Creator content

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The celebration of Ramadan might primarily be about introspection and religious restraint, but it also is marked with lanterns lighting the streets, and it's...