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Final Fantasy XIV previews a spooky new location for this year’s All Saints’ Wake

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What's the first thing that the new preview of Final Fantasy XIV's All Saints' Wake event focuses on? The fact that you get a...

ArcheAge War gets a brief teaser trailer as ArcheAge kicks off its Hallowtide event

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Usually a teaser trailer is meant to offer... well, a tease. Perhaps a taste of what to expect. In the case of XLGames' upcoming...

Dauntless’ Dark Harvest event returns along with a new island adventure in latest patch

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The spooky season has descended upon the Shattered Isles of Dauntless once again. The annual Dark Harvest Halloween event is back, offering players of...
No comfy chair?

Albion Online drops goofy new trailer, apologizes for downtime

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"Overly enthusiastic announcer guy shouts a game at you while making cheeseball hello fellow kids dad jokes and the whole thing sounds like a...

EverQuest rolls out Nights of the Dead for Halloween

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EverQuest is "creepin' it real" with the return of its Halloween-flavored Nights of the Dead, Daybreak's Darkpaw Games has announced. "Wake your weary bones and...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Harvestmath has officially arrived for spooky season

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One of the very best Halloween festivals in the MMO genre is live now, as Harvestmath has launched for Lord of the Rings Online...

Here’s how to join in on Spellcraft’s next alpha preview event

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Like many Guild Wars fans, we've had our eye on One More Game for a couple of years now, given that it was founded...

Diablo Immortal adds a pair of limited-time events for Halloween

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I fully admit that I forgot entirely about Diablo Immortal, as it's been pretty quiet as Overwatch 2, WoW Classic, and Dragonflight have been...
Muahahahaha

Final Fantasy XIV brings back the joy of All Saints’ Wake once more on October 19

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It's time for another go-round of All Saints' Wake in Final Fantasy XIV, which is... actually something we already did this year, in January....

New World opens up two more servers, updates its heat map, and preps a Halloween event

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New World continues to need a bigger boat, or at least more servers. A new post on Twitter confirms that the game has opened...

Closers’ new patch revamps crafting, costume conversion, and guides, and opens up the Spooky School

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Welcome, Closers players, to Spooky School! Be sure to put your spooky textbooks in the spooky lockers, make sure you have your spooky hall...

Star Stable brings back its four week-long Halloween festival tomorrow

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Are you ready to get spooked on horseback? Then you're ready for Star Stable's returning Halloween event, which promises four weeks of seasonal fun...
Smoke on the water

Aion and RIFT mark the spooky season with Halloween sales and quests

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'Tis the season for the Pumpkin King to be doing what he does best, which is apparently spreading terror throughout Aion and adding a...
It's about time.

Guild Wars 2 preps Shadow of the Mad King for next week

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As promised in Guild Wars 2's final roadmap of 2022, Halloween returns to the MMO next week, along with the Mad King's Clock Tower...
Everybody good over here? Everybody harvesting? Great.

Lord of the Rings Online outlines the Harvestmath Festival starting October 12

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The last crops are being harvested across Middle-earth, and that means it's time for everyone to celebrate some concluding harvests with some spooks and...

Elder Scrolls Online players have made the Firesong DLC free thanks to their efforts in Heroes of High Isle event

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Congratulations, Elder Scrolls Online players, you've gotten yourselves a free DLC. The end of September saw the MMORPG kick off the community-driven Heroes of...

Closers is kicking off an autumn jumping event that fast-tracks characters to max level

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Who has time for the tedium of going through story missions or slowly ramping up an MMO character's power? Closers players with a desire...

MMO studios and publishers large and small come together to support Extra Life 2022

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It's about that time of year when charitable drives are on the minds of many gamers, studios, and publishers, and just as last year...

RuneScape skips weekly patch, teases Game Jam content, and details latest fresh start world bonuses

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RuneScape didn't release a patch this week. That might sound like cause for concern on the surface, but the MMORPG's weekly newsletter offers up...

Massively on the Go: Comms failures exacerbated Pokemon Go’s underwhelming raid day

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Almost one year ago, the Pokemon GO community rallied around #PokemonNO, a movement spawned from players who knew #HearUsNiantic would fall on deaf ears. Well,...