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Overwatch wraps up beta testing for its sequel’s PvP and releases volume 2 of the original’s anniversary event

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The devs of Overwatch have called it a wrap for the sequel's PvP beta test round, and game director Aaron Keller would like to...

Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 1 Sky Pirates episode drops anchor next week

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Guild Wars 2 is continuing its rollout of its original living world season 1 from 2013 - but completely reimagined as permanent content -...
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Final Fantasy XI welcomes its 20-year anniversary today

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As of today, it's been two decades since Final Fantasy XI first launched in Japan, which makes this a pretty notable anniversary for the...
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Final Fantasy XIV assures players that the deadline for claiming houses is still May 26

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Here's the good news: If you were one of the players affected by the Final Fantasy XIV bug bug that gave you a winning...

The MOP Up: SWG rogue server Empire in Flames celebrates five years

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Star Wars Galaxies: Empire in Flames rogue server celebrated its fifth anniversary this past week. "Since the doors opened on May 4th 2017, EiF...

EVE Fanfest 2022: CCP delivered free food to EVE Online players waylaid by the Fanfest COVID outbreak

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It's been over a week since EVE Online players from around the world met up in Reyjkavik, Iceland, for EVE Fanfest 2022, the first...

Dauntless celebrates three years with special quests, a limited-time hunt, and community events

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The multiplayer monster slaying RPG Dauntless has been running for three years as of this month, which means that it's time for players to...

ArcheAge rescinds some exploit permabans and holds a Michael Jackson-inspired dance event

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The latest event for ArcheAge clearly Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'. Players of all stripes - whether they're Black or White, a Liberian Girl, or...

World of Warships’ virtual international museum hop returns for a second event next week

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Wargaming is currently in the midst of massive upheaval following its decision to completely pull out of Russia and Belarus, but it's nevertheless planning...

Sea of Thieves prepares for Community Day, tweaks Legend of the Veil voyage, and sells a fish face

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There's quite a few different things waiting in the new patch for Sea of Thieves. Whether you're going to join in on Community Day...

Neverwinter is under siege in a returning event as the Arc client gets a visual overhaul

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It must be tiring being a citizen of Neverwinter, particularly when the city is besieged on something of an annual basis. It's time once...
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Final Fantasy XI releases its May version update and unveils a new event

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The new May update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and you have to go help out Maat. Sure, the guy had been a...

MMO Business Roundup: China’s gaming crackdown, NetEase Connect, Wild Rift plagiarism, and Valve’s anti-trust lawsuit

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news. China: The Chinese government is continuing to widen its long-running crackdown on...

PSO2 New Genesis celebrates its first anniversary with quests, trials, and cosmetic goodies starting today

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It's time to celebrate a whole 365 days of Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis! As of today's patch (which should now be live...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 372: Blizzard’s great mobile hope

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Justin and bree discuss Blizzard's quarterly financials, Diablo Immortal, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, Forsaken World's sunset, ZeniMax's rumored Star Wars MMO, and EVE Fanfest and its COVID outbreak, with adventures in LOTRO and SWG Legends, plus a voicemail topic on MMOs moving from fantasy to sci-fi.

EVE Fanfest 2022: All the major EVE Online announcements from Fanfest

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It's safe to say that EVE Fanfest 2022 was very much a social event first and a game event second, with fewer concrete announcements...

MapleStory SEA offers up cosmetics, pets, and mounts for blood donations

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Have you ever seen a particularly nice cosmetic reward in an MMO and thought to yourself, "Boy, I'd literally give blood for that." If...

Destiny 2 kicks off the Guardian Games and answers weapon questions as the FTC investigates Sony’s buyout of Bungie

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Let the games begin! The Guardian Games, that is, as the Olympic-like competition among the three classes of Destiny 2 kicked off last week....
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Final Fantasy XI prepares a variety of appreciation campaigns for players starting on Wednesday

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The 20-year birthday for Final Fantasy XI is coming up really soon, with May 16th marking the date. And as is expected for any sort of...

EVE Fanfest 2022: Fanfest attendees have already begun testing positive for COVID

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(We've updated this post at the end with the latest counts and info.) EVE Fanfest 2022 in Reykjavik is barely over, and the first cases...