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Sil and the Fading World is an upcoming ARPG that pits solo players against MMO raid bosses

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We obviously are about MMORPGs, MMOs, and multiplayer gaming here at MOP, but as we've demonstrated before, we're not averse to highlighting games that...

Dieselpunk PvPvE vehicular battler Sand offers up a PvP demo and seven minutes of raw gameplay footage

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Back in May we shared our first look at Sand, an in-development PvPvE sandbox primarily centered around Tramplers - massive robotic structures that act...

Overwatch 2 launches Halloween events October 15, Hearthstone opens The Great Dark Beyond November 5

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It's about to get spooky, ookie, and kooky in both Overwatch 2 and Hearthstone over the next few weeks, with the superheroic PvP FPS...

Elder Scrolls Online expounds on the design of U44’s new player companions

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ZeniMax Online Studios has previously introduced its two upcoming Elder Scrolls Online companions through lore pieces; now, the team is going in-depth on the...

Pax Dei outlines adjustments to its landscape, enemies, and PvE progression in its next patch

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Earlier this week Pax Dei confirmed that its next major update will be changing the game's world in a rather literal sense with an...

World of Warcraft shares where to get currencies and what to spend them on during its 20th anniversary

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Tuesday, October 22nd, will be when World of Warcraft marks its 20th anniversary, and that will mean shopping! Apparently! At least in-game shopping, anyway,...

Star Wars The Old Republic readies public testing of its next lair boss and dynamic events system soon

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Star Wars: The Old Republic game director Eric Musco has some fresh details about the game's incoming Game Update 7.6: Galactic Threads patch -...

New World’s latest Aeternum trailer splices cutscenes into gameplay to sell the experience

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Does anyone remember back in 2021 when Amazon's media saturation for the launch of New World was insane? I sure do! I can't say...

ArcheAge Chronicles video highlights its acrobatic combat and vast persistent online world

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A couple of weeks ago XLGames and Kakao Games showed off a rebranded and revised ArcheAge 2, with the name of ArcheAge Chronicles and...

Torchlight Infinite brings a new character and hints at bringing color to a dull land in October 25’s Season 66

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What does bringing color to a snow white world mean in Torchlight: Infinite? We'll all find out on Friday, October 25th, when Season 66...

Villagers and Heroes plans The Crux update for October 28, eyes subscription hike

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Villagers and Heroes is gearing up for its next big thing: It's called The Crux. The first part of it, anyhow, and it includes...

Conan Exiles sets October 17 date for Age of Heroes and its massive NPC revamp

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As of this afternoon, we've got a hard date for Conan Exiles' Age of Heroes: October 17th. First announced back in August, it's the...

EVE Online reveals Revenant expansion, EVE Frontier wraps up fourth test, EVE Vanguard plans ‘biggest update yet’

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Who's ready for a big announcement from EVE Online? CCP Games revealed EVE's next expansion, Revenant, this afternoon. It's set to launch November 12th. "It...

Sea of Thieves’ Season 14 emphasizes stealth and skullduggery with new weapons and tricks October 17

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Most of the time in Sea of Thieves, players are effectively loud and brash pirates owing to the fact that they fire cannons, throw...

Tarisland’s Blight Dragon Elegy raid blog is its weirdest lore dump yet

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Before you ask: No, we still don't know when in October Tarisland's Blight Dragon Elegy and first proper season are launching, but no matter...

Here’s the timeline for New World Aeternum preloading and launch by region and platform

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We're now less than a week away from the launch of New World's Aeternum expansion and the welcoming of console players to the mix....

Elder Scrolls Online teases backstories for its upcoming pair of companions, Zerith-var and Tanlorin

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When update 44 arrives in The Elder Scrolls Online later this month, its most exciting feature is surely its two new companions, Tanlorin and...

My Time at Evershine devs: Get our Kickstarter to $2.5M and we’ll leap past early access

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We weren't particularly surprised to see My Time at Evershine, the multiplayer follow-up to Pathea Games' My Time at Portia and My Time at...

Tarisland lays out its philosophy for seasons ahead of Blight Dragon Elegy

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With Tarisland's Blight Dragon Elegy launching later in October (no, we still don't know which day, bizarrely), Tencent is deep-diving what players can expect...
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Final Fantasy XIV’s October 15 Moogle Treasure Trove event includes a… donut earring

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The next Final Fantasy XIV Moogle Treasure Trove event is kicking off next week, and it is clearly aimed at the Homer Simpson crowd....