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Palia plans more magical trees, an obstacle course, and quality-of-life features

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While Palia has already cranked out a couple of content updates in the form of the Maji Market event and the Temple of Flames,...

EVE Fanfest 2023: EVE Online’s Havoc expansion will finally let you side with the pirates

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Details of EVE Online's latest expansion have been revealed at EVE Fanfest 2023, and the word of the weekend is "chaos." The aptly named...
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Diablo’s Inaris and Lillith are among the guest characters being sold in Call of Duty Season 6

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The current iterations of Call of Duty are apparently going to be absolutely awash in things when Season 6 arrives to Modern Warfare II...

Black Desert shares details of its upcoming War of the Roses PvP mode in new video

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War is coming to Black Desert, or perhaps more accurately, more war is coming to the MMORPG in the form of the 300v300 War...

RuneScape outlines initial plans to address its deeply unpopular Hero Pass monetization

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The end of August saw Jagex elect to burn up some of the goodwill between itself and RuneScape players with the reveal of a...

Destiny 2 shows off the new supers coming in The Final Shape and keeps fighting crafted weapon glitches

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Every expansion of Destiny 2 brings new supers to the game's three classes, but since there won't be any new element in The Final...
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Tales of the Shire is an upcoming cozy game based in Middle-earth due for 2024

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So Tales of the Shire is a thing that's coming out. Here is what we know about it: It is a cozy game set...

Sea of Thieves is adding a super limited private instanced version called Safer Seas

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When Sea of Thieves long-delayed Season 10 launches October 19th, it's bringing several new features that will hopefully justify the wait. First, it's adding...

Fallout 76 confirms two-part Atlantic City update lands starting December 5, with PTR arriving October 3

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Back in June, Fallout 76 announced plans for an Atlantic City expedition, though it was less like an announcement and more like a bookend...

New World offers advice for newbies, returnees, PvE, and PvP players heading into Rise of the Angry Earth

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Amazon's New World has two chunks of news for players eager to head into Aeternum before the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion in...

Elder Scrolls Online’s update 40 and Endless Archive are on the PTR as ZeniMax eyes Japanese console launch

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ZeniMax Online Studios is wasting no time putting MMO gamers to work testing Elder Scrolls Online's Endless Archive content, as update 40 has already...
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Final Fantasy XIV is launching a tabletop RPG starter set in May 2024

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If you've ever stared at your Dungeons & Dragons books, then at your Final Fantasy XIV lore books, and then muttered to yourself that...

Lord of the Rings Online gives a sneak peak of Corsairs of Umbar’s landscape

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Lord of the Rings Online's fall expansion finally has an official name (and logo): Corsairs of Umbar. Standing Stone Games revealed this in a...

Sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei discusses its server size and tech in latest dev blog

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Server size is very often the sort of question that comes to mind when most genre fans hear about a new game, especially those...

Black Desert makes season servers permanent, launches Land of the Morning Light on mobile next week

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It's Wednesday, so you know what that means: a deluge of news from Pearl Abyss' Black Desert. First, the mobile version of the game announced...
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Final Fantasy XIV x KFC crossover video depicts Colonel Sanders as a Black Mage

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First of all, we wish to assuage any concerns by reminding people that Final Fantasy XIV does indeed contain chickens. So this video tweeted...

Albion Online details Wild Blood’s new player island biomes – and multiple farms per toon

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Of all the content going into Albion Online's Wild Blood patch next month, the islands and farming rework has been the bit that caught...

Interview: How Dauntless’ weapon revamp will affect development and gameplay

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Last month, Dauntless announced a far-reaching change to weapons, with individual weapons becoming more distinct, a new swapping mechanic that lets players switch between...

Lost Ark’s Mokoko Kindergarten ark pass launches tomorrow

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Now don't take this the wrong way, but Lost Ark is going to send you back to school. It's going to school you. It...

Star Citizen confirms HDR support and what items will persist in alpha 3.20’s release

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Looking to make your brights brighter and your shadows shadowier in Star Citizen? Then you'll be in luck once alpha 3.20 goes live because...

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