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MapleStory gears up for its 19th anniversary, launches MapleStory Worlds in Korea

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While MapleStory 2 has become a distant memory for many of us, the MapleStory franchise is still going strong in 2024. In fact, Nexon...

Seafaring survival MMO Age of Water hits Steam early access, addresses premium perks

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After a week-long false start, publisher Gaijin Entertainment and developer Three Whales Studio have brought Age of Water into the roiling and (arguably) crowded...

Multiplayer survival shooter Vigor announces plans for a Steam early access launch in May

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Do you remember Vigor? It's a multiplayer shooter from Bohemia Interactive set in a post-war 1991 Norway where players have to scrounge, survive, and......

Bellwright brings its brutal medieval world of multiplayer survival to Steam early access

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Will the second verse be different different from the first for developer Donkey Crew -- and more importantly for those who buy in to...

Palworld CEO addresses Tencent-backed ‘clone game’ Auroria and similar Chinese mobile titles

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Pocket Pair CEO Takuro Mizobe is seeing what having the shoe on the other foot feels like, as he has apparently taken notice of...

Planet Crafter is a new multiplayer survival sandbox where you geo-engineer an entire planet

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Last week, multiplayer survival sandbox were treated to yet another entry in the field: Planet Crafter, a game I've had on my own wishlist...
Meness and Ausrine, sittin' in a tree...

Not So Massively: Godsworn made me break my ‘no early access’ rule

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I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is...

Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria is relaunching as Legends of Aria Classic on May 9

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When last we looked in on Legends of Aria, it was fading fast into unfortunate obscurity. The Kickstarted MMORPG - originally known as Shards...

Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...

Life is Feudal MMO continues its comeback with a relaunch on Steam

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In May of 2023, we learned that the MMO portion of Life is Feudal was coming back from its 2021 sunset under the stewardship...

Cozy multiplayer game Farm Together 2 is launching early access in May

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You might not know this about me, but I really love the idea of farming in video games. I just... almost universally hate the...

After months of retooling, Evercore Heroes comes back as a three-player co-op roguelite

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Back in October 2022, we were all first introduced to Evercore Heroes, an isometric "competitive PvE" title that tasked opposing teams with completing PvE...

Donkey Crew sets Bellwright early access for April 23 – still no update for Last Oasis

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Snail Games and Donkey Crew have announced today that they're pushing gritty co-op survival sandbox Bellwright into Steam early access on April 23rd. The...

KingsIsle announces Wizard101 single-player spinoff Ravenwood Academy

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If you've ever wanted to dive back into the Wizard101 world without actually being in Wizard101, now is your time, as this morning KingsIsle...

Gigantic readies another attempt at a server fix and plans a compensation package for players

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Gigantic continues to unfortunately be caught in the throes of server-related launch problems, but Arc Games and Abstraction believe that they may have a...

Mythic vets at Loric Games unveil Echoes of Elysium, a new co-op skyship survival sandbox

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Way back in 2022, we first caught wind of Loric Games, a new studio founded by Mythic vets Rob Denton, Brian Johnson, and Ray...

Not So Massively: Final Stand Ragnarok might be the seed of a fun game, but it was set up for failure

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Not being a PvP fan, I haven't had much investment in the long and tortured saga of Camelot Unchained, but I am a fan...
Owly enough for the owl club.

MOBA shooter Gigantic officially resurrects as the Rampage Edition – here are the patch notes

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If you were among the many fans who were holding a candle for the third-person MOBA shooter Gigantic, then your faith has been rewarded...

Co-op roguelike Inkbound pushes its exit from early access a day ahead of schedule

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First it decided to eschew in-game monetization, now it's moving its full release a day forward. We're talking about Inkbound, the co-op turn-based roguelike...

Once Human finally enters its latest closed beta for PC after a couple of delays

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After a rescheduling and then a day-of false start, the PC multiplayer closed beta for the post-apocalypse survival shooter Once Human has begun at...

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