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Massively Overthinking: Initial impressions of New World

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Amazon's Queue World - uh, I mean, New World - is finally upon us. In fact, I imagine that it's been hard to avoid...

A new Pokemon Unite bug – or exploit – is letting losers gain rank at will (Updated!)

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Enjoying all those new Pokemon Unite "bring a friend to ranked" quests? Well, you may want to be careful. There are now multiple reports across...

Kid-centric sci-fi MMO NEO 2045 has officially launched (for real this time)

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Back in June of this year we highlighted a game called NEO 2045, a sci-fi themed MMORPG for kids that strikes similar notes to...

Blockchain metaverse Earth 2 lets players plop down holobuildings in latest update

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This one is going to need context, primarily because it is flush with MMO buzzwords of the day. Earth 2 styles itself as "a...

Requia Online is a free-to-play mobile multiplayer TCG RPG

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What happens when you blend "the social gameplay of massively multiplayer titles, the tactics of real-time card games and the deep character customisation of...

New World, Day 2: Where Amazon’s new MMO stands on queues, concurrency, servers, and transfers

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It's been almost 24 hours since the final region of New World went live, and those have been an interesting 24 hours, as anyone...

Nexon announces plans to globally publish PC and mobile MMO Heroes of Incredible Tales 2

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Do you remember a game known as Heroes of Incredible Tales? It was a mobile multiplayer ARPG from developer NAT Games that made its...

New World is live around the globe as some queues cap at 25K and concurrency passes 700K

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Amazon's New World is officially live everywhere now as the West coast servers have just gone live, and it's blown way past its beta...

Soul Kingdoms is a self-described ‘MMO-lite’ offering battleground PvP ‘without the grind’

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What if MMORPG PvP battleground maps and modes were the entire game itself? That appears to be the overall summary of Soul Kingdoms, a...

Not So Massively: Age of Empires IV is a thoughtful love letter to the past

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Folks who grew up gamers probably all have a few games or franchises that just defined our childhoods. For me, one of those franchises...

Steam preloading for Amazon’s New World has begun

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MMO gamers, start your engines: You can now begin downloading New World on Steam ahead of the launch tomorrow. Amazon's been disapatching Steam codes...

First Impressions: Revisiting memorable locales in Diablo II Resurrected

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What a time to be alive. I can't believe I'm playing a remastered version of one of my all time favorite PC games. And...
BEHOLD MY HUMAN LASER

Minecraft Dungeons is now available on Steam

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Who wants to play Minecraft Dungeons on the PC but doesn't want to go through the Windows store in any way? The latter part of...

Survival MMO Fractured Veil just hit $100K funded on Kickstarter

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Remember Fractured Veil? We covered it earlier this year when developer Paddle Creek was hunting for testers. The game is being billed as an...

Diablo II Resurrected has officially launched with yet another live-action trailer

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Diablo II: Resurrected is officially live as of now as the remastered version of the original 2000 roguelike from Blizzard North. Resurrected, of course,...

Pokemon Unite mobile update adds squads, addresses pay-to-win items

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The mobile version of Pokemon Unite is almost upon us, and TiMi Studio Group is giving us more than just crossplay: The new Galactic Ghost...

Mobile 4X strategy MMO Star Trek Fleet Command makes its debut on PC today

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Did you know that there's a massively multiplayer 4X strategy game based in the Star Trek universe? Perhaps it's because you're one of those...

Browser MMO Genfanad plans an alpha event for September, pushes off Kickstarter

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Back in July, we covered a new-to-us browser-based MMORPG called Genfanad, and if you remember anything about it, it's probably the concept art of...
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BitCraft is a new upcoming MMORPG promising a procedural sandbox environment for players

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So, want a new sandbox to look forward to? BitCraft has shown up as a new procedurally generated wide-open sandbox for players to explore,...

Multiplayer sandbox Staxel is launching on the Switch next week

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Staxel is a cutesy cozy multiplayer sandbox we've been covering for a few years; it boasts farming, fishing, housing, building, hunting, and more all...