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Here’s the stuff we’d never heard of before we covered it for the first time here. You wanted bleeding edge… here it is! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Pagan Online rebrands as Pagan: Absent Gods after jettisoning multiplayer

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If it escaped your attention last month, Pagan Online is, well, no longer online. Studio Mad Head said that the multiplayer servers were "not...

Iron Harvest is a multiplayer RTS set in a robot-filled 1920s era, now in open beta

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Developer KING Art Games and publisher Deep Silver have dared to ask, "What if the Polish-Soviet War had robots in it?" That's the general...

EVE Echoes launches early tomorrow morning – here’s how to install it now

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CCP Games and Netease are about to embark on a joint venture that will hopefully do what no other EVE Online spin-off has done...
This was a thing.

Daybreak has acquired Cold Iron Studios and its Alien MMOFPS [Updated]

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We've updated the end of this post with the confirmation and press release; we've left the original reporting intact. For the last year, it seems...

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a team-based PvPvE game of medieval-styled thievery

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Developer Sumo Newcastle and publisher Focus Home Interactive offered up what it hopes is a unique spin on the team-based PvPvE game during the...

Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout’s launch day initially trips and falls, gets back up to big numbers

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This is pretty much a "water is wet" sort of story, especially for those of us who have seen messy MMO and online game...

Rebirth Online makes its early access arrival to Steam

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Steam is now home to another free-to-play MMORPG from our friends in South Korea. This time it's Rebirth Online, which appears to be the...
What.

TERA announces ‘team-based battle mode’ called TERA Battle Arena, launching in 2020

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So here's a press release I wasn't expecting to get in my inbox today: En Masse MMORPG TERA is apparently rolling out a "team-based...
Tumble

First impressions: Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout is a battle royale game for people who hate battle royale games

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Is anyone here familiar with Wipeout? It was an obstacle course game show where contestants had to avoid some pretty plush yet hard-hitting goofy...
Nope.

Steam appears to be testing out a Playtest button on its game pages

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Wouldn't it be easier to just sign up for beta testing and playtesting events via Steam instead of other means? Yes, it would. And...

Heroes of Hammerwatch is a twin-stick multiplayer rogue-lite RPG arriving to Xbox and Switch this week

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If you like your dungeon crawler hack n' slash games more pixelated and challenging, then you might be familiar with Hammerwatch, a game that...
Oh, oh, oh.

Alpha testing is ongoing now for Magic: Legends

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It's testing time for Magic: Legends! Everyone (who was specifically invited to the test) gets to try out Magic: Legends! The information is available...

SEGA announces Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis for 2021

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If Phantasy Star Online 2's long-awaited arrival on western devices this past spring didn't light your world on fire, then maybe you'll be happier...

Desert Oasis: Black Desert’s outlook in the lead-up to Crimson Desert

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I've played nothing but the Black Desert season servers in the last month. It's such a fresh breath of air, and it's something I...

Nexon’s UE4 crossplatform MMO V4 is officially live for PC, Android, and iOS players

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We've had an eye on the hard-to-search-for V4 since August 2019, when news of Nexon's next Korean MMO first reached our shores. And the...

Curse of Aros is a retro-styled mobile MMO of dungeon delves and monster loot

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Remember how we pointed out the 16-bit-styled MMO DarkStory? Kind of looked like fun, right? If you're looking for a similarly-styled MMO package on...

Hi-Rez’s squad-based multiplayer shooter Rogue Company enters paid beta on EGS

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Last time we peeked in on Rogue Company, the multiplayer shooter coming out of Hi-Rez's internal First Watch Games label, we were given a...

Hello there! Star Wars The Old Republic just officially launched on Steam

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Remember back when EA refused to put much of anything on Steam, lest it compete with its own Origin platform? Those days have fast...
WORK THAT SOUL OR SOMETHING

SoulWorker Anime Legends is available now for mobile devices

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If you really enjoy SoulWorker Online but find yourself frustrated that there are times when you have to be away from your desktop and...

Nexon’s new mobile and PC MMO V4 arrives on July 22 — here’s a panoramic trailer

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Over the course of this past June we've been checking in on V4, a new MMORPG from Nexon arriving to PC and mobile devices...