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Jack Emmert isn’t sure Daybreak will publish his next MMO, says DCUO is as big as it was four years ago

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In January, Daybreak finally announced the fruits of its "realignment" that we'd been covering since last summer: It was splitting off new substudios for...

Minecraft-built sandbox MMORPG Hegemony officially releases on February 22

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Last August, we cast a spotlight on Hegemony, a classic sandbox MMORPG being built entirely within Minecraft. Now, after some considerable work, it's finally...

Turn-based online RPG Eden Falling resurfaces with new updates and over $1.3 million in funding

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Update: Razor Edge Games' claim to funding has been disputed by a representative of the investors and the studio has clarified the nature of...

Multiplayer-optional ARPG Wolcen just launched on Steam with a huge day-one patch

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It's not an MMO, but you might want Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem on your wish-list anyway. It's a new ARPG from WOLCEN Studio, clearly...
Leashes? We don't need no stinkin'... oh, never mind.

Bless Unleashed launches on March 12, founder pack purchases are live

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We can no longer make jokes about Bless Unleashed not having a proper launch date, it seems, because the game's official launch has been announced...

Grab a Hunter’s Arena: Legends Steam closed beta key from Massively OP

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What do you get when you cross a MOBA with a battle royale and infuse it with gorgeous graphics from South Korea? Hunter's Arena:...

Black Desert’s standalone battle royale title Shadow Arena enters closed beta on February 27

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Can a game really get a second chance to make a first impression? We may well find out once Shadow Arena, the standalone battle...

Cthulu-based horror MMO Yellow King has officially entered early access

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Who's ready for a touch of far-reaching, dimension-shaking horror that's so potent simply looking upon it will induce madness? Then you might be ready...

Apex Legends is getting a mobile version for the Chinese market

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Mobile gaming and breaking into the Chinese gaming market (however lucrative that may or may not be) are still going to be things that...

Mobile MMORPG Dragon Raja announces global release date of February 27

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We had an inkling Dragon Raja was coming westward sooner rather and later, especially when it dropped on Google Play prereg last December. While...
But slightly different.

Hi-Rez Studios spins off another new studio, Prophecy Games

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We've all been a bit fixated on some other studio break-up antics, but it's time to give a tip of the hat to Hi-Rez Studios,...

Not So Massively: Meet the new Torchlight, same as the old Torchlight

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Last week brought the bombshell announcement that the MMOARPG Torchlight: Frontiers has been rebooted as simply Torchlight III, a more traditional ARPG with single-player...
Please come out here and please be good.

English localization for MMO Blue Protocol suggests a westward push after all as alpha NDA drops

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While it's not an official announcement of a western release, the news that Bandai Namco is reportedly on the lookout for an English localization...

Interview: Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs just announced a new game called Colossus

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Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment has been teasing something big for a while now. This morning, CSE's Mark Jacobs told backers to tune...
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Astellia Online is working on a fix for the Steam DLC configuration that’s making refunds impossible

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If you tried to pick up Astellia Online on Steam yesterday for its launch, you like noticed a few things. First, Steam was struggling...

Interview: Barunson on the state of Astellia Online as it launches on Steam today

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Astellia Online was big news throughout 2019, as Barunson sought to bring the South Korean MMORPG westward but with careful attention paid to so-called...

Hardcore MMORPG Astaria hits Steam early access today [Update: Nope, delayed again]

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So here's a funny coincidence: Astaria is launching today on Steam! And Astellia is also launching today on Steam! This couldn't go wrong at...

Blizzard revamps and rereleases Warcraft III Reforged today

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Nobody tell my husband, but Blizzard is officially dropping Warcraft III Reforged today, so you can relive your real-time strategy childhoods all over again....
Yeah, it's never happening.

Phantasy Star Online 2’s North American Xbox One beta begins February 7

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Get out your "it's happening" gifs or maybe just your "thank goodness, some good news today" signs: Sega formally put a date on Phantasy...

The Survivalist: So Funcom’s DUNE will be a survival game, not an MMO

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Remember back in February of last year when we learned that Funcom inked an exclusive deal for at least three games based on Frank...