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Path of Exile’s blast-from-the-past Legion League revamps melee and crushes complexity creep on June 7

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It's time once again to learn about the next big update for Grinding Gear Games' popular MMOARPG, which will launch for the PC on June 7th, 2019, and hit both consoles on June 10th. I enjoyed sitting down with Producer Chris Wilson to learn the ins and outs of expansion 3.7.0, titled Legion.
Doom approaches.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 221: Classic Warcraft flavor

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, City of Heroes, Blade and Soul, Star Trek Online, Square Enix, and Dungeon and Dragons Online, with mailbag topics on how WoW Classic fits into the MMO genre and getting back into City of Heroes.

Rockstar restricts Red Dead Online’s poker minigame due to regional gambling laws

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Last week, Rockstar gave Red Dead Online players the opportunity to settle down with some friendly games of poker, but it would appear that...

Fallout 76 releases another Wild Appalachia patch and clues for what’s in Vault 51

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Some players hoped that Fallout 76 would give some Easter eggs or backstory to some of the people, places, and things from the other...
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Newly announced MMO Eternal Magic has something ‘for the girls’

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Game developer Duoyi and distributor 101XP announced today that they're developing a free-to-play MMORPG that sounds far too good to be true. Eternal Magic,...

SuperData April 2019: WoW and Apex Legends depart the revenue rankings, Hearthstone re-enters

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Oh hey there Superdata, is it time for another run-down of who's screwing up in the games industry this month and who's making money...

City of Heroes: All the public servers we know of, plus Reddit’s launch and Homecoming’s name release

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A new City of Heroes rogue server has joined the chat: Specifically, it's the Reddit-backed server, and it's called Pleiades. It went live at...

Dauntless launches on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and the Epic Games Store with full crossplay functionality

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It's been a long and occasionally bumpy road for Phoenix Labs' free-to-play action-MMORPG Dauntless since it was first announced back in 2016, but after...

The pieces needed to build a WildStar emulator have been posted online

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Have any of you seen the movie Contact? It's a sci-fi film about an alien radio transmission that contains instructions to build an interstellar...

Snag a TERA anniversary gift bundle and celebrate the MMO’s seventh birthday

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It's a big month for TERA: En Masse's flagship MMORPG is in the swing of its 7th anniversary celebrations, and we've got a fun...

Dota 2 paywalls its Avoid Player feature by including it with its Battle Pass

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The nature of the beast in team-based competitive games is this awful notion that frustration with how a match plays out gives one carte...

NetEase and CCP release new EVE Infinite Galaxy mobile MMO trailer

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Back in June and August, CCP Games revealed its next big thing for the EVE universe: a new mobile MMO dubbed EVE Online: Infinite...

Torchlight Frontiers’ new leveling system is deliciously old school

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If you've been away from the Torchlight Frontiers alpha for a while, it might be worth giving this MMOARPG another look this week. Update...

World of Warcraft Classic preps for first major stress test tomorrow

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The gates are about to come down on the World of Warcraft Classic test, as Blizzard reminded players last night that it'll be temporarily...
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Overwatch kicks off its third anniversary celebration on May 21

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It's almost time for another Overwatch anniversary celebration after a year of new heroes, new maps, and about five minutes of forward motion in the...

CD Projekt Red weighs in on crunch as Cyberpunk 2077 development gears up

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Development crunch is a hot-button topic in the gaming industry these days, and the latest studio to take a stance on the matter is...
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Apex Legends’ latest patch is all about sounds and hit detection

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Is Apex Legends just too darn loud? The game's next patch is out today, and one of the things that it's doing is just turning...

Worlds Adrift’s May update improves the Blight, knowledge, and ship storage

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It's been a few months since we checked in on Worlds Adrift, the early access MMO sandbox. MMO players will recall that back in...
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Camelot Unchained’s ability builder puts the power of choice in your hands

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Are you melee, magic, or archery? You'll have to choose when you step into Camelot Unchained's world, because these three paths will lead you...

Revelation Online is dropping a huge endgame dungeon in Heaven and Earth on May 27

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Revelation Online is moving heaven and earth - literally. Its next big patch is dubbed Heaven and Earth, and it's launching next week on...

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