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Journey to the ruins of a fallen empire in Grim Dawn’s Forgotten Gods expansion this March

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Over the years since its release, OARPG Grim Dawn has taken players across the apocalyptic fantasy world of Cairn and to the sinister, haunted Fallen...

The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends

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If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s spaceports and alpha 3.5, Spycursion’s Kickstarter

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped a nifty Around the Verse that focuses on the Area18 spaceport. Remember the demo video CIG...
Blade and Soul, thoughts are all like butterflies, yeah.

Blade & Soul shows off the new talent system for Destroyers, Blade Masters, and Summoners

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When the next update for Blade & Soul arrives, players will be able to start specializing their characters through the use of the new talent...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator celebrates third birthday with a quest for cake

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Look, folks, some MMOs have been sunsetted for so long, their emulators are celebrating big birthdays. Such is the case for Star Wars Galaxies...

Atlas signals an incoming official server wipe along with a major milestone update

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Hope you didn't get too comfortable in Atlas' early access, because these pirates are getting ready to swab the decks clean. And by that...

MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite’s lockbox lawsuit, Riot’s diversity boss, Take-Two’s stock, Acti-Blizz’s investor warning

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Business business business! What's on the weekend agenda? Oh heck, let's just throw Fortnite, lockboxes, and a lawsuit in one sentence. It's like catnip. Fortnite's...
Betacular.

Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades gets a closed beta before early access

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It always seemed like things along the way to launch could head down the route of early access or beta testing. But no, it seems The...

Dungeon Fighter Online posts its first major update of 2019

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Color me surprised that this one suddenly blipped on the radar. Dungeon Fighter Online has kicked out a pretty sizeable update: the first act...
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Final Fantasy XI starts bonus item campaigns on March 11

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Who likes getting extra stuff? Most Final Fantasy XI players, let's be real. So the good news for the game's upcoming campaigns starting on March...
Those are not prongs.

Shroud of the Avatar has improved its quality of life and offers pronged weapons with release 63

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The latest patch for Shroud of the Avatar is all about prongs. Well, partly about prongs, anyhow; the new three-pronged one-handed spears are out with...

Neverwinter dev diaries detail Paladin and Cleric changes coming with Undermountain

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As Neverwinter gears up for the release of Undermountain, more and more information continues to trickle out about the huge changes that it will...
None of my salesmen has ever sold a car.

Population Zero begins first founder alpha today with building mechanics trailer

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Happy alpha day for Population Zero! The crafting-centric survival MMO is launching its first alpha event today, specifically testing the faction-change quest system, mutation...

Blizzard posts update on WoW Classic, implies it’s still launching this summer

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Earlier this week, in discussing other positions we'd like to hire extra writers for later this year, we fell on the topic of World...
It's not quite so much of a model after all.

Camelot Unchained now boasts a record 5100 bots and humans in a single battle

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Camelot Unchained's City State Entertainment has posted its monthly newsletter today, and it's big news indeed: The studio's just hit 5100 ARCs (autonomous remote...

Chronicles of Elyria’s latest community letter promises production update, title transfers, and more

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Chronicles of Elyria's February newsletter rolled out last night to fans and backers, and it's primarily focused on goings-on in the community, but there are...

Elite Dangerous has shifted the ‘majority’ of its live team to what sounds like a massive 2020 expansion

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Last August, Frontier intimidated that it was shaking up how content in Elite Dangerous would be formatted in 2019, including a "major milestone" for...

Daybreak is rearranging and hopefully salvaging Player Studio, its player designer program

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It looks as if Daybreak has fresh plans for Player Studio, the nifty system that allowed players to create and submit in-game content for...

EverQuest II’s GU109 Mischief and Mayhem launches March 16 in time for EverQuest’s 20th birthday

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GU109 is coming to EverQuest II! Dubbed Mischief and Mayhem, the update is promising everything from dungeon content to crafting. The dungeon is really...
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Legends of Aria shores up bugs in new update, picks up new community manager

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Legends of Aria has two shiny new things this week: a new patch and a new community manager. "My approach to community management is this...

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