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Nexon’s ‘next-gen’ mobile MMO AxE: Alliance vs Empire is coming westward ‘soon this year’

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Nexon is fairly well known for being one of the most prolific developers of MMOs in the industry, and today the studio announced that...
I'll be dead soon

Electronic Arts cancels its untitled open-world Star Wars game

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Remember that open-world Star Wars game that Electronic Arts' Vancouver studio was working on after the company closed down the previous studio that had...
Swish.

Project Gorgon’s latest update features more robust zombies, skill-training changes

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When it comes to cheap labor, you really can't beat zombies in terms of pure value, but sometimes that whole being dead thing makes...

Steam is rolling out better store discoverability, mobile chat, and library improvements in 2019

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Valve is surely feeling a bit frazzled over Epic and Discord's power plays in the last few months, but you wouldn't know it from...

Two months later, classic Ingress has better reviews than the buggy Ingress Prime reboot

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When Niantic rebooted Ingress as Ingress Prime back in November, it was after a year of work effectively porting the classic MMOARPG to Pokemon Go's...

Elder Scrolls Online will launch Elsweyr and Necromancer in June, Wrathstone DLC in February

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ZeniMax has just revealed that Elsweyr, homeland of the Khajiit, is indeed Elder Scrolls Online's next chapter. The devs kicked off their stream with...
Oopsies.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 204: SpatialOS spasms

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Justin and Bree discuss the Unity vs. SpatialOS showdown, the Destiny 2 Activision split and investigation, Elite's massive event, big updates for Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, and LOTRO, plus our adventures in ESO, LOTRO, SWG, and DDO, and reader mail on games that don't click with you, the MMOs we'd like to see built, and video game eyeballs.
Mobile spreadsheets.

EVE Online’s first release of the year is really smashing rocks

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You move 16 tons (of asteroids), what do you get? Another hour of skill training and a whole lot of destroyed asteroids, plus a...
I AM SO GREAT! *clap* I AM SO GREAT!

World of Warcraft outlines the item reward changes arriving in the game next week

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Next week sees the opening of a new raid in World of Warcraft on Normal and Heroic difficulties, which means you'll be getting some more...

Camelot Unchained recaps reabilitation, trebuchets, dances, and ongoing testing

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The Friday updated for Camelot Unchained wasn't actually posted until Monday, but hey, we'll take it, am I right? City State Entertainment's Tyler Rockwell...
Leashes? We don't need no stinkin'... oh, never mind.

Bless Unleashed is still happening in 2019 – here’s the latest class trailer

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Did you forget Bless Unleashed was still happening this year? Because it is! Bandai Namco and Neowiz announced the new game last year, and...
Hooray, no shouting LFG for hours, that's enticing.

Anthem promises matchmaking for all of its content

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We don't yet know all of the content that will be available for Anthem, as previews thus far have showed off open-world questing and the...
A jetpack could have prevented this.

Orange Shirt Kid joins the legal battle over Fortnite dances as Epic reintroduces glider re-deploys

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The epic saga of Epic Games's legal battles over Fortnite dance emotes continues as the mother of the player popularly known as Orange Shirt...

Interview: Astellia’s western team on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early access and battle royale

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Yesterday we covered the news that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity classes, solid PvE and...
Vendi ad me frat

Final Fantasy XIV launches Blue Mage into the spotlight today

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It's time to say the words that everyone in a party wants to hear in Final Fantasy XIV: "Don't kill this guy yet, wait for...

The Bungie-Activision split could herald tough times ahead for Destiny 2

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Following last week's announcement that Bungie would be cutting its business ties with Activision and taking sole control of Destiny 2, fans and players...
Oops?

The Pinkertons are taking Take-Two to court over Red Dead Redemption 2

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Strange lawsuits aren't exactly uncommon within the gaming industry, but this one might just be the weirdest so far -- this year, at any...

The Daily Grind: When was the last time an MMO actually lived up to its trailer hype?

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The Guild Wars 2 subreddit was marveling this past weekend over the fact that the original Guild Wars 2 teaser trailer is coming up...

Age of Conan players kill 1.5 million mobs for a fancy cloak

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The blood is still flowing hot and fast on Age of Conan's Saga of Blood server. The special ruleset shard, which went live last...

PSA: Make sure you log in to get your free DC Universe Online CR210 character booster

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Daybreak's superhero MMO DC Universe Online is currently in the midst of its eighth anniversary celebrations, complete with the new event Attack of the...

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