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Atlas’ latest patch is finally live, adding Claim Flag settings and making poop-eating lethal

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Late last night, the latest patch for Grapeshot Games's survival-focused MMO Atlas finally went live after a multi-day delay, bringing with it a pretty monumental...

Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2018

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While we lost several painful MMOs in 2016 and 2015, 2017 was noticeable chiefly because we lost a large number of small MMOs, perhaps signalling a...

No, Funcom is not losing the Conan IP, but it did just invest in a Portuguese studio

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Earlier this week, Marvel's website released a post positively crowing about the "return" of Conan to the ubiquitous superhero label. "Gather 'round, followers of...
Mirror match!

Star Trek Online prepares for new featured episodes in Mirror of Discovery

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The Mirror Universe is exactly like the main universe in Star Trek Online, except it's all evil. You might think that would provide a fairly...

Rangers of Oblivion brings monster-hunting action to mobile devices

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The kill-and-craft subgenre of action-RPG pioneered by Capcom's Monster Hunter series has achieved great popularity as of late, thanks in large part to Monster...

Lord of the Rings Online introduces new raid in Update 23.2, going live today

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Today, Lord of the Rings Online is deploying its latest patch, Update 23.2, which is expected to go live by around noon Eastern time....

Robot Entertainment is shutting down multiple online games, including Orcs Must Die! Unchained

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They weren't big games on MMO websites, but online multiplayer fans will still be sad to see them go: Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Hero...
If you can't stand up, you can't do war.

EVE Online releases its December 2018 economic report

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Forget space adventures, who'd like to look at some spreadsheets? Yes, it's time for the monthly official EVE Online economic report, breaking down all of...
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Trove patches up gem expertise quests in Crystal Combat on PC today and celebrates Renewas

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Trove is due for a wee update today to fix some of the more unfortunate chunks of December's Crystal Combat content release. Gamigo says...

Seize the spoils of war in The Elder Scrolls Online’s Midsummer Madness PvP event

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The drums of war are sounding in The Elder Scrolls Online as the game gears up for its Midsummer Madness PvP event. From Thursday,...

Black Desert is launching a battle royale mode called Shadow Arena as part of a year focused on systems clarity

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Pearl Abyss spent 2018 busy busy busy with its projects, among them Black Desert. To sum all that up and tease the future, Executive...

Co-op ARPG Breach hits early access January 17, with packages live now

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Co-op ARPG Breach was meant to hit early access before the end of 2018, and as it turns out, it'll be only a few...

Closers Online’s fearsome foes add another to their number with Nitocris Rises

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It's typical to be excited when a new class or playable character is added to an MMO, but what about when a big boss...

Star Trek Online introduces account-based progression for its 9th anniversary

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Stuck at the max level without anything meaningful to do in the notoriously slow-to-update Star Trek Online? Cryptic is introducing a whole new account-wide...
Jump around?

TERA releases the Valkyrie class on console, opens the Demon’s Wheel dungeon

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Not content to wait around to ferry the fallen to Valhalla, the Valkyrie has arrived in TERA's console version today. bringing players a new,...
Super, good call.

Ashes of Creation introduces new community manager, promising better communication

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The whole Ashes of Creation issue with the game's website and forums involved no small number of people pointing out that Intrepid Studios is...

The best Massively OP MMO community polls of 2018

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Polls are a quantitative sort of magic that we don’t often get from our other articles - at least when they aren’t being brigaded...
But how bad are we talking, here?

Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.5, A Requiem for Heroes, is live today

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The conclusion of Final Fantasy XIV's expansion story starts today with the launch of patch 4.5, A Requiem for Heroes. Players can log in...
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Overwatch releases a new short story and confirms that yes, Soldier 76 is gay

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Poor Ana, she got a bit short-sold on her own short story. Yes, Overwatch's healing sniper gets her own bit of short fiction, but...

Superhero MMO Ship of Heroes shows off group combat and shopping

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Ship of Heroes just keeps on churning out the content videos! This week's entry in Heroic Games' long list of previews (26 videos and...

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