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Crowfall’s November ACE Q&A delves into monumental 5.8 update

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November is looking to be a pretty big month for Crowfall. In addition to making a slew of recent improvements, such as the recently...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Clockwork City Celebration begins next week

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Do you like clockwork? Do you like cities? And do you like celebrations? If you answered yes to those questions, then boy, does The...
Asplode

Kritika Online patches in more danger, better weapons, and a hunt for turkey

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Darn bosses took your turkey in Kritika Online! Who steals your turkey? Clearly, there's only one way to handle this, and that's by dispensing...

EVE Online details Onslaught’s new Abyssal Deadspace content and activity tracker feature

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Earlier this week, CCP Games announced that EVE Online's winter update, Onslaught, will be going live on November 13th, bringing with it a slew...
THE BOX OF LOCKS

MMO Business Roundup: Japanese lockboxes, POGO and Square Enix financials, and Prima’s end

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"The Good Times Are Over for Japan’s Loot-Box-Style Gaming Bonanza" - that's the brutal headline plonked onto this week's Bloomberg report on Japanese lockboxes....

You’re going to want to play new indie MMO One Hour One Life for a lot more than one hour

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Looking for something new and interesting to cap off your Friyay? Swing by Steam and take a peek at One Hour One Life. It's...
The string of capitalized names is an affront.

Gamigo promises ‘new content on a regular basis’ for ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, Defiance, Atlas Reactor

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Players still awaiting more details on what's happening to their MMORPGs following Gamigo's buyout of Trion Worlds' assets have finally received a blanket announcement,...

Star Citizen is delaying quite a bit of alpha 3.4 into 3.5 to make its December goal – including female toons

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Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Chris Roberts are back with another episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse - with good news and bad...
This is the world we live in.

Black Desert Online shows off the Drieghan region arriving November 14

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It's not long now before players will get to explore the region of Drieghan in Black Desert Online in the localized version of the...
He's not even supposed to be here today.

Tencent is pulling back its marketing budget in response to China’s ongoing game freeze

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Tencent has not been weathering the Chinese game block very well. Sure, the company has been doing its best, but a 28% stock drop...

Torchlight Frontiers’s first closed alpha test will start November 16th

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November is going to be a milestone month for Echtra Games's upcoming action-RPG Torchlight Frontiers, as the studio has announced that the game's first...

Warframe’s Fortuna update is live on PC with a new zone, new activities, and totally rad hoverboards

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There's been a lot of hype in the lead-up to Warframe's Fortuna update, including a full-blown ARG in which players were tasked with decoding...
Uh...huh.

The Daily Grind: Are you hostile to mobile MMORPGs?

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Happy Friday. Let's talk mobile. MMORPG players in particular run along a certain demographic that does not align well with mobile. Oh, sure, we have...

Elite Dangerous updates Beyond: Chapter Four beta build, announces Extra Life event plans

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It's the second week of beta testing for the next update to Frontier Developments's online space sim Elite Dangerous, Beyond: Chapter Four, and this...
Remember, he's bigger and stronger than you, but you're smaller and weaker!

Albion Online previews Arena and Faction Warfare changes in upcoming Nimue update

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Albion Online's upcoming Nimue update will not, despite being named after the mythical Lady of the Lake, allow you to wield supreme executive power...

MapleStory 2’s Chaos Rising update brings Chaos Raids and Thanksgiving events

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Starting today, MapleStory 2 players can celebrate the arrival of November with the two things that truly define the month: turkey and unmitigated chaos....
Now my stats are good!

Activision-Blizzard Q3 2018: Activision Blizzard revenue dips, WoW Battle for Azeroth did well

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It's probably a good thing for Activision Blizzard that its third quarter financials cut off at the end of September, given that its stock...

Red Dead Redemption 2 shipped more boxes in eight days than Red Dead Redemption sold in eight years

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It's been a hot minute since we talked about Red Dead Redemption 2, which launched last month in a flurry of "best game evers"...

Another e-thug responsible for DDOSing SOE years back is brought to justice

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Hey, remember a few years ago when there was a new Lizard Squad article like every month, thanks to the fact that the e-thug...
Well, it's just a phase.

World of Warcraft Classic demo extended through the weekend

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BlizzCon 2018 may be over, but virtual ticket holders have still been digging into the World of Warcraft Classic demo. Although the demo was...

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