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Wanna feel old? Ultima Online launched 21 years ago today

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Ultima Online is officially old enough to drink. It's older than I was when I first started playing it all those years ago! Yep, the...

Black Desert Online will launch its Drieghan expansion in the West on November 14th

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This November, a new expansion is coming to Pearl Abyss's sandbox MMO Black Desert Online. The expansion, titled Drieghan, will release on November 14th...
You can apparently touch this.

Defiance 2050 launches new Crusader class with its next update on October 15th

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The next major update for Defiance 2050 is dubbed Trouble in Paradise, and among its additions is a new class for whom it is...

Star Citizen Evocati leaks show just what’s coming in next month’s 3.3 alpha

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Star Citizen's 3.3 alpha just released to the Evocati testers, but it's under NDA, so there's nothing to talk about... Haha just kidding. Reddit is...

World of Warcraft is buffing tank and healer Azerite traits, making PvP balance changes

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This week's regularly scheduled World of Warcraft maintenance is bringing with it a number of tuning adjustments focused on tank and healer Azerite traits....

Guild Wars 2: Belgian players report gem-buying block, plus more on the bubble tea bans

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If you're a Belgian gamer, you should probably take a peek at your Guild Wars 2 account. Multiple Redditors and forumgoers from the country...
Doot doot?

Neverwinter issues a ban wave in response to a well-known exploit

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Sometimes bugs and exploits can take a while to get yanked. Neverwinter had one on consoles that was known about back on September 12th,...

Bethesda grants terminally ill 12-year-old’s wish to play Fallout 76

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Go ahead and get some tissues handy, 'cause we've got a heartwarming tale of gaming goodness for you. According to a recent article published...
It looks like a rather familiar world.

New World has indeed started its alpha testing with a small group of players

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Last week it was clear that New World had started sending its alpha invites, but there was not yet an actual alpha to test....

Torchlight Frontiers posts Milestone 13 post-mortem, discusses development progress and new features

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The team at Echtra Games has been hard at work and recently completed Milestone 13 for its upcoming Torchlight Frontiers. In the milestone post-mortem...

MMO Week in Review: World of Warcraft’s bribes are just too good

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World of Warcraft pulled out all the stops this week, announcing stuff you might have thought would be saved for BlizzCon, including the Tides...

War Thunder’s Update 1.81 introduces helicopters and adds new tanks, aircraft, and maps

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Cue Flight of the Valkyries (or Fortunate Son, as you prefer) because helicopters have arrived in Gaijin Entertainment's free-to-play vehicular combat game War Thunder....

The MOP Up: Diablo III kicks off its 15th season, Telltale Games is slammed with layoffs

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You're already late to the party, what with Diablo III kicking off its 15th season this past Friday! No worries, you can still catch...

Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained works on Mages, the WoW Diary is about to Kickstart

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained has been working on everything from earrings to pathfinding, though the effort on Mages is probably going...

Sea of Thieves weekly dev update addresses Forsaken Shores delay

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Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate is back for another weekly developer update, and this time it's all about -- you guessed it...

Former BioWare GM joins SpatialOS creator Improbable

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According to a recent article published by Gamasutra, British tech company Improbable has hired former BioWare General Manager Aaryn Flynn to help expand its...

Ankama’s WAVEN brings Wakfu-style combat to mobile and PC

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Last week, we looked at Ankama's year-end update video and what the studio has in store for its major titles, Wakfu and Dofus. What...

SoulWorker update introduces the new and challenging Primal Raid

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A brand-new challenge awaits players of Gameforge's anime-action MMO SoulWorker, as its latest update introduced the new Primal Raid. Billed in the official press...

Star Wars Galaxies emulator Empire in Flames is launching its post-Endor PvP system

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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about my return to Star Wars Galaxies on the Legends server, an NGE emulator for...
Drift-slidin' away.

Betawatch: Worlds Adrift gets a new experience for PvE and tutorials

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Are you a fan of Worlds Adrift but hate having any PvP in your mixture? Good news, then, you can go check out the...

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