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Gamers played a Star Citizen web game to earn a chance at a medical ship variant

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Players who would like to roleplay the fantasy of being a high-tech emergency medical rescue service can get their chance with Star Citizen's Apollo...

World of Warcraft’s newest cinematic shows a Horde deeply divided

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With World of Warcraft players deeply divided on the build-up to Battle for Azeroth -- especially in light of a recent war crime committed...

MMO Community Roundup: Battle for Azeroth bookclub, Secret World fashion show, Ashes of Creation map investigation, and RuneScape Classic preservation

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The communities for MMORPGs are what keep these games vibrant and awesome, and today we want to shine a spotlight on various projects and...

RuneScape gives away a ton of free stuff through Twitch Prime

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Jagex is revving up one of its biggest RuneScape promotions in recent memory. From now through September 6th, anyone with access to Twitch Prime...

AdventureQuest 3D readies an epic pirate vs. ninja showdown

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Are we really just a month away from September already? That means that there is practically no time to get in our International Talk...
Dryad!

Hearthstone’s update 12 is live as Blizzard lowers class card appearances in the Arena

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Hearthstone's update 12 is live today, along with the Arena changes the devs explained yesterday. "This Hearthstone Update charges the nether coils as we get ready...

Lineage II is launching Etina’s Fate update on August 22, retooling the exp grind curve

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Lineage II! The original! Well, the original sequel. It's getting an update! In three weeks! "The next major update for Lineage II and the conclusive...
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Crowfall explains its new capture system with outposts

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As you roam through the world of Crowfall, there will be various points of interest. Sometimes they'll be obvious resource nodes, yes, but sometimes...

Revelation Online plans to join the Steam parade

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Not wanting to be left out of the party -- and the expected profits -- of joining up with Steam, Revelation Online has announced...

Closers Online decks players out in sizzling cybernetic fashion, hands out free goodies

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There really isn't an MMO out there that embraces its anime nature more than Closers, gratuitous swimsuit poses and all. And when there's a...
WE GO TOGETHER

Stardew Valley finally rolls out its multiplayer mode

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After a long, long build up to this moment, it is finally here: Stardew Valley has multiplayer, it's live, and you can enjoy it...
I want noisemakers.

BioWare explains more about Anthem’s split between MMO and single-player portions

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Is Anthem a single-player game or an open-world MMO? The short answer is that it's both, but the split is a bit different from...

MMO Business Roundup: Steam activity in decline, Sea of Thieves hits 5M players, MapleStory M downloaded 3M times

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Time for a quick-and-dirty roundup of some industry news that appeals to the numerologists among our reading audience! We'll start with a look at Steam,...

Conan Exiles releases Jewel of the West pack, teases upcoming pet patch

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Nobody tell MJ about this Conan Exiles update because we'll never see her again - she'll just be logged in there playing with all...
Hunt that moon, you crazy weirdos.

The Elder Scrolls Online details the monsters of Moon Hunter Keep

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The inhabitants of Moon Hunter Keep in The Elder Scrolls Online do not, in fact, hunt the moon. They hunt werewolves, which is also...

Tabloid muckracking, moral panic, and the mainstream media’s fuss over Fortnite coaching

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With every huge online game, there's an accompanying rush of mainstream fuss over it - it's in the rules. For example, Polygon has a piece...
lol

Riot Games continues to tease the possibility of an MMORPG

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What is Riot Games up to these days? The League of Legends studio is intentionally stirring up community interest over its future plans, first...
It only became real very recently.

Ex-World of Warcraft Lead Chris Metzen urges fans ‘don’t panic’ over the current storyline

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It's been a fun week watching the World of Warcraft community freak, rage, and despair over the latest chapter of the Battle for Azeroth...
Cluster of stuff.

EVE Online is hard at work on fixing downtime and mitigating DDOS attacks

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All of the balance changes in the world won't help EVE Online players if the game's servers are down, and considering that the game...
Play it cool, boy, real cool.

Blade & Soul launches a frozen event dungeon to keep you cool for the summer

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If you want to stay cool in Blade and Soul for the summer, you're going to have to get cool. The summer event that's...

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