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People who want shamrock riding boards one, everyone else, a million.

Skyforge offers players a shamrock riding board for St. Patrick’s Day

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The vast majority of MMOs don't even celebrate St. Patrick's Day, which means that Skyforge marking the occasion would already mean that it was...
How it all works.

Crowfall might put your head on a stick

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Haven't lived up to your potential? Suffered the wrath of your enemies and paid the price for your folly? You could very well end...
I AM NOT SPECCED TO BE ON FIRE

OrbusVR previews the talent system for its classes

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When you first choose your class in OrbusVR, you have four options. The new talent system coming to the game also gives you four...

Ascent: The Space Game is close to pushing out a new patch and client after switching engines

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Back in January, we expressed concern for the brilliant one-man space indie sandbox MMORPG called Ascent: The Space Game (not to be confused with...

Ever, Jane eyes a new update, overhauls forums and website

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We haven't checked in with pre-eminent roleplaying MMORPG Ever, Jane in a long time - since last summer, in fact - but the game,...

Stardew Valley multiplayer development progresses, includes horse hats for some reason

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Doesn't it feel as if it's been half of forever since Stardew Valley was supposed to pick up official multiplayer, thereby finally becoming a...

Black Desert’s Xbox One teaser site is live ahhhhh

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Hey, Xbox One players. You're gonna like this. Black Desert's Xbox One port is happening. I mean, we knew that, yes. But now it's...

Black Desert patches in Rabam’s Enlightenment, new PvP modes, and St Patrick’s Day events

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The Enlightment has come to Black Desert today - Rabam's Enlightenment, that is. And only the first phase, as explained in the patch notes. "Players...

Interview: ArcheAge 4.5 Legends Return launches April 5th with dragon taming and fresh start servers

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If I were to tell you that ArcheAge's next big update is launching next month, you'd tell me that it's too soon. And we'd...
In summary, do better.

Monster Hunter World’s first patch is all about balance adjustments for weaponry

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The first major patch for Monster Hunter World is arriving on March 16th, and thankfully it will include a new monster to fight in...

Pantheon on mismatched newbie armor and open-world dungeons

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This month's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen newsletter is stuffed with images, thanks to features on gear creation and dungeons. Over on the armor...

TERA’s Male Brawler is here, as are free character slots

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Feel like punching something hard in the face? Then get over to TERA, where the Male Brawler has joined his female counterpart in the...

SWTOR devs walk you through the selling points of Update 5.8

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Ready for Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 5.8's arrival next week? It's OK if not, because the developers are here to bring you...

Blade & Soul’s Fire & Blood update is making hardmode dungeons worth your while

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So what's in Blade & Soul's Fire & Blood patch next week, other than way too many ampersands that our CMS can't properly parse?...

PUBG, TERA, and A:IR company Bluehole has gone on a shopping spree

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South Korea's Bluehole has been busy as the rise of PUBG has filled its coffers. It partnered with Tencent. It's been hiring for TERA's...

Spellsworn launches, goes free-to-play

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Watched the new Fantastic Beasts trailer and felt the deep pull of wizards and spells pull at you once more? You may be able...

Google and Ubisoft are working on a multiplayer open source server

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The next time you play an online game, you might have Google to thank for handling the heavy lifting. The tech giant announced that...
They're big, you see.

Final Fantasy XI brings in new Dynamis and relic reforging

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The newest update to Final Fantasy XI means the end of the game's Dynamis - Divergence areas with the addition of Jeuno, thus allowing...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 161: Project power

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Justin and Bree discuss RIFT Prime, Trove, Project C, Project Gorgon, H1Z1, The Division 2, Guild Wars 2, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on mimicking Minecraft's business model and playing the good stuff while you still can.
You have so many options, giving one more away won't kill ya.

Warframe celebrates five years and 38 million players

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Warframe continues to defy expectations for online gaming playerbase sizes. A year ago, it boasted 30M registered players. As of today, it's up to 38M....

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