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Blockchain sandbox EVE Frontier’s next test challenges players to find artifacts starting November 7

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CCP Games' hungry hungry blockchain hippo EVE Frontier already announced plans for its next playtest to begin early this month, but now we have...

Myth of Empires confirms Season 3’s launch November 8, teases Persia DLC’s spider caves

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It's all about the future for Myth of Empires in both the near and long-term, as the MMO survival sandbox is readying to begin...

Dev studio ProbablyMonsters cancels its Battle Barge project and lays off 50 workers

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The hits keep on coming in regards to layoffs in the games industry. This time around we're reporting on a layoff of 50 workers...

The revived Jade Dynasty World plans Chinese open beta for next month

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Step with us into the official MOP Timeline Cruiser for a brief recap of Jade Dynasty. This Chinese-themed MMO took its last breath in 2018...

Ubisoft’s NFT battler Champions Tactics was broken to the point of unplayability over the weekend

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Near the end of October, Ubisoft's NFT figurine PvP battler Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles quietly made its full release with almost no amount of...

Smilegate’s new survivalbox IfSunSets hits early access on Steam tomorrow

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Smilegate is continuing to stick its fingers into many pies - that's not meant to sound naughty, we swear - with the full reveal...

Star Citizen sees sales dip by a significant margin for the month of October

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It's long been suggested, both by simple observation and direct developer reports that Star Citizen needs to keep the backer cash flowing in order...

Lord of the Rings Online offers a final video preview of this week’s Legacy of Morgoth

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It's launch week for Lord of the Rings Online's latest expansion, which means it's your last opportunity to study up on what's coming in...

Ashes of Creation’s alpha two is underway as players tried to murder their own game director

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The time has come at long, long, long last for ravenous fans of Ashes of Creation as the PvP MMORPG officially kicked off weekend...

Riot Games promises that it’s still ‘working hard’ on the Riot MMORPG

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Back in March, Riot Games decided that its in-development and unnamed MMORPG would need to reset its design direction and go radio silent for...

MMO Week in Review: Ascendancy, Horizons, and U44

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It was a surprisingly big patch week for the MMORPG genre: Elder Scrolls Online pushed out Update 44, Elite Dangerous launched its Ascendancy patch,...

Astra Knights of Veda brings a new character, new progression, and new items in its second season

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Back in July we remarked how it might surprise people that the 2-D mobile and PC gacha "MORPG" ASTRA: Knights of Veda had made...

The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite invites you to step into a painting

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Torchlight Infinite's sixth season, The Frozen Canvas, arrived with a new character and a mechanic centered around painting and canvases: "As these paintings are...

The studio behind Kickstarted MMO Past Fate releases a co-op survival side project called Tuonela

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Generally, when a development studio elects to release a second side project while still working on a primary game, especially a Kickstarted MMO, that...

Bethsoft’s Elder Scrolls Legends will sunset on January 30 after five years in maintenance mode

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It's been quite a while since the PC and mobile collectible card game Elder Scrolls Legends crossed our desk, but that would make sense...

Grand Theft Auto Online previews December’s garment factory content patch

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While mention of a garment factory typically doesn't generate a lot of enthusiasm, Grand Theft Auto Online bets that it can do just that...
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Stars Reach moves its pre-alpha testing from single worlds to multiple worlds

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The first thing to note is that Stars Reach, if you hadn't know this, takes place in space. The second thing to note once...

Pantheon extends pre-early access testing through December 1, with ‘record numbers’ showing up

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With under two months to go until Pantheon launches into early access, you would think that studio Visionary Realms would be going all-out with...
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World of Warcraft’s Patch 11.0.7 may be coming sooner than you think

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With World of Warcraft's Patch 11.0.7 and its Siren Isle in testing, there's a lot of speculation and curiosity over when Blizzard is scheduling...
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Betawatch: Path of Exile 2 delays its early access thanks to demons of the database

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Look, I have to ask: Does Path of Exile 2 have a whole lot of demons in it? I haven't really played the game,...