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Go treasure hunting in Revelation Online’s Karstwald

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If you follow Revelation Online at all, one thing you will notice is that the game continues to post spotlight articles on different systems,...

Project Genom is finally implementing questing and begins work on weather

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Early access sci-fi MMO Project Genom has a dev team update that's bigger than it first appears. "The first small quest appeared on the...

Escape from Tarkov adds a small arsenal, eyes open beta, and celebrates Halloween

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What happens when you take a city full of trigger-happy mercs and toss in even more weapons and instruments of destruction? Escape from Tarkov...

So here’s what’s going on with EVE Valkyrie now that CCP’s downsized

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Yesterday, MOP's Brendan reported on the startling news that CCP Games, long known for its flagship MMORPG sandbox EVE Online and more recently known...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 142: The state of the sci-fi MMO genre

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Justin and Bree discuss SWTOR, Destiny 2, RIFT, CCP's studio closures, Warframe, and Star Citizen's CitizenCon, with tidbits on Guild Wars 2, Trove, Secret World Legends, LOTRO, WoW, and BlizzCon, and a mailbag question on the future of traditional MMORPGs.
Try it out.

Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris brings Mercury, a level cap increase, and another Firefly actor

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Ready for Destiny 2's next big thing? You have about a month to prepare. Curse of Osiris, the first major post-launch content update for the sci-fi...
Stop asking me what is best in life, I answered that.

Conan Exiles is giving Conan himself a facelift – to make him look younger

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Funcom's latest Conan Exiles newsletter is short and sweet and a week behind, but there are still a few tidbits worth sharing, including an...

Life is Feudal’s Nightfall trailer is properly creepy for Halloween

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We're down to the wire on new Halloween celebrations in MMOs; indeed, some of them are already over thanks to patch schedules! But that's...

Fortnite devs focus on performance issues following 811K weekend concurrency

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If you struggled to play Fortnite this weekend, you're not alone, and Epic Games is on the case. "The Battle Bus had 811K concurrent...

MapleStory players have rolled 273 million characters since 2003

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Can you believe MapleStory is 12 years old? I had to double-check it myself. In fact, it's older than 12, though it's 12 here...
My spleen!

Worlds Adrift gifts players with a spooky costume

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Do skellys turn your legs to jelly? You might want to give Worlds Adrift a wide berth this Halloween season, then. The dev team treated...

Star Trek Online tells a scary story for Halloween

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Despite its utopian idealism, Star Trek isn't a stranger to the occasional scary tale or horror-themed outing. Captains in Star Trek Online have faced...

Indie MMO Project Gorgon gets its Halloween on

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Project Gorgon isn't going to let a little thing like "being in alpha" stop it from indulging in the greatest monster-themed holiday of the...

Chronicles of Elyria makes a case for an unique MMO world — with undergarments

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Still a little confused about what Chronicles of Elyria is trying to do that we haven't seen before? The dev team has put together...

Ship of Heroes reveals its Dark Magic Blast powerset just in time for Halloween

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If you're missing the Halloween flair of City of Heroes today as I am, maybe point your eyeballs at Ship of Heroes instead. This...
Wait for it.

DC Universe Online is shutting down PlayStation 3 support in 2018

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The official announcement is titled "Changes coming to DC Universe Online for PlayStation 3," but it's really just one change for DC Universe Online....
Whooops.

The Daily Grind: Should video game developers unionize?

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The New York Times ran an op-ed from Kotaku editor Jason Schreier last week outlining the perils of game industry "crunch": 80-to-100-hour weeks, often...
Jaina;'s caught her head on the crusher.

BlizzCon 2017 is almost here, and the lineup is set

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Guess what, folks: It's almost that time again. BlizzCon 2017 is almost here, featuring all the stuff Blizzard has to discuss about World of...

World of Warships comes to Steam November 15, but you can’t use your Wargaming account

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Here's a round of good news, bad news for World of Warship fans. While Wargaming's naval battler is finally heading to Steam on November...

Building MMO Boundless reaches 181 updates while still in early access

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Whether or not you have forgotten that Boundless (formerly Oort Online) even existed, this voxel-based building MMO has been steadily churning out updates in...

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