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SoulWorker Online opens its cash shop

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We already know that SoulWorker Online will not be wiping characters before its full launch, and now we find that the game is going...

Wild West Online revamps its test build from top to bottom

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Following a drawn-out and somewhat inconsistent testing phase, Wild West Online is back with an important message: It's overhauling the game from top to...

RIFT Prime kicks off progression server while Trion reclaims names

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The day is finally here. RIFT Prime, the new progression server that is bringing players back to the core game, has gone live following...

Trion says the original Defiance is NOT being sunset or neglected for Defiance 2050

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We were all pretty stunned when Trion announced Defiance 2050 last week, and indeed, we fired off a round of questions almost immediately. Trion's...
Oh dear.

Latest World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth build adds more Azerite traits, more models, and more text

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The latest build for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth's ongoing alpha test is available, and to the surprise of absolutely no one who...
GOrging.

Project Gorgon is heading to Steam Early Access next week

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Good news, Project Gorgon fans: The game's early access launch on Steam draws ever closer. It is, in fact, astonishingly close right now. There...

Black Desert patches in Black Spirit’s Adventure 2 minigame, anticipates Drieghan region in Korea

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If you found Black Desert's little black spirit dude disconcerting, this week's patch is... not gonna help that. Today's update adds Black Spirit's Adventure...
There's not a lot of nice things to say about ArenaNet lately, so I'm glad to find things.

Guild Wars 2 living season AMA covers maps, PvP, API, bugs, avocado smoothies, the Olmakhan, and more

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With Guild Wars 2's latest living story episode out of the gate, ArenaNet's devs sat for another Reddit AMA. They don't talk much future...

City of Titans’ avatar builder is on display – and it’s pretty awesome

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It has been five years since comic book and City of Heroes fans threw $678,000 at Missing Worlds Media in the hopes of seeing...
Dropping.

Dual Universe launches additional crowdfunding with supporter packs

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Excited for the release of Dual Universe? The game is still planning for a launch this year, but like any ongoing game project, especially...
hooray sorta

Anonymous sources confirm that Diablo III is headed to the Nintendo Switch

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You currently cannot play Diablo III on as many different platforms as you can play, say, Skyrim. But it looks like the number of...

Lord of the Rings Online’s road leads on to Update 22’s Northern Mirkwood

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Out of Mordor and into Mirkwood, that's just the way it goes for the Middle-earth adventurer. With Tuesday's Update 22: Legacy of the Necromancer,...

State of Decay 2 to gnaw lightly on your wallet this May

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The multiplayer sequel to the 4.5 million-copies-sold zombie survival game State of Decay finally has a release date and a price. The good news?...

RuneScape goes deep sea fishing

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Every MMO has fishing. Been there, angled that, am I right? But as of this week, RuneScape has taken this sport to the next...

Albion Online’s upcoming fishing system hopes to reel in casuals and hardcores alike

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Fishing has become a hot topic in MMOs this week, thanks to the likes of RuneScape and Albion Online. The latter will see the...

Gaijin’s space MMO Star Conflict rolls out Journey update tailored to newbies

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I was shocked to realize today just how long it's been since we covered Gaijin's Star Conflict - that's the rather well-loved but under-the-radar...

Go on a first-person tour of War of Rights’ Civil War battlefields

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What would it have been to fight -- and perhaps die -- on one of the famous Civil War battlefields? The multiplayer War of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 160: Defiance ’till the end

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Justin and Bree discuss Sea of Thieves, Defiance 2050, Funcom, Secret World, Guild Wars 2, and Villagers & Heroes, plus new updates in Neverwinter, WoW, Black Desert, and Path of Exile, with a mailbag question on all the MMOs we're looking forward to.

Escape from Tarkov roadmap points to open beta and a more hardcore experience

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With lots to do to get Escape from Tarkov ready for the upcoming open beta test, the development team has jettisoned its plans to...

Revelation Online dishes out birthday presents on its one-year anniversary

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It has already been a full year since the release of Revelation Online in the west on March 6th, 2017, and the game is...