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RIFT team tackles Prime server Q&A

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Have questions about next month's RIFT Prime server? You and everyone else, buddy. With the rapid rollout of the progression server ruleset, Trion Worlds...

Astroneer’s latest update adds basebuilding mechanics to the space sandbox

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Oh, Astroneer. You sit on my Steam wish list, tempting me to break my "no early access games" rule every month. And here it...
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Dark and Light is unveiling a new update timeline in March

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Last week's patch for Dark and Light was delayed, following the patch from the week before also being delayed. What's going on? According to...

Grim Dawn rolls out brand-new Ancient Grove dungeon and teases ‘major announcement’ for next week

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Patch 1.0.5.0 rolled out to OARPG Grim Dawn last week, and it's a pretty big one headlined by a brand-new Ancient Grove dungeon in...
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Neverwinter details the hunts of the Lost City of Omu

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Yo dawg, we heard you like hunting monsters, so we put some monsters to hunt in Neverwinter so you could hunt monsters while not...

The Repopulation is working on a new starter island and combat targeting

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Let's get caught up on The Repopulation, shall we? Last week, Idea Fabrik recapped what it's been working on in the beleaguered sci-fi sandbox,...

Warframe plans Tennocon 2018 tix sale Wednesday, teases open world Venus zone

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Not every MMO gets its own convention, but Warframe is once again in that elite group, as Digital Extremes has announced the details for...

SuperData says VR has ‘nowhere to go but up,’ while HTC VR division sees layoffs and Facebook apologizes for VR shooter demo

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SuperData continues to express confidence in the future of virtual reality - however you want to label it. Last week, the analytics firm updated...

Stash increases its level cap and posts its development roadmap

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Turn-based MMO Stash, which officially launched back in early January, continues to grow into its big boy britches. On February 20th, the game rolled...

Sea of Thieves dares you to kick in the front door of these skeleton forts

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If emergent PvE content is more your thing, then Sea of Thieves has a great suggestion as an alternative to running away from boarders:...
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Albion Online’s Lancelot update charges forward with fishing

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The latest update to Albion Online finally adds the PvP gameplay the game was always meant to be about. What, you're saying PvP was...
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Warcraft movie director says the production experience was ‘traumatic’

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During an interview with SyFy about his upcoming movie, Duncan Jones dishes on his experience directing the 2016 Warcraft film based in the universe...
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Ashes of Creation previews the Dwarven dungeon Dünheim

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Ashes of Creation has a new video out swooping through the halls of the dungeon Dünheim, apparently playable in the game's current alpha zero...

Soulworker Online’s open beta launches today on Steam

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Here it comes! Korean cel-shaded action MMO SoulWorker Online - just SoulWorker now - is launching beta in the west today after its delay...

Saga of Lucimia says it won’t have an endgame – but it will end

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If the term "endgame" elicits a particularly nasty reaction in you, you're not alone. The indie team behind Saga of Lucimia say that it...

RIFT datamining looks at Prime server and Patch 4.4

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With the opening of RIFT Prime on March 7th, players are showing an increased interest in this nearly seven-year-old MMO. One thing that everyone...

Secret World Legends opens new forums, goes into depth on agent system

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Secret World nomads rejoice, for you finally have a new home outside of the game. Funcom finally opened up the official forums for Secret...

Cabal 2 calls it quits in the west

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If you have any pressing business left in Cabal 2, don't put it off for too long. ESTsoft announced last week that it will...

The Daily Grind: Given H1Z1’s plight, are you worried about Daybreak?

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Last week, it became clear that H1Z1 has forfeited a ton of ground in the battle over battle royale games as it's lost 90%...

MMO Week in Review: So what’s Funcom making next? (February 25, 2018)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review! Funcom...