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The Black Death backs up and unloads a dump truck of beta info

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No skimpy dev diary for you today, Black Death fans, because this studio is getting downright serious about sharing its progress on the beta...
Wolfgang is here too!

Closers sets a February 6 launch date

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Need some color and tall tales to wipe away the greyscale weather? Closers contains 350% of the RDA of vibrant colors and nutritious stories,...
hey, you guys wanna have a fight

EVE changes fleet fight notification tool to fix a persistent rejection bug

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When big groups of ships fight in EVE Online, it can put a real strain on the game's servers. Sure, it might just look...

Fortnite explains why you can’t frag your friends any longer

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Are you upset, happy, or ignorant about last week's move to disable friendly fire in Fortnite? While griefers are probably sobbing into their Wheaties...
That is definitely a thing.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 154: A Prime experiment

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Justin and Bree discuss Trion's big RIFT and Devilian news, Camelot Unchained's $7.5M investment, Darkfall New Dawn's launch, and layoffs for Albion and Elyria, with a mailbag question on what went wrong with WildStar.

Pick up a Mu Ignition starter pack from Webzen and MOP in honor of launch day

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Fancy a brand-new browser MMO? Mu Ignition, heir to what as become an incredibly long lineage of Mu games, formally launches today on Webzen's...

Overwatch’s BlizzardWorld map and skin bonanza are live

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As I type this, my husband is sitting in an Overwatch queue grumbling over "unexpected server error occurred": Yep, it's a Blizzard patch day! Assuming...

Maplestory mobile spinoff Maplestory M hits Android beta today

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Maplestory is one of those MMOs that runs quietly under the radar but manages to have a massive following all the same. Will Maplestory...
Why are you this way.

Star Citizen’s second installment of Calling All Devs has information, but not a whole lot

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The second installment of Star Citizen's Calling All Devs is out now, and if you want to see what it's like when developers sit...
Swings and roundabouts!

Albion Online kicks off its mobile testing on Apple devices

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One of the big selling points for Albion Online right out of the gate was the promise of a game that could be played...
uhhhhhhhhhhhh

Age of Conan’s Saga of Zath fresh start progression server launches tomorrow as sub prices drop permanently

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Back in December, Funcom announced that it had plans for the effectively maintenance-moded Age of Conan, and those plans included Saga of Zath, a fresh-start...

EVE Online’s biggest battle ever is about to happen, but both sides may be afraid to fight

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If there's one constant in the political sandbox of EVE Online, it's that everyone is secretly plotting revenge on someone. Alliances can hold grudges...

The Repopulation has big plans for housing, combat, trade, and astronomy in 2018

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So here we are in January, one whole year after Idea Fabrik bought The Repopulation from a beleaguered Above & Beyond. The new company...
Big help.

Blizzard Korea helps Seoul cyber crime police arrest 13 Overwatch hackers and cheaters

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The MOP comment crew was understandably creeped out by last week's news that Tencent was going after PlayerUnknown's Battleground cheaters by working with the...
Dynamic!

World of Warcraft Refer-a-Friend experience boost gutted to match Heirloom leveling speed

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So, were all of the experience boosts you had in World of Warcraft there to get your character to max level as quickly as...
I HAVE TO RENEW MY HOUSE COME ON

Ultima Online says it has ‘no plans to introduce legacy rulesets’

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Seems as if everyone wants to talk legacy servers lately, what with RIFT and World of Warcraft getting on board the vanilla train. Even...

The Stream Team: Peek into Darkfall New Dawn during free trial

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If you've wanted to get a peek for Darkfall: New Dawn before it launches, here's your chance. Massively OP's MJ is taking advantage of...

Closers welcomes players to the sky ship

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En Masse's Closers is sprinting through open beta these days, and with today's patch, there's more to test and enjoy than ever. The Sky Bridge...

Broke Protocol adds a chase cam and armored car for your epic escapades

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There can never be too many ways to check yourself out, which is why department store changing rooms have all of those mirrors. It's...

Shroud of the Avatar cries wolf (upgrades), attends emulator anniversary party

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Not satisfied with Shroud of the Avatar's storebought wolves (seriously), Portalarium decided to breed, er, rebuild its own creatures from the ground-up. The new and...