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The Division 2 revamps its seasonal content and adds new gear in the Shades of Red update

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Year 6 Season 2: Shades of Red has arrived today in The Division 2, and with it comes an all-new way for seasons to...

Embers Adrift says Digital River has been stiffing it since June, so it’s going temp F2P and heading to Steam

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Embers Adrift has some good news bad news - good news for players, but bad news for the studio, which is apparently being screwed...
Teamwork.

World of Warships kicks off a community event to support K9s For Warriors charity

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If you don't know much about military veteran suicide rates, you might not realize that it is a constant and real problem. K9s For...
Huntworthy.

Monster Hunter Wilds’ open beta has begun on PlayStation with PC and Xbox following this week

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It's just about time for players to get together and go hunt some monsters once again because Monster Hunter Wilds is starting an open...

War Thunder brings its first stealth aircraft and more new military hardware in early November

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At this point, hearing that new vehicles are being added to War Thunder isn't exactly news; it's just what kinds of vehicles that likely...

Blockchain-infused EVE Frontier schedules next playtest for early November

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"EVE Online is good and all, but you know what it really needs? A heaping dose of blockchain for play-to-earn goodness!" said nobody but...

PlanetSide 2 is abruptly (and happily) merging its European servers into one today

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There are two kinds of merges in the MMO genre. There's the kind of merge a studio does to a game that was supposed...

Path of Exile 2 delays early access to December 6 over account-linking database demons

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If you were thinking that Path of Exile 2 was moving very quickly toward its early access on November 15th, you weren't wrong: Just...

Diablo IV’s Halloween event challenges you to meat or treat this week

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Is there a better place to spend a virtual Halloween than Diablo IV's Sanctuary? Maybe? Maybe not, but you're invited to trick-or-treat there anyway....
Fine. Sure.

Ethyrial Echoes of Yore’s updates continue with guilds, bank rework, new maps, rare drops, and relic system plans

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We're circling back once more to the sandbox MMORPG Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore to chronicle the continued series of development updates made by the...

Astroneer’s first-ever DLC, Glitchwalkers, gets a release date of November 13

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The axiom "better late than never" most certainly applies to Astroneer's decision to announce a DLC pack seven years after its launch, but sure...

Elder Scrolls Online’s U44 arrives to shake up the PvP meta and introduce two new companions

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As promised, today is launch day for Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 - at least if you're on PC or Mac - and this...

US Copyright Office rules libraries can’t access old games remotely because of ‘market harm’ and recreational use ‘risk’

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If you were hoping to research out-of-print video games and wanted to get access to a copy remotely, that's been made difficult thanks to...

WarCraft III Reforged’s temporary 2.0 version update on an internal PTR sparks rumors of a revival

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Four years ago, Blizzard gave the world Warcraft III: Reforged. It was... not good: Our own Eliot referred to it in his first impressions...

Ankama is moving its classic MMO Dofus from Flash to Unity engine on December 3

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Adobe retired Flash in 2020, so it's perhaps something of a surprise to learn that the turn-based MMO Dofus has been running on the...

Tarisland’s arrival to Steam is met with low player numbers and mostly negative review scores

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Part of Tarisland's big shiny launch of Blight Dragon Elegy was the MMORPG's arrival to the Steam store, so that means it's time for...

Albion Online adds new open world objectives, Outlands portals, and content in today’s Horizons patch

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Look! Look to the horizons! Do you see? There, rising with the grand golden sun? It's new content arriving to Albion Online! Today players...

Lord of the Rings Online revs up for Legacy of Morgoth with testing and preview

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It's just a week and change until Lord of the Rings Online introduces its 10th expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, to the world on November...

Elder Scrolls Online showcases new features coming to the scribing system in Update 44

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The focus on improving existing features with Elder Scrolls Online's Update 44 moves forward into the recently added scribing system, which will be getting...

ArenaNet, Standing Stone Games, and Daybreak all queue up Extra Life charity drives this weekend

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With everything happening across our neck of the gaming woods this month, it's easy to lose sight of the more warm and fuzzy things...