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I'm going to write that MMO about the snarky robot I always wanted to!

Skyforge introduces a floating robot companion for everyone

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Your journey through the world of Skyforge could not be in any way called devoid of robots. It would be difficult to even say...

The Black Death’s latest patch introduces VOIP, player gold looting

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The Black Death's latest patch is a biggun, complete with better guard AI, new NPCs and bosses, traveling merchants, new animals, player gold looting,...

SMITE debuts on the PlayStation 4 next week

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It's official: SMITE arrives on the PlayStation 4 on May 31st. Most recently, Hi-Rez has been touting its 20,000,000 registered players number, a figure sure...
That's going to take an engineer to fix, ironically.

Elite: Dangerous’ Engineers patch is now live

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Fans of Elite: Dangerous have been waiting for the most recent patch for quite some time. The darn thing just seemed to keep getting...

Star Citizen explains 2.4 test pace, begins work on 2.5

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This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse with hosts Sandi Gardiner and Zane Bien is all about alpha 2.4, which is currently still undergoing testing...

Trinium Wars has gone free-to-play today

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Trinium Wars has officially gone free-to-play today "due to many requests," says InselGames CEO Patrick Streppel. "We have thought long and hard about this major...

Chronicles of Elyria AMA on alpha, middleware, griefing, and B2P

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The Chronicles of Elyria team submitted itself to the wilds of an AMA on Reddit earlier this afternoon, allowing players to bombard the developers...

Black Desert delays planned June 1 Valencia launch

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Daum has just announced that it's delaying Black Desert's Valencia update, which was originally scheduled for June 1st. Technical issues and security goals are...

Elder Scrolls Online’s ‘personalities’ are a roleplayer’s dream

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Roleplayers, today's Elder Scrolls Online blog post is going to make you super happy. ZeniMax is teasing a new feature called Personalities, the first...
Oh look.

Perfect Ten: Apologies I must make to my fellow Overwatch players

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Fellow players of Overwatch, I am sorry. I don't know your names because I tried very hard to forget them, but I am still...
We're friends, right?

‘Online combat RPG’ Absolver plans 2017 launch

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Absolver is... probably not an MMORPG. But it is an "online combat RPG," which sure sounds like an action combat MMORPG without the "massive"...
loud noises

Check out Crowfall’s Druid in action

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The Druid in Crowfall borrows a bit of a trick from the Ranger insofar as she uses more than one ability tray. In her...
A bit of a message disconnect.

The Crew boasts five million players

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Would you believe that The Crew has five million players? Because apparently it has indeed just hit the five million mark, which is the...
DEATH! TO! NIDHOGG!

Final Fantasy XIV unveils its trailer for patch 3.3

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You've heard about everything that's coming with Final Fantasy XIV's next major patch. The Final Steps of Faith. The Weeping City of Mhach. Sohr...

EVE Online war update: The Imperium loses its territory

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Last month we brought you several war reports from the massive EVE Online conflict that's come to be known as World War Bee. After years of...
Well, I had fun.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has had the best year so far?

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We're just about halfway through the year, and it's been a pretty big one. Sure, some games have had a rough time, but the...

All the islands in the latest Worlds Adrift video were built by players

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Worlds Adrift has released another video today featuring gamers exploring some of the impressive creations whipped up by players themselves thanks to the free...

Path of Exile releases expansion ‘manifesto’

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Path of Exile has a new "manifesto" out this week describing the full extent of the balance changes coming in the 2.3.0 patch. Of note,...

Survival sandbox Lifeless demos PvP, weapons, and grouping

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Move over, H1Z1: Green Man Gaming, the company behind medieval survival sandbox The Black Death, is also working on Lifeless, a modern survival sandbox......

Life is Feudal’s MMO test is finally underway

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Early in 2016, we spoke to Bitbox about Life is Feudal, an ambitious sandbox that was scaled-down midway through development to be a "pocket"...