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Trine studio Frozenbyte is still working on 2021 sci-fi sandbox Starbase

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The public testing of features for sci-fi building sandbox Starbase that first started in July and picked back up in September has continued to...

MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, SAG-AFTRA, child safety, and another ABK union rally

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! It's a bit of good news and bad news this time around, so...

Old School RuneScape tests run energy changes and shares community server dev progress

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Old School RuneScape is positively flush with information this week, with Jagex kicking out multiple dev blogs about what it's got cooking across the...

Conan Exiles disables its brand-new living settlements following disappearing thrall bug

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The great Conan's muscles giveth, and the great Conan's muscles taketh away... at least until the thralls at Funcom can get their act together...

Neverwinter reassures fans after layoffs: ‘We are still fully committed to the ongoing development’

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No matter how you look at it, this is a devastating time for Cryptic fans as mass layoffs are effectively dissolving the once-prominent MMO...

Rumor: Guild Wars 2-themed digital CCG is called Lion’s Arch Guild Wars Arena – and it’s coming to Steam

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Those sneaky sleuthy Redditors appear to have uncovered something that ArenaNet and NCsoft appear to be preparing to unveil. A SteamDB update shared by...

Halloween festivities across the MMO world, 2024 edition

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It's weird we keep meeting like this every single year a week before October 31st, right? A strange and unusual coincidence, perhaps even a...

New World discusses the design, lore, and mechanics of its Nightveil Hallow event

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Halloween has descended on New World this week, but perhaps you're curious about how this event came together from a lore and design standpoint....

Throne and Liberty’s Halloween event, Haunted Harvest, is finally here

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So there's some good news and bad news with Throne and Liberty's Halloween event. The bad news is that it was delayed a day;...
Science fight!

Final Fantasy XIV launches a preview site for its upcoming Crossroads patch

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The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is on its way, and that means that players can start gawking at some of the additions...

World of Warcraft is selling a $90 dino mount to ‘celebrate’ its 20th birthday

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The Warcraft franchise has been around for 30 years, and so maybe you feel like you have just ridden on as many bats, gryphons,...

Sea of Thieves outlines plans to temporarily remove features and address bugs plaguing Season 14

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The season of Making Mischief in Sea of Thieves has instead resulted in making headaches for Rare Ltd. and making players grumpy, as the...

Black Desert adds Halloween events to mobile, a spooky boss fight on console, and class updates to PC

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The spookytimes are continuing to spread across Black Desert as both BDO Console and BDO Mobile players can enjoy their seasonal fun in this...
Trick Angels.

Final Fantasy XI kicks off the Harvest Festival on October 25

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It's almost Halloween, and Final Fantasy XI is honor-bound to have a Halloween event since it originally launched in North America when its Halloween...

Albion Online resurrects the Hallowed Ground dungeon for Allhallows

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I know, you're shocked: There's another MMORPG Halloween event coming, and we're covering it. The difference here is that in this game, people are...

Destiny Rising talks down fears of a stamina mechanic after a UI screenshot makes the rounds

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Earlier this month, NetEase officially confirmed the existence of Destiny: Rising, a mobile version of the looter shooter that was initially leaked by Bungie...

Classic Guild Wars baddies and bog mummies inspired Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds boss design

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If you, as a Guild Wars 2 player, have had your fill of candy corn and the Mad King wrecking your face in jumping...

Stars Reach is dropping ‘a sense of pride and accomplishment’ trophies in tester inventories

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Stars Reach isn't just teasing players who want to test it but haven't been invited yet; it's also trolling the people in its test. "We...
Nadir.

Zenith shuts down legacy shards for PS VR 1 and Quest 1 on November 6

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It's bad enough that Zenith fans have had to deal with the game hitting maintenance mode just a couple of months ago, but it...

My Time at Evershine’s Kickstarter ends successfully with nearly $3M raised from gamers

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The appetite for the multiplayer RPG My Time at Evershine was already pretty apparent when its Kickstarter campaign met its goal within 30 minutes,...