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DC Universe Online finally launches a native Xbox Series X|S client

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Are there any more worlds (or galaxies) for DC Universe Online to conquer? There must be because Daybreak's superhero MMO rolled out a new...
Ghoulfriend.

Fallout 76 previews its upcoming four-person Gleaming Depths raid and playable ghouls

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First and foremost, it is important to note that no matter how much you might want to, you will not automatically be as insanely...

Throne & Liberty delays its Halloween event update’s deployment over a ‘critical stability issue’

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If you were among those eager to get some Halloween fun times going in Throne and Liberty, you're unfortunately going to have to wait...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s new 64-bit server was offline all night thanks to build problems

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So Dungeons and Dragons Online's Cormyr server launch yesterday did not exactly go to plan. Readers will recall that Standing Stone Games launched the...

Blizzard’s BlizzCon-substitute ‘what’s next’ stream for the Warcraft franchise airs next month

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As World of Warcraft is throwing a 20th anniversary rager to end all ragers this week, it's totally not confusing at all for Blizzard...

Lineage II kicks off Halloween Festival events across all three versions of the MMO

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The great thing about Lineage II having three different versions on our side of the globe (presumably) is that means there's three times the...
Merc-y killing

EVE Online previews new Mercenary Dens and new weapon systems for its Revenant update

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The spooky season might seem like it begs for an update called something like "Revenant," but this particular patch for EVE Online is going...

Albion Online details new journal categories for guilds and islands coming in the Horizons update

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While most players are likely looking very sternly at the worrying cash shop bundles arriving on the same date as the Horizons update, Albion...

APB Reloaded brings back its Halloween Epidemic event after a five-year absence

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It's weird to think that the last time that APB Reloaded ran its Epidemic event was before the real-world pandemic, but it's true. And...

Dreamhaven-pubbed co-op roguelite Lynked Banner of the Spark enters early access

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Are you ready to take on adorable-sounding enemies known as Combots, befriend similarly adorable-sounding Unibots, and play with friends together in a colorful-looking co-op...

Nightingale patches in Halloween and confirms layoffs at Inflexion’s UK subsidiary

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It's patch day over in co-op sandbox Nightingale, and it's a good patch too as it includes the game's Halloween event. "Head on over to...

Diablo IV lets you send a ‘real toxic bouquet’ to a friend (or enemy) for Halloween

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Leave it to a game that once figured out how to combine 11 herbs and spices of KFC with the 11 torments of hell...

The Stream Team: The further escapades of two cats dressed in pirate costumes in Cat Quest III

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MOP's Chris and his best friend are dressing up like pirates! OK, technically they are pirate cats in the co-op RPG Cat Quest III,...

Brighter Shores’ closed beta begins behind an NDA as player trading is delayed

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Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG from Jagex co-founder Andrew Gower, officially enters closed beta this week - but you won't be hearing much about...

Dungeons and Dragons Online’s first 64 bit server and Lanterns of the Mist event are live today

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Cormyr is officially here in Dungeons and Dragons Online today - that's the first 64 bit server the 18-year-old MMORPG has ever had. Studio...

NCsoft MOBA Battle Crush will sunset in November without ever leaving early access

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With all the bad news out of NCsoft this week - and MMORPG players' fixation on the fate of NCsoft's core MMORPGs - it...
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Final Fantasy XIV updates its website Community Finder to help players start groups more easily

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Finding members to start your Free Company or PvP team can be tricky in Final Fantasy XIV, but the game's website is here to...

Fntastic pulls the plug on Escape Factory crowdfunding, shifts instead to another prop hunt game

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If we're all very honest, the crowdfunding drive for The Day Before developer Fntastic's obstacle course platformer Escape Factory was very likely never going...

No Man’s Sky launches its spoopy 16th expedition, The Cursed, just in time for Halloween

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Well now this is a treat: While most MMOs have a Halloween event these days, it's not quite as common to get an entire...

World of Warcraft DPS players stage group finder protests over recent balance changes

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When World of Warcraft kicked off its latest patch, it was ostensibly focused on the MMORPG's 20th anniversary, which is pretty understandable. However, there...