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Black Desert just overhauled its gear enhancement system with a major QOL addition, the Ancient Anvil

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Black Desert is continuing to bolster its gearing enhancement system, this week with the new Ancient Anvil upgrade live today, meant to improve players'...

Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’

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One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...

Tower of Fantasy debuts a teaser trailer for its April 30 Celestial Destiny update

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The hype machine is beginning to spool up in Tower of Fantasy, as the shared world RPG has started talking up the April 30th...
What's your deal, smoky?

Abyss is open now for playtesting ahead of its early access launch, delayed to May 7

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It wasn't all that long ago that the PvP MMORPG Abyss promised it was going to open testing for free ahead of the game's...
WoW

Massively OP Podcast Episode 465: Remixing Pandaria

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Mists of Pandaria remix, new progression servers for EverQuest and EverQuest II, WoW Cataclysm Classic pre-patch, Blizzard's return to China, Blizzard's new mystery game, FFXIV's Dawntrail benchmark, Sky Childreon of the Light, Palia layoffs, and the Stop Killing Games game preservation movement, plus adventures in LOTRO.

Mad World will condense all of its regional servers into one single server April 25

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So hey, how are things going for Mad World? Well, if the OARPG's latest announcement is to be taken at face value, things possibly...

Tarisland answers player questions about classes and PvE features

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Fans of Tarisland are still left waiting and wondering when "official release" is going to happen, so to kill the time between now and...

Guild Wars 2’s retro Super Adventure Box returns today with World 3 Test Zone updates

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Retro music at the ready, folks: It's time to go back to Super Adventure Box in Guild Wars 2 as the one-time April Fools'...

Siege Camp’s Anvil Empires plans a four-day alpha this weekend – here’s how to sign up

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Foxhole studio Siege Camp is gearing up for another major test for its sandbox MMORPG Anvil Empires (as compared to all of its minor...

Fight or Kite: Gigantic is a fantastic MOBA, but it’s missing a bit of Q and A and TLC

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been keeping a cursory eye on the development and release of Gigantic: Rampage Edition - another resurrected...

Grand Theft Auto Online hikes its optional monthly subscription fee GTA+ by two bucks

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Stealing cars, gunrunning, and building a criminal empire in Grand Theft Auto Online is about to become more expensive. Starting on June 11th for existing...

Myth of Empires plans a new region-locked Jade Era server set for North America and Europe

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Survival MMO Myth of Empires is entering its Jade era - that is, it's launching a ton of new localized North American and European...

Metaverse MMO Avalon gets $10M investment, talks up its game features, AI tools, and Web3

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Depending on one's point of view, this news is either the next step forward for Jeffrey Butler's gestating MMO Avalon or proof that investors...

Gigantic hands out goodies and preps a double XP weekend as compensation for server issues

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Last week, the shooter MOBA Gigantic promised a compensation package for fans as an apology for its rickety relaunch. This week, those fans now...

New World talks buffs and nerfs for weapons and siege weapons coming in May

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Amazon is back with another episode of Forged in Aeternum this week, this time homing in on New World's combat, although technically, player experience...

Overwatch 2’s Season 10 arrives with spunky archaeologist hero Venture

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Not every archaeologist is Indiana Jones; some are actually more destructive and insane as they plunder ruins for trinkets and treasures. One such figure...

Elder Scrolls Online is rolling back a ton of NA accounts after last night’s PTS database fiasco

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If you happened to log into the PC NA server for Elder Scrolls Online last night, well, you couldn't log into Elder Scrolls Online...

EG7 transfers PlanetSide 2 development from Daybreak to Toadman, posts 2024 roadmap

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Ever since Daybreak's February investor report that admitted the company had sold off a "noncore IP for USD 5.9 million" to " EG7 with...
A bit of a message disconnect.

Ubisoft pulls The Crew 1 from player libraries, encourages them to ‘check the store to pursue your adventures’

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Last March was the final bell tolling for multiplayer racer The Crew 1, as Ubisoft completed an announced sunsetting of its servers, effectively making...

Closers teases more story and a new character as Fun Month begins

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We're going to preface this Closers news story with a little bit of forewarning: The video shared by the anime MMO recently is probably...

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