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MMO Business Roundup: Jagex dinged by UK government, Roblox AI tools, and Epic v Apple plods on

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Do you hear that? It's the rhythmic tinkling bells of Business Cat's collar as she merrily skips forth with another round of industry stories...

Tencent’s multiplayer zombie survival RPG Undawn ‘flopped spectacularly,’ according to Reuters

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Last June, Tencent introduced the world to Undawn, a mulitplayer survival RPG for PC and mobile that tasked players with trying to make it...

RIFT holds a server load test as part of new data center migration, manually reruns the Mech Parade event

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This week marks another bit of odd activity in RIFT, which appears to be associated with earlier server merging and server transfers: Gamigo is...

The cast list for Wildcard’s surprise ARK Animated Series on Paramount+ is bananas

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I don't know who asked for this, but I'm also not upset about it as this might be the most amusing thing the ARK...

Star Citizen outlines the features and functions of alpha 3.23’s new persistent hangars

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As a space trucker myself, I can tell you having the ability to have my own hangar definitely appeals to me, so the newest...

NCsoft’s Throne & Liberty has been out in Korea for 100+ days, with still no news on the global launch

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Yesterday's Battle Crush announcement from NCsoft reminded me that we still don't have any fresh news on the state of Throne and Liberty's western...

EVE Vanguard’s latest playtest adds a mining laser, resource gathering, and suppression contracts

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Playtesting for the EVE Vanguard module within EVE Online is continuing once more this weekend, and it's bringing several new feature updates for those...

Neople’s global Dungeon Fighter Online turns nine years old with freebies and a new dungeon

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There was once a time when I'd look at an MMORPG turning nine years old and think, "Dang, that's a long time!" Well, it...

Elder Scrolls Online crosses $2B in customer spending, revives Jester’s Festival for April Fools’ day

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When you look at the high risk of making and running MMORPG, a reasonable question arises: Why would any studio undertake such a project?...

Fractured’s latest early access patch boosts orb generation and nerfs Assassins

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Now this is a long shot, so bear with me, but does anyone out there like buffs? Oh, everyone? Actually everyone likes buffs? Well...

Marvel Snap’s big feature patch adds graveyards, custom borders, and undo turn

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Marvel Snap's first big feature drop of 2024 is here, bringing with it several much-requested quality-of-life improvements to the multiplayer card battler. Second Dinner released...
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EverQuest II brings GU125 to the beta server on March 26

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Did you know that if all of EverQuest II's game updates were chicken eggs, this latest one would be the 125th egg? That's a...

Black Desert removes boss scrolls on PC, tweaks classes on console, and revamps a guild feature for mobile

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While this week's patch content across all three editions of Black Desert might not be as ground-shaking as adding a new class or celebrating...

Pax Dei announces a week-long NDA-free second alpha test starting April 23

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Pax Dei has been teasing the features of its wilderness over the past few weeks, but soon a lucky number of fans will get...

Pantheon calls first season an ‘overwhelming success,’ talks up new dungeon for S2

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Whatever your feelings might be about the Season 1 test build of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen from a visual standpoint, Visionary Realms is...

ArcheAge 2 has been delayed (again), now to some point in or after 2025

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Our eyes must have glazed over the Q4 2023 investor report from Kakao when it dropped a few weeks ago, but it contained some...

Gaijin’s ocean adventure MMO Age of Water sets sail for early access on April 18

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Gaijin's seafaring MMO Age of Water has an official early access launch date: April 18th. We've had our eye on the game since its...

Diablo Immortal’s 2024 roadmap promises new class, new zone, and several gameplay updates

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What does the road ahead look like for Diablo Immortal? Why don't you read a map, pal? A roadmap. Here, we'll even give you...

Eternal Tombs, the MMO with live GMs, preps for its closed beta in April

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In less than two weeks, Eternal Tombs will be hosting its first publicly accessible playtest -- and Triune Studios wants to set proper expectations...

Chrono Odyssey debuts a splashy new in-engine trailer and confirms Kakao Games as publisher

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It's been a long time since we've heard any major announcements out of Chrono Odyssey, the developing open world fantasy MMORPG from Npixel that...

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