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Sea of Thieves is ‘fixing’ Safer Seas by making it… less usable for leveling

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Look out, Sea of Thieves has laid out a cunning trap for you! It's called a developer update for the week, and it's in...

G-Star 2024: Nexon teases Supervive, Project Overkill, and Arc Raiders as it celebrates its 30th birthday

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Nexon brought its A-game to G-Star 2024 in Busan, South Korea, and by A-game, we really mean its whole game because the company has...

Star Citizen launches a new multi-stage Save Stanton event to pad the time until alpha 4.0

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There's going to be some time between now and when alpha 4.0 arrives to Star Citizen. So what are players supposed to do in...

Warcraft Direct: World of Warcraft Midnight has player housing, WoW Classic Pandaria in 2025, and WoW Classic Classic

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Friends, today is not-BlizzCon, which is to say that Blizzard decided not to hold a BlizzCon event in the year when World of Warcraft...

Guild Wars 2 just launched on the Epic Games Store – here’s the new trailer

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Yesterday, when ArenaNet laid down Guild Wars 2's roadmap for the next few months, the studio teased that the game would be coming to...

Elder Scrolls Online releases U44 on console as ZeniMax Workers United goes on strike

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Elder Scrolls Online console players are finally getting their crack at the unexcitingly named Update 44 today as the update that's been live on...

PvE co-op survivalbox Aloft confirms its early access launch for January 15

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We've been following the development Aloft for a little while now; it's the upcoming co-op survival sandbox that involves exploring floating islands and transforming...

Destiny 2 brings new weapons, new game mode, and Street Fighter 6 collab November 19

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Yesterday brought the promised information livestream from Destiny 2 and its upcoming Act II update for the current Revenant episode, and sure enough, there...

Pearl Abyss Q3 2024: Black Desert declines, EVE Online flattens, Crimson Desert dithers

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Pearl Abyss - minus Pearl Abyss America head Jeonghee Jin, who left for NCsoft America this past summer - released its Q3 2024 financials...

Nexon Q3 2024: DNF Mobile and MapleStory propel Nexon to record-high revenues

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Nexon is celebrating its Q3 2024 financials this week - and we do mean celebrating, as the company claimed "record-breaking quarterly revenue" of ¥135.6B...

Overwatch 2 launches Overwatch Classic, Diablo IV says way too many of y’all are playing Spiritborn

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Blizzard fans eagerly awaiting the Warcraft Direct showcase later today already have plenty to tide them over thanks to two big drops from the...

Star Trek Online launches the Dimensional Typhoon event for console and The Feast event for PC

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It's event week in both PC and console editions of Star Trek Online apparently, as the latest patch for the MMORPG has added a...
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Final Fantasy XI unleashes its higher-level Besieged enemies and offers players a survey

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If you've been away from Al Zahbi for too long, Final Fantasy XI's latest patch aims to fix that. Not only does Besieged now...

World of Warcraft teams up with Washington Football for no apparent reason

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Dear MMO studios, it's not too late in the year to get your entries in for the coveted MOP Transmedia Synergy award. Remember: The...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 493: Landing on Brighter Shores

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's Legacy of Morgoth, Brighter Shores' early access, ArcheAge Chronicles' delay, Chrono Odyssey, Stars Reach's trailer, and FFXIV's Crossroads, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on handhelds and controllers for MMOs.

EG7 Q3 2024: EverQuest, LOTRO, and Palia gave Daybreak its best quarter all year

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The quarterly financials avalanche continues this week with Enad Global 7, better known to MMORPG fans as the company that bought Daybreak and then...
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Nintendo is suing an influencer who streamed multiple unreleased games and taunted the company

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It is not exactly a controversial statement to say that Nintendo loves suing people, with everyone from fans who made art Nintendo didn't like...

Throne & Liberty’s first castle siege events kick off on November 17 – here’s how they work

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If you're one of the 4.5M people who passed through the doors of Throne & Liberty in its first month online, then you might...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen launches into early access on December 13 – plus it’s coming to Steam

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On December 13th, it will be go time for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen players who have eagerly awaited the official early access launch...

Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds: Godspawn update arrives November 19 – plus we’ve got roadmap updates

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Don't let Guild Wars 2's performance in NCsoft's Q3 financials get you down: The next chunk of the Janthir Wilds expansion is just around...