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World of Warcraft is retiring the Companion App as it looks forward to the Cataclysm Classic conversion

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If you're still salty about being asked this ages ago, don't worry, World of Warcraft fans. Blizzard no longer cares if you have a...

Lost Ark disqualified and punished Thaemine The First race cheaters

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File this one under "this is why we can't have nice things": Apparently, some Lost Ark players thought they'd faff around with cheating the...

Elite Dangerous provides an elaborate deep-dive on how Powerplay 2.0’s mechanics and rewards will work

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Despite the backdrop of Frontier Developments setting Elite: Dangerous players on fire with talk about cash shop ship bundles, the studio came together for...
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As Warcraft turns 30, Blizzard has preemptively canceled BlizzCon for 2024

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Well, you can read the headline: There's no BlizzCon this year after all, in spite of the fact that this is Warcraft's 30th anniversary...

Kickstarted MMORPG-turned-TCG Genfanad gives up, will sunset April 30

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ArcheAge isn't the only MMORPG announcing a sunset this week: Kickstarter success Genfanad is apparently closing its doors too. Genfanad is a browser-based nostalgia-driven indie...

Seafaring survival MMO Age of Water hits Steam early access, addresses premium perks

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After a week-long false start, publisher Gaijin Entertainment and developer Three Whales Studio have brought Age of Water into the roiling and (arguably) crowded...
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ArenaNet shifts more resources to Classic Guild Wars as it turns 19 years old

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Just a few weeks ago, the MassivelyOP team gathered round to speculate on what the Classic Guild Wars anniversaries might look like (and what...

Here’s how EverQuest and EverQuest II 2024 progression servers – Anashti Sul, Teek, and Tormax – will work

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When Daybreak dropped producer letters for EverQuest and EverQuest II earlier this month, the MMORPG fanbase immediately started buzzing about the new progression servers...

Elite Dangerous shares additional details on engineering updates and pre-built ship bundles

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Yesterday saw Frontier Developments enrage the Elite: Dangerous playerbase when it announced plans to sell pre-built ship bundles in its cash shop, with many...

Homecoming celebrates City of Heroes’ 20th anniversary with a Paragon Studios dev Q&A

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Believe it or not, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the original City of Heroes - and naturally, the officially...
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Fallout 76’s population spikes to one million players in one day thanks to the TV series

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The Fallout franchise really is taking the world by storm this month, largely thanks to the super-successful Amazon Prime series (which already has been...

Kakao’s western version of ArcheAge is sunsetting in June

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I'm sorry to report this morning that the western version of ArcheAge is apparently shutting down: While we were sleeping, Kakao announced that it...

Former Fortnite lead dev talks about how live events were sacrificed to build a multi-game metaverse

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As most people have now noticed, Fortnite has made some pretty sweeping changes, from a survival shooter to battle royale to a place where...

Sea of Thieves previews April updates, elaborates on PS5 server woes, and confirms the return of six ship servers

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The new and the next are once more available to Sea of Thieves fans in moving pictures form, as the sandbox's latest news digest...

New World elaborates on the design of the eight artifacts added with Season of the Guardian

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Amazon's latest New World dev blog isn't going to shake any foundations with breaking news, but it does deep-dive the new artifacts added in...

Lost Ark maps out new raids, continent, and progression systems coming through July 2024

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If you can believe it, we're almost a third of the way into 2024, which means we're due for more roadmaps out of Amazon...

Game devs are concerned about the sustainability of live-service titles

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It certainly feels like live service is being tacked on to many recent game releases (whether it makes sense or not), which of course...

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis marks three years with Halpha’s Super Origin Festival

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Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is kicking off a celebration of its third anniversary this week with a big event that has a...
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Steam is altering the early access refund deal – pray it does not alter it any further

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If ever you needed another reason not to purchase or play games in early access, Valve has stepped forward to give you a huge...

Pax Dei testing wrestles with stability and bugs, Abyss testing adds refinements and dragon attacks

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It's been a busy time for the developing sandbox MMORPGs of Pax Dei and Abyss, as both games entered into their respective alphas this...

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