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Fallout 76 is kicking off a free preview event for its Fallout First sub November 9

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If you have been skeptical about Fallout 76's Fallout First pricy subscription but were still curious about it, next week's preview event is right...
Contains some monsters.

Final Fantasy XI is bringing new advancement systems and new Voracious Resurgence with November

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You've mastered your job in Final Fantasy XI and have reached the end of your leveling process at long last. That's a reason to celebrate!...
Moisturized.

City of Heroes Homecoming’s Issue 27: Second Chances, Page 3 hits the test server

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On Wednesday, we noted in our big roundup of MMORPG studios running Extra Life 2021 charity streams this weekend that City of Heroes rogue...

Riot Games is partnering with Rihanna’s makeup brand Fenty to promote Arcane

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File this one in the bin where I put all the weird cross-promos for a snarky end-of-the-year post: Riot Games is collaborating with Fenty...
Crystallized.

Albion Online outlines changes to guild seasons with the upcoming Lands Awakened update

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The Lands Awakened update coming to Albion Online on November 24th will be adding a number of new things, but the devs of Sandbox...

Turn-based 2.5-D MMORPG Broken Ranks eyes a release window of January 2022, promises to avoid P2W

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Back in May of this year we reported on Broken Ranks, a remake of Polish developer Whitemoon's long-running MMORPG The Pride of Taern with...

Elite Dangerous puts out a small Odyssey patch to fix on-foot ‘stuttering’ at outposts

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To be clear, the latest patch applied to Elite Dangerous: Odyssey isn't a fix for "stuttering" related to framerate drops; it's a fix for...

EVE Online’s latest newbie experience revamp is paying off as CCP Games dabbles in NFTs

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EVE Online's latest dev blog has a few teases and backpats in store for denizens of the biggest sci-fi sandbox MMORPG in town. CCP...
Problems!

Book of Travels is turning off permadeath and reviving all your dead characters

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Permadeath: If you're an MMORPG player, you probably hate it, but hey maybe you're one of those rare folks who don't. Either way, it's...
Opposition.

WoW Factor: The player council is not the solution to World of Warcraft’s ills

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So World of Warcraft is going to establish a player council to offer feedback to the developers. What a terrible idea with already poor implementation...

DC Universe Online makes ally purchases account-wide, updates early endgame scaling and buffs

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There's been a patching applied to DC Universe Online, and while it's a bit thin in terms of content, it does have a number...

Star Citizen’s video series returns with a look at mining gadgets, new armor, and Vulture progress

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The brief break in-between episodes of Star Citizen's video series Inside Star Citizen is over, and the weekly videos are back, starting off with...

EVE Fanfest set to return as a ‘COVID-safe event’ in May 2022

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"The gate is green -- and EVE Fanfest is returning!" After two years off for some reason or another, EVE Fanfest is preparing to...

LOTRO: Fate of Gundabad is still on track to launch next week — but several features are being delayed

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Lord of the Rings Online's newest expansion, Fate of Gundabad, looks to be on track to launch next Wednesday, November 10th, bringing new adventures...

Star Wars The Old Republic will release its next Operation in January so players can get geared up

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The variety of things coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic with the Legacy of the Sith expansion are pretty game-changing, all things considered....

Blade and Soul Revolution to merge its global servers together

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Even revolutions have to take a breather and consolidate now and then. And so it is for Blade and Soul Revolution. The mobile title,...

Lineage W hires actor Kit Harington to promote the mobile MMO’s launch

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Using real-world actors and celebrities to promote an MMO is definitely nothing new, since it can bring a lot of attention or even a...
This is less than fine.

Star Citizen’s October dev roundup notes AI work, inventory features, and optimization for alpha 3.15

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Alpha 3.15 of Star Citizen continues its creep towards release, so naturally there's been a lot of work done in the month of October...
Now let's fewer of you fight.

Crowfall plans more small-scale PvP options for patch 7.3000 arriving on November 8

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The big marquee feature of Crowfall's next major update is all about letting fewer people fight one another. The 7.3000 update is bringing with it...

Frontier Developments asks for players’ help in solving crashing errors with Elite Dangerous’ latest updates

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The recent updates made to Elite: Dangerous - both Odyssey and Horizons - have regrettably introduced an increase of crashes to desktop, and the...