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New World addresses exploits, communication lapses, and goals for its PvP systems

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New World has stolen headlines for weeks now thanks to its launch problems, which have been compounded by its parade of exploits and communication...

Snag yourself a Steam key for Lost Ark’s closed beta slated for November 4 [Second batch now gone too!]

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Unless you're living under a rock, you know that Amazon is prepping Lost Ark's closed beta for November 4th. And we're guessing you're anxious...

BitCraft elaborates on its upcoming pre-alpha test goals and defines future development phases

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Over the years, the bitter truth pill fans of the MMORPG genre have had to swallow is that beta and even alpha phases aren't...
how

Lineage 2M kicks off its beta worldwide through November 7

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Wait, didn't we already have this? Isn't there already a version of Lineage II playable on mobile devices? I can't keep up with this...

Rappelz has made its way to iOS and Android devices in a recently released mobile version

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Here's a game title we haven't heard from in a while, at least not since April when it decided to join in on the...

City of Titans’ latest internal interview is full of costume designs, a blimp, and spooky ambient music

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I'm going to be honest, this latest internal interview piece from City of Titans is kind of all over the place. That's probably appropriate,...
FRUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT.

Activision-Blizzard Q3 2021: Blizzard MAUs hold steady at 26M as Diablo II Resurrected drives revenues

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Welcome back to our quarterly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials, the release day of which has become one of the schadenfreude highlights of each...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 345: The rise of Fallen Earth

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Justin and Bree discuss Fallen Earth Classic, New World's messes, Blizzard's outlook, Magic Legends, Riders Republic, and Pikmin Bloom, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on how forum comments affect our opinions of MMOs.

Niantic is shutting down Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, its second sunset announcement of the year

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Remember how Niantic recently shut down Catan: World Explorers? Well, it's happening again, and this time to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, on January 31st,...

Blade and Soul adds its next epic quest, a new dungeon, and a new Demonsbane system on November 10

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Blade and Soul players had already known that the MMO's next story update would be coming sometime this month, but now they have a...
Morty mort.

Mortal Online 2’s latest beta patch adds guild wars, adjusts AI, and makes cooked springbok more delicious

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Care for some tasty fire-roasted springbok? The pig is less delicious, but the springbok is excellent with the newest beta patch to Mortal Online...
How's the atmosphere.

Star Trek Online adds a new slot to characters for EV suits

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Hostile environments in Star Trek Online are an occasional reality of being on a starship exploring the distant reaches of space. After all, space...

Neverwinter begins the second milestone of its Echoes of Prophecy campaign on all platforms

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It's a new month, which means a new milestone step in Neverwinter's Echoes of Prophecy campaign for PC and console players. This next phase,...
Honorable.

Honor of Kings is getting an online open-world spinoff with plans for a global launch

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How much time did you spend thinking about Honor of Kings yesterday? We're going to go ahead and guess "not a whole lot," but...

Lost Ark will support 34 more countries at launch – Belgium and The Netherlands aren’t among them

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Good news, global MMORPG players: Lost Ark is expanding its global reach beyond North America and Europe. "To ensure that this beloved game can be...
Pay me to play me!

Diablo III’s upcoming season offers Soul Shards system and item changes

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Wait, didn't jamming a shard of one of the Prime Evils of Hell into yourself get proven to be a bad thing? Regardless, the...

Elder Scrolls Online wraps up its Oblivion adventures with today’s Deadlands DLC

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Elder Scrolls Online's final content update of the year -- and the end of the Oblivion-themed Blackwood expansion cycle -- is finally here for...

New World’s gold dupe exploit stopgap fix revealed… another gold dupe

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File this one under "this is why we can't have nice things": The situation in Amazon's New World went from bad to worse while...

World of Warcraft patch 9.1.5 arrives today as Ion Hazzikostas finally pipes up

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As Patch 9.1.5 pulls into World of Warcraft's port today, it encounters an MMO that is battered and a studio that is heavily bruised....
Try again.

Star Citizen spools up the hype drive for its next free-flying Intergalactic Aerospace Expo on November 19

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It's almost that time of the year when Star Citizen effectively goes free-to-play for a limited time and revels in its bespoke brand of...