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Shroud of the Avatar introduces pet gear, craftable platforms and traps, a new location, and violent scarecrows

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It's time for another release for Shroud of the Avatar full of... random things. Things like pet gear, platforms to put stuff on top...
Oh look,

17-year-old World of Warcraft announces a ‘community council’ for diverse player feedback

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Player councils in MMORPGs are a pretty old concept, prominent in games like EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, and Star Wars Galaxies....

Closers introduces Lucy, the ‘adorable bakery girl’ with a tragic past, in a video and pre-creation event

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It's not quite the return of Bread Girl we might be hoping for, but the latest addition to the action MMO Closers is apparently...

New World disables ‘all forms of wealth transfer’ in the wake of a new gold dupe exploit

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Another day, another exploit in New World - the latest is apparently a gold duping exploit. "We are aware of a possible gold duplication exploit...
Burn.

World of Warcraft’s Mythic Dungeon Invitational crowns team Echo as its champion

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If you're not a fan of a team running the table of an esports event multiple times, then you're probably not going to be...
Cushions of air.

MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft thinks crypto is just swell

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. Ubisoft: Ubisoft just can't seem to stop taking wrong turns here. During its...

Legends of Runeterra promises regularly occurring card updates as it celebrates 180M monthly players

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Riot Games' CCG Legends of Runeterra appears to be going over pretty well. We can leap to that conclusion with the help of a...

Bless Unleashed PC adds new lair challenge, field boss, and PvP season in latest update

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Last week brought a bunch of new things for players of Bless Unleashed to fight, whether it's a big angry dragon, a big spooky...

Ashes of Creation demos animal husbandry system, new mount, and random table dressings

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Having a neat mount is great, but often you'll see other players rocking the same mount, which might get into your uniqueness craw a...
It's not, it's just ugly.

Fortnite is closing down in China on November 15

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One of the biggest names in battle royale is closing up shop in China in the middle of this month. The Chinese version of...

Fallen Earth Classic sees ‘more players online at the same time than any time in the last six years’

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Maybe all MMOs should be taken offline for a couple of years to increase their popularity when they are brought back? This wasn't the...

Camelot Unchained’s CSE pushes Final Stand: Ragnarök to Steam early access

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City State Entertainment's co-op battler Final Stand: Ragnarök apparently stomped its Viking boots onto Steam early access this past week. Players who plunk down...

Palia announces alpha test plans for sometime in the first half of 2022

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We're all just going to have to accept that game devs are going to use Discord as a means to disseminate news. That's where...

The Elder Scrolls Online teases the stories waiting in this week’s Deadlands DLC launch

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As one might expect out of a new area in Elder Scrolls Online, there's going to be plenty of quests and narratives weaving around...

Roblox emerges, blinking into the sun, after a three-day outage

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Kiddies and adults alike looking for a few Halloween treats in Roblox this past weekend experienced a nasty trick instead. Starting last Thursday, the...

MMO Week in Review: Fallen Earth is baaaaaack

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So this week could've been a dumpster fire, what with Blizzard flailing around trying to distract from the upcoming investor call and New World...

The MOP Up: Trove’s Bard sings his way onto the Nintendo Switch

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It's time to RAWK OUT on the Nintendo Switch, thanks to Trove finally bringing the Bard class over to that platform. "The Bard class...
It's all the money we don't have!

Hearthstone teases Deadmines mini-set’s November 2 arrival, Diablo II Resurrected promises lots of fixes

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This little bundle of news is for those who like whimsical online CCGs or remasters of old ARPGs that are full of bugs. We're...
UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD

Cryptic gives Magic Legends a one-day stay of execution

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Those who want to get their last dose of Magic Legends before its closure have a little more time to do it -- but...

Texas-based PAX South won’t be back thanks to COVID and declining participation

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While the COVID pandemic has made us no strangers to gaming convention cancellations, usually announcements of such are followed up by a hopeful look...