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Mad fake mode.

World of Warcraft: Classic promises more changes to Molten Core and Onyxia for the Season of Mastery servers

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In the beginning, there was nothing but people stating that World of Warcraft was better when it was harder during Vanilla. Then, there was WoW Classic,...

Embers Adrift reports ‘very pleasant’ weekend alpha testing

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Can a name change, a new outlook on life, and an adjusted development course improve the prospects of a fading project? Embers Adrift, which...
Bad plans.

New World player hits level cap without killing anything

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The pacifist challenge. The challenge where a player tries to hit level cap in a game without fighting a single foe. It's a long-standing...

DC Universe Online is handing out free goodies for Wonder Woman Day

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As of last week, Wonder Woman has been in comics for 80 years, which seems like the perfect reason for DC Universe Online to...

Mortal Online 2 adds new areas to Tindrem and new minotaurs to fight

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What do the addition of gardens and minotaurs have in common? They're now in Mortal Online 2 as of the latest patch. These two...

Closers throws a Halloween Party full of costumes and consumables

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Closers definitely has the basic Halloween spirit - a holiday that's full of costumes and candy - down pat if the game's Halloween Party...
So many swords.

Final Fantasy XIV’s final live letter before Endwalker will be on November 5

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The release date for Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion is approaching quickly, but producer and director Naoki Yoshida still has a little more information to...
Nope, not letting this one go.

Ubisoft devs continue to report harassment and mismanagement in spite of corporate claims

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Last year, Ubisoft was thrown into the spotlight thanks to reports of a sexually harassing work culture, which prompted the studio to shed several...

Elder Scrolls Online highlights the locations and creatures of the Deadlands zone

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If you think you've seen everything possible out of a Daedric prince's zone in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, the devs of Elder Scrolls Online would...
Problems!

Book of Travels puts out a bug fix-filled patch

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Now that tiny multiplayer online walkabout title Book of Travels is wandering the wilds of early access, it would be natural for the devs...

Fallen Earth Classic is definitely happening, soon, and it’ll be free-to-play to boot

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Last week, we noted that Little Orbit CEO Matt Scott had teased the possibility of a Fallen Earth Classic. As of today, it's more...

VR MMO Zenith provides a preview of upcoming character face customization choices

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Putting your best face forward in an MMO is always a tough decision, and that can get much tougher - and more frustrating -...

Microsoft’s in-development cloud-native MMO Pax Dei promises scaling complexity and multi-device access

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Microsoft's work on an MMO isn't the newest news. Readers will recall the project - a cloud-native MMO being developed by Mainframe - came...
The evil daddies are fighting agai- well, still.

Epic asks the court to deny Apple the right to postpone its anti-steering measures

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So let's recap a little bit. The one major victory that Epic won in its lawsuit against Apple was about steering people to only...
FRUIT. FRUIT. FRUIT.

Activision-Blizzard is denied its request to pause the DFEH lawsuit

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Over the course of Activision-Blizzard's continued legal and federal scrutiny for its sexual harassment and discrimination issues, a strange wrinkle had developed. Readers will...
YAAAAAAGH

World of Warcraft previews the Legion Timewalking coming in patch 9.1.5 while promising to make old starter gear available again

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The big centerpiece of content coming to World of Warcraft with patch 9.1.5 on November 2nd is actually an event full of old content, because...
Scourged.

Path of Exile’s Scourge launch sees concurrency numbers near its all-time highest point

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When Path of Exile's Scourge expansion went live this past Friday, we noted how the previous expansion didn't exactly light fans on fire and...
GUN

Elyon opens up a third European server as it fights for prominence

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While Steam Charts doesn't give us a complete overview of MMO populations, its ubiquitous presence helps to provide a strong indication of how games...
Not pictured: NFTs.

What we learned from Guild Wars 2’s Specter, Untamed, and Mechanist elite specs stream

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The final round of Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons elite specializations was demonstrated for viewers on ArenaNet's Guild Chat stream this past Friday...

MMO Week in Review: Elyon arrives, WoW 9.1.5 is scheduled

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Elyon finally rolled out to western players this week, and while it didn't melt the internet, it made a reasonably good splash, particularly since New...