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Mortal Online 2’s beta patch adds bear bags for the ursine on the go

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Ever since Mortal Online 2 announced its solemn intentions to carve a bloody swath through the gaming space when it launches next January, there...

Grab a free Steam key for MMORPG Gloria Victis [Ended]

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Gloria Victis has been on our radar for years: It's a realistic medieval MMORPG with action combat, territory control, a player-driven economy, class-less character...

Star Citizen shows off its initial bombing gameplay and highlights alpha 3.15’s feature set

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Star Citizen is learning to love the bomb in the final episode of Inside Star Citizen for this quarter as it leads off with...
Which hand is my hand?!

Interview: Cryptic untangles Neverwinter’s new battle pass experiment

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Earlier this month, we learned that Cryptic is planning a multi-tiered battle pass for Neverwinter. Echoes of Prophecy will serve as the content campaign...

Raph Koster says nobody wants a metaverse with ‘Fairyland butting up against World War II’

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In his ongoing blog series on the metaverse, MMO developer Raph Koster has been digging through the technical challenges of how to build it...
Those are people who died, died.

WoW Factor: The disjointed state of World of Warcraft

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Right now, it feels like World of Warcraft is kind of a mess. This is not exactly a surprise. It's also not exactly helped...
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Diablo II: Resurrected updates players waiting for the game’s ranked ladder system

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Looking forward to proving yourself the very best of the best in Diablo II: Resurrected? You'll be waiting a little while longer according to the...

Lord of the Rings Online explains legendary item revamp and conversion method

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Does it seem fair that your average Lord of the Rings Online goblin, who can barely afford a rusty tin axe on his weekly...

New World, Day 4: New servers, long queues, transfers next week, and Jeff Bezos weighs in

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We're guessing the engineers at Amazon Games aren't getting much sleep right about now. Since the launch of New World on Tuesday, the servers...

Monster Hunter Stories 2 is adding more monsters, egg hunts, and hardmode

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Monster Hunter Stories 2 is still getting some nice, repeatable attention from Capcom. Starting September 30th, dragon fans will be happy to finally have...

A new Pokemon Unite bug – or exploit – is letting losers gain rank at will (Updated!)

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Enjoying all those new Pokemon Unite "bring a friend to ranked" quests? Well, you may want to be careful. There are now multiple reports across...

EVE Online begins testing a new deployable that summons rogue drone swarms

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The Researching the Rogues event in EVE Online looks to be expanded into a regular form of gameplay for capital-class ships in the game...

Co-op/PvP shooter The Cycle has begun closed beta today

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Multiplayer shooter The Cycle has officially launched its closed beta, which runs through the entirety of October. German Studio Yager has been talking up...
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Blizzard is launching new WoW Classic fresh-start servers for its ‘Season of Mastery’

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On a previous MassivelyOP Podcast, we joked about whether WoW Classic needed its own Classic version. Apparently, that's not too far off from what...

SoulWorker celebrates a year on Steam with boosts to XP and drop rates, special items, and a contest

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A year ago, SoulWorker developer Lion Games pulled itself from the ashes of its sunset at the hands of Gameforge to a self-published return...

Twitch adds a phone-verified chat option in an attempt to combat harassment campaigns

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We've been covering the problem of harassment and hate raiding of marginalized casters on Twitch for a while now, from the #TwitchDoBetter awareness campaign...

Blade and Soul prepares for the Halloween season with the return of Blade and Ghoul on October 6

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The spooky season is fast approaching Blade and Soul as the game prepares for its annual Blade and Ghoul Halloween event. This year, players...

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s October events bring both tricks and treats

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Our last Massively on the Go column of September has a very good treat for you pokemon fans: Pokemon GO's October events begin tomorrow with...

Black Desert PC preps season+ server graduation, Atoraxxion’s next act, and Elvia Realm changes

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If you've been pushing through the season+ server of Black Desert on PC to the point you're ready to head to the regular servers,...

Union organizers call Activision-Blizzard’s $18M EEOC settlement a ‘slap in the face’

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Monday night, we reported on a planned settlement between Activision-Blizzard and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC was one of four state...