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Project Gorgon’s latest patch has added animal husbandry and a town players can level up

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Project Gorgon's fall update is upon us this week. "There's a new high-level zone, several new skills to find, and a metric tonne of...
Reap what you sow.

Final Fantasy XIV recaps the many system changes revealed in the latest live letter

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Let's not mince words, there was a lot of information in the most recent letter from the producer for Final Fantasy XIV. Like, a...

Destiny company Bungie just keeps making other game studios look bad – now it’s axed mandatory arbitration

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I have to be honest, I did not have "Bungie models good corporate behavior for the gaming industry" in my predictions for 2021, but...
Don't call me Kyle right now.

World of Warcraft continues to cut abusive emotes in upcoming update

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Even as World of Warcraft players grapple with the high drama that is PictureGate, there's another part of the game that's being phased out...
I guess.

The Daily Grind: How important is a robust character creator in an MMO?

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There are some people (me) for whom character creation in an MMO is a big deal. These people want a robust set of options,...
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Temtem eyes a full release sometime next year but exercises caution ‘in case the world implodes once again’

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It's been a while since we checked in on Temtem, the creature collecting MMO that's been in early access since January of last year...

Kid-centric sci-fi MMO NEO 2045 has officially launched (for real this time)

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Back in June of this year we highlighted a game called NEO 2045, a sci-fi themed MMORPG for kids that strikes similar notes to...

Blockchain metaverse Earth 2 lets players plop down holobuildings in latest update

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This one is going to need context, primarily because it is flush with MMO buzzwords of the day. Earth 2 styles itself as "a...

Colony sandbox MMO SEED discusses collecting and disseminating community chatter

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We're back with another singular dev blog out of SEED, which is all about how the devs at Klang Games gather and share community...

Requia Online is a free-to-play mobile multiplayer TCG RPG

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What happens when you blend "the social gameplay of massively multiplayer titles, the tactics of real-time card games and the deep character customisation of...

Habbo Hotel developer Sulake enters the blockchain racket with the release of Habbo avatar NFTs

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Like it or not, gaming and blockchain nonsense is only going to keep on keeping on, apparently. How do we know? Because Habbo Hotel...

Aion NA celebrates its twelfth anniversary by opening up the Dream World

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Come with me, and you'll be In a world of annual celebration Aion's twelve, take a delve In to a new Dream World destination. There will be no...
Eye see.

Final Fantasy XI asks players to come up with their own banquet for prizes

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When you play Final Fantasy XI, does your mouth water at the thoughts of some of the food items you're chewing on for stat boosts?...

Elyon, having dropped its B2P plans, is now selling cosmetics and October 17 headstart access

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If you can pry yourself away from New World for a minute, you might recall that Elyon was also originally planned to launch this...
Now we're gundagood.

Lord of the Rings Online opens Bullroarer again to test Brawler and LI changes

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So, Lord of the Rings Online's Fate of Gundabad has a launch date. It has preorders. It has a full executive summary of content....
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Final Fantasy XIV details the changes coming to high-quality items in patch 6.0

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Crafting in Final Fantasy XIV is going to change a fair bit when Endwalker arrives, but maybe you missed the most recent live letter and were...

Overwatch invites players to square off for deathmatches in the sunny resort town of Malevento

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What do you like in a resort destination? Is it sunny vistas? Lovely shops? Comfortable places to relax? Or maybe you prefer excellent sight...

WoW Classic allows some free character transfers on legacy shards

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Player characters who decided to stay on WoW Classic's "Classic Era" realms after Burning Crusade Classic came out this past summer knew they had...

New World, Day 2: Where Amazon’s new MMO stands on queues, concurrency, servers, and transfers

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It's been almost 24 hours since the final region of New World went live, and those have been an interesting 24 hours, as anyone...

Book of Travels explores its card-based gambling minigame, begins earlybird access October 1

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The multiple-times-delayed tiny MMO Book of Travels is still on track for an October early access launch, which means that Might and Delight is...