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The Elder Scrolls Online kicks off the Midyear Mayhem Festival for PvP fun times

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Why should you get in your fighting on a Saturday night and no other time? No, The Elder Scrolls Online wants you to get...

Aion Classic is officially live in the west- are you playing? Or at least in the queue?

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Listen, if you're reading this at work, then you're already behind in Aion Classic, I'm sorry to say. That's because after a brief delay,...

You can make your Black Desert Corsair right now (and play her next week)

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On this week's podcast, we were discussing how few pirate classes there are in MMORPGs despite pirate NPCs being in pretty much all of...

$100K Star Citizen whale discusses why he supports the game – and what he’s worried about

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For those who orbit Star Citizen news and are aghast at why its business model -- a winner of this site's Worst Business Model...

Blocky sandbox Trove has finally launched on the Nintendo Switch

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Trove's summer releases just keep rolling: Just a week after dropping the Bard update on PC, now Gamigo's blocky MMORPG has launched on the...

Star Trek Online’s Risa vacaycay pays out in a T6 ship and a tsunami gun

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Forget voyaging to strange new worlds and investigating that pesky anomaly in the next sector -- you're going to want to engage at maximum...
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has its first major patch, Chains of Domination, available for pre-loading

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It feels like it's taken a really, really long time for the first content patch to arrive for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. That would...

Amazon Games responds to complaints that Lost Ark character redesigns are ‘censorship’

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Lost Ark has yet to release here in the west and it's already got its first stupid controversy. When Amazon Games first announced that...

Xianxia action MMORPG Swords of Legends Online is launching July 9

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We've finally gotten a date for Swords of Legends Online: July 9th. I say this as if it's been a game we've been covering...

New World talks about the lore and gameplay influences of magic in new interview

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If you're exploring an island where there are undead things or malevolent forces scuttling about, you're no doubt in a world steeped in magic,...
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Square-Enix states that Outriders is off to a good start thanks in part to Xbox Game Pass

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Do you remember Outriders? The answer is no, you do not. If you think you do, you are either lying or delusional. No one...
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ArcheAge adds June update, offers players free stuff for the summer

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Are you playing ArcheAge right now? How about now? Wait, the developers know what will get your interest - free stuff. Everybody likes free...

Wizard101 announces a ‘guild-lite’ system and group perks

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"Providing opportunities for socialization" is the watch-phrase going around Wizard101 these days. Game Director Leah Ruben charted a manifesto this week about how KingsIsle is...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 327: Ducks all the way down

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW 9.1, Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO Classic, RuneScape Mobile, and Black Desert's Corsair, with adventures in Final Fantasy XIV, WoW Classic, Albion Online, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on developer promises and skills we learned in MMOs.

Aion Classic will officially make its western debut at noon tomorrow

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Good news for MMO players raring to go in Aion Classic: You won't even need to get out of bed early to do it....
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New World’s latest alpha update reduces PvP penalties, adjusts experience requirements again

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Amazon's New World apparently has a couple more patches in store for alpha players after all. Today's update behind closed doors has several changes...

Dauntless’ roadmap updates include a Repeater refresh, the Omnicell sub-class system, and shock changes

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Players of Dauntless have likely been busying themselves with hunting the Chronovore or chasing after Exotics, but it never hurts to look at what's...

Guild Wars 2 kicks off Dragon Bash today

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Meanwhile, the Dragon Bash festival has returned to Guild Wars 2 as of this afternoon, sending players to Hoelbrak for racing, drinking, moas, drinking,...

Massively on the Go: Niantic is partially rolling back Pokemon Go’s COVID bonuses

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Almost a month ago I argued that Pokemon GO's COVID changes should not be rolled back. I was under no illusions that Niantic would...

Second Life turns 18 years old this week, counting 70M lifetime accounts

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I'm gonna say the M word in this post, and I'm sorry, but metaverse metaverse metaverse. That's because Second Life is back in the...

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