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RuneScape begins its year-long 20th anniversary celebration, Old School RuneScape introduces the Soul Wars PvP minigame

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RuneScape has once more kicked out its weekly newsletter and just like Jagex announced earlier in the week, it's all about the game's year-long...
Sad elk in snow.

Lord of the Rings Online’s musicians push back against the cold with Winterstock 8

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As the Yule Festival wraps up and the long, cold nights settle into Lord of the Rings Online, one kinship is looking to bring...

Guild Wars 2 explains how it reviews every report of botting and cheating you send in

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Maybe it's just my perception or a confluence of people pointing it out again, but botting and other forms of cheating have seemed to...

Minecraft Earth is sunsetting in June due to the inability for people to play in-person together

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With global lockdown restrictions seemingly on the road to getting worse and not better due to the pandemic and the events of the past...
Choppy choppy.

Elyon’s Korean version adds a new 300-player faction battlefield

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If you enjoy a good PvP match, it stands to reason that you'll enjoy a lot of PvP matches even more. Elyon's newest addition to the...

Black Desert brings the Nova’s Awakening and Succession in latest update to PC and console

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As is ever the case for classes in Black Desert, it's now time for the Nova to choose between mastering her existing kit or...

Torchlight III is coming to Xbox Game Pass next week

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After a not-quite-so-spectacular launch season for Torchlight III, the team at Echtra Games is hoping that it can bolster the online ARPG going into...
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World of Warcraft previews the challenges and rewards of Torghast’s Twisting Corridors

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Torghast in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands does not welcome intruders, but usually there's a limit to how much progress you can make in a given...

Gemini Station is a text-based sci-fi MMO you can play from anywhere

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Text-based MMOs have come a long, long way since their olden days with monochrome monitors and fizzling baud modems. Newer text-based titles might surprise...

Pirates of the Burning Sea touts an all-new installer and numerous stability updates in latest patch

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The new owners of the piratical MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea keep on keeping on. The most recent newsletter out of Vision Online...
Sure, who cares.

Seven years on from release, Rust hit its all-time concurrent player record

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You might not think about Rust all that much at this point if you're not playing it. "It's that game with random gender and character...
Give me hope that help is coming when I need it most.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 303: The 2021 new year MMO roundtable

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Justin, Bree, Chris, MJ, and Tyler discuss holiday MMO playtime, the MOP awards, anticipated MMOs, and the state of the site in our annual roundtable.

Idlescape is a browser-based idle MMORPG of crafting, gathering, and fighting for loot

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Let's say you're having a slow day at work and you can't really commit your attention span to a more active mobile MMORPG but...

Upcoming MMO SEED’s playtest video is un-bear-able

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With more playtests on the way for community colony simulator SEED coming this year, it's nice to get a glimpse at what we may...

MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2020: Tencent and the Great Chili Sauce Fraud Caper

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Today we're finishing off our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2020! Coming in at #1 on our list is... Chinese fraudsters posed as...

The Ascent is a solo/co-op ARPG set in a cyberpunk world of corporate-fueled chaos

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Yup, it's another cyberpunk-inspired dystopian RPG. Except this one is an isometric action RPG, has multiplayer right out of the box, and so far...

Path of Exile provides an FAQ and a timing schedule for its upcoming expansion announcement

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What's that rhythmic thumping in the background? Why, it's Path of Exile drumming up hype for its next expansion reveal! As most fans of...

EverQuest II adjusts public quests, zones, missions, and more in latest patch

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While the newest patch being applied today to EverQuest II isn't bringing anything new exactly, it is doing a whole mess of fixing up....

A3: Still Alive racks up two million downloads, pushes out second update

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Launched last November, Netmarble's A3 sought to establish a foothold on the competitive mobile MMO market -- and with two million downloads to date,...
Working from not-home.

Final Fantasy XIV outlines plans for the final session of Ishgard Restoration ranking

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Soon it will be time for Final Fantasy XIV to help rebuild Ishgard once again. In fact, the newest preview from the team implies...

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