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Mortal Online 2 on how it’s improving combat and server latency

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Whether it's an action combat MMO or a multiplayer shooter, having your attacks miss due to latency never feels good. Mortal Online 2 recognizes...
Fair fights.

EVE Online dev discusses how communities and lasting friendships form in the sandbox

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Let's all ignore the 15 weeks' worth of explosions, bubbles, and fighting going on in EVE Online and instead talk about friendship. Or more...

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning attacks a host of bugs in its latest patch

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So, how is Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning treating you? Are you finding it a pale reboot of an otherwise OK game? Are you playing...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 293: Passing the Torchlight

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Justin and Bree discuss Torchlight III, World of Warcraft, Dungeons and Dragons Online, EverQuest, Atlas Reactor, Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, TERA, Legends of Aria's new sibling, and StarCraft II, with a mailbag topic on difficulty modes.
Masque

Neverwinter kicks off its Halloween festivities with the Masquerade of Liars starting October 22

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Is it really fair to call everyone involved in the annual Halloween celebration in Neverwinter a liar? Is wearing a mask enough to make someone...

PSA: Fallout 76 is offering a free trial, Fallout First trial, and an atom sale

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Some games celebrate the day their games hit early access, or funded on Kickstarter, or actually launched. Fallout 76, however, is celebrating a lore...

Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 6.1.4 update is live with the Feast of Prosperity

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Who's hungry? Star Wars The Old Republic players better be because the Feast of Prosperity is live today in the just-launched GU 6.1.4 update. "Over...
Hope for light.

New World has kicked off its fall alpha test today as patch notes point to reduced leveling speed

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You might have forgotten, but Amazon has one more big New World alpha test lined up this year, and it's creeping up on us. "Equipped...

Researchers argue Pokemon Go caused a discernable increase in car accidents, injuries, and deaths

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What is the deadliest video game in existence? If a scientific whitepaper is to be believed, at least in the case of Tippecanoe County,...
The climb.

Final Fantasy XIV shows off its items for patch 5.35 alongside its upcoming Gold Saucer event

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It's been a week since Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.35 arrived on the game's live servers, and now the patch notes have gotten a...

Grab a key for three months of Dual Universe beta time courtesy of Novaquark and MOP!

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When sci-fi MMORPG sandbox Dual Universe launched its beta this past August, it did so with an unusual caveat: While early backers would be...
Less than radical, really.

Cliffy B now states he might return to game development after all

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In November of 2018, Cliff Bleszinski (or "Cliffy B" if you prefer) stated that he was never making another game ever again, for real,...

Whatever happened to Saga of Lucimia?

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Sometimes the development of a title goes so dark that months go by before anyone really notices. Such is the case with the group-centric...

Kickstarted MMO Zenith wants to be ‘the Ultima Online of VR’

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We've reported a couple of times about Zenith, the in-development VR MMO that soared through crowdfunding to lock down over $280K and is slowly...

Lord of the Rings Online’s $20 quest pack, War of Three Peaks, launches today

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It's a strange and uncertain new era in Lord of the Rings Online, as Standing Stone Games has moved to start selling quest packs...

Star Citizen Live discusses the features of alpha 3.11 and patch plans for the new build

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This weekend saw yet another episode of Star Citizen's livestream with members of CIG, and this one's all about the release of alpha 3.11,...

Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff adds a Halloween event, plans animal companions, and pushes back housing

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Let's take a look back at the charming little single-player/multiplayer RPG Swords 'n Magic and Stuff, which readers will recall made its way to...

Stardew Valley developer previews split-screen co-op and working chairs

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We all know that chairs can be a pretty big deal, so consider this your important alert regarding Stardew Valley and its still-developing 1.5...

Blaseball is a text-based ‘absurdist simulation of baseball’ where players bet on fake teams

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Whether you're a fan of baseball or not, there appears to be a place for you in Blaseball, a text-based browser game that ultimately...

Blue Protocol confirms NPC costumes for player characters in a preview

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It is the season for costumes, and since the pandemic is likely going to put the kibosh on a lot of costume-centered gatherings, it's...

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