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Sony admits PlayStation 5 pre-orders ‘could have been smoother,’ promises more consoles through year’s end

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If you were among those who took part in the pre-order blitz for the PlayStation 5 and found things far from well handled, then...

Epic ends support for Fortnite: Save the World on Mac because Apple won’t sign patch updates

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The saga of Epic and Apple's legal spat has once more applied a ripple effect to players, this time to Fortnite's PvE mode Save...

Microsoft just bought ZeniMax, Bethsoft, and Elder Scrolls Online’s ZOS for $7.5B

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Here's your Monday bombshell: Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired ZeniMax Media - and therefore Bethesda Softworks and ZeniMax Online Studios and...

Lord of the Rings Online celebrates Bilbo’s Birthday, hedges on mini-expansion specifics

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Tomorrow is September 22nd, which is a significant date for Lord of the Rings Online players. It's the date of both Bilbo and Frodo...
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MMO Week in Review: Final Fantasy XVI’s sweet sixteen

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Square-Enix raised eyebrows this week with the announcement of Final Fantasy XVI - and the revelation that FFXIV's Naoki Yoshida will be attempting to...

Voxelbox MMO Elteria Adventures provides a roadmap of its next four ‘mega patches’

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Elteria Adventures, the cutesy voxelbox MMO of "creative freedom," has offered up a look ahead to its next major content updates, aka mega patches,...

The MOP Up: Razer accidentally exposes 100,000 consumer accounts

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Razer, a popular provider of gaming hardware, joined the notorious list of companies that accidentally exposed their consumer's personal information to the world. While...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: LiteBringer, SamuTale, IcarusM, Stellar Warfare, Primordials of Amyrion, A3, Raid Shadow Legends, Second Extinction

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've probably never heard of (or have entirely forgotten about). LiteBringer: Tibia fans who aren't...

Phantasy Star Online 2 to reveal New Genesis info and footage next week

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With the Tokyo Game Show preparing to fill up our feeds next week, SEGA is eager to get as many eyeballs as possible on...
Remember when the worst thing this game did was nonsense about avoiding auction houses?

Make My MMO: TitanReach and Ilysia head to Kickstarter

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Titan Reach kicked off its Kickstarter, seeking $428,000 US to fund a modern take on an "old-school" MMO set...

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be adding a new tier of augments with its next update

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The tippy-top end of power in Star Wars: The Old Republic is due to change with the release of update 6.1.4 according to an...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Markarth DLC launches November 2 for PC, November 10 for console

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As promised, ZeniMax has just dropped a ton of info about Elder Scrolls Online's next update during its year-end preview event stream. We knew the...

Conan Exiles’ producer explains healing and food tweaks, outlines update plans for the Isle of Siptah

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I haven't read many of the Conan the Barbarian books, but I'm reasonably sure that whenever he was brought low in a fight, he...

Krafton spins Bluehole off as an ‘independent subsidiary’ to handle TERA and Elyon

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The corporate reshuffling that's been going on ever since En Masse Entertainment announced that it was closing is producing interesting developments this fall. Krafton,...
Icy Hot, but a game.

Betawatch: Frozen Flame burns its way into a cool closed beta

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Survival action RPG Frozen Flame announced this week that it was heading into closed beta with a single-player mode, a new event, and a special...

The Division 2 previews Concealed Agenda, the Summit, and gear transmogging

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With the latest update to The Division 2 arriving on Tuesday, September 22nd, now seems as good a time as any for the devs...
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The World of Warships Transformers promotional event is live

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Do you like World of Warships? Do you like Transformers? If the answer to both of those questions is "yes," you are the reason why...

Champions Online’s third anniversary week sees Dr. Destroyer and his Destroids attack the city

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Dr. Destroyer. Boy, what a comic book-y villain name. I love his '80s-style cheese. I love his Marc Silvestri-looking metallic outfit. And I love...

Blade & Soul previews another round of item and system changes arriving with Cosmic Horizon

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As ever seems to be the case with new updates to Blade & Soul, the upcoming Cosmic Horizon update will introduce some more tweaks...
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Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning offers a special title for taking part in its anniversary events

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Can you believe that it's been 12 years since the launch of Warhammer Online? Because it absolutely has. Of course, the game hasn't been consistently...

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