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Publisher Masangsoft opens Steam pages for several old and previously shuttered MMOs

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The name Masangsoft might sound vaguely familiar to our regular readers, but it also has been some time since it blipped on our radar....

MultiVersus takes a $100M bite out of WB Games’ profits as the fighter outlines Season 4

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You would be forgiven for believing that platform fighter MultiVersus was doing well enough from the outside looking in, as the game continued to...

Nintendo’s patent lawsuit against Palworld studio is hunting for an injunction and $66K

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The middle of September saw the megahit monster collecting survivalbox Palworld rouse the boundless litigious ire of Nintendo when the latter slapped the former...

Dauntless breaks its long radio silence with a commitment to releasing its revamp by the end of the year

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It has been quite some time since we specifically checked in on the multiplayer Behemoth-hunting RPG Dauntless, but that was primarily because news coming...

MMO Week in Review: Legacy of Morgoth vs. Brighter Shores

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The MMORPG genre saw two big launches this week: First, Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG from one of the RuneScape's creators, made its early...

Cozy RPG sim Dreamlight Valley turns the page to its upcoming Storybook Vale expansion pass

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Once upon a time, in a game that nobody seems to talk about yet probably has a bajillion players because it's Disney, a new...
Yes, more than this.

The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s secret mobile multiplayer mode

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Stardew Valley developer Concerned Ape confirmed that the latest update added a "secret, experimental mobile multiplayer feature" for Android and iOS with the caveats...

Sony reflects on team FPS Concord’s disaster: ‘We are still in the process of learning’

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The flash-in-the-pan launch and then nearly immediate cancellation of Firewalk Studios' Concord remains one of the more startling game disasters of the year, and...

Pax Dei’s Proving Grounds update removes previously learned crafting recipes from characters’ brains

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One of the many features applied in Pax Dei's big saucy Proving Grounds update was an adjustment to crafting progression that would make it...

Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’s Ascendancy, Embers Adrift’s misfortune

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Kickstarted MMORPGs have been a rollercoaster over the last few weeks: Elite Dangerous is finally getting a major revival with the release of Ascendancy....

Brighter Shores patches in custom keybinds and quest difficulty stars

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Brighter Shores has already talked about how to better communicate its so-called "breadth and depth" system in-game, and now thanks to its latest patch,...

WWII MMO Foxhole aims skyward with next summer’s Airborne expansion

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Massively multiplayer WWII fighting sim Foxhole is poised to add a new dimension to its warfare next summer with its Airborne expansion. When it...

Fractured hashes out its upcoming seasonal rewards format and announces alliance mechanics

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As we've been covering, indie MMORPG sandbox Fractured is heading down the free-to-play path come November 20th, and alongside that relaunch will be the...

Chrono Odyssey narrows down its launch window to Q4 2025

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Kakao is taking baby steps to zoom in on a potential global launch window for its upcoming fantasy MMO Chrono Odyssey. Previously, the studio...
Done, ya.

Classic MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot brings its next Caledonia event to players on December 4

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It's the week after Thanksgiving, and you feel like having something new to be thankful for. Would leveling up nice and quickly in Dark...
Yes, very goth.

MultiVersus adds Raven as the headliner for its Season 4 update

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Do you miss when Raven was an obscure DC Comics character instead of the go-to whenever someone wants to have a hot lady using...

Indie MMOARPG Drakantos releases new open world gameplay footage and plans for pet taming

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The studio behind 2-D pixel art multiplayer ARPG Drakantos noted previously that it would be scaling back its dev blogs to every three months....

Pixel-art multiplayer sandbox Tinkertown launches on Xbox X|S, revamps its world map for 2.0 update

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This may be the first time you're ever hearing about Tinkertown, and I would've thought the same for me too, except that I looked...

Destiny 2 plans a grandmaster nightfall catch-up feature November 19 and Revenant Act II preview November 12

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The next two weeks are potentially big ones for players of Destiny 2, assuming those players want to access all of the hard mode...

Black Desert improves accessory enhancement and monster zones on PC, previews a costume extraction feature on console

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While the mobile version of Black Desert got top billing thanks to some major updates, this week is not without news from the PC...