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Path of Exile 2 is scrambling to hire more support folks following its massive early access launch

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Grinding Gear Games warned Path of Exile 2 players ahead of early access that the first era of the game might be a little...

Pantheon sets ground rules for character names and support ahead of early access

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This Friday, December 13th, will see the early access floodgates open for sandbox MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, but before then, Visionary Realms...

New World’s Winter Convergence Festival is live with needed nerfs for mounts and the blunderbuss

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New World fans waking up this morning will find the world transformed by the snows and festivities of the Christmas-esque Winter Convergence Festival as...

Snail Games’ survival MMO For the Stars kicks off a new dev video series

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This past summer, we got a first look at Snail Games' new multiplayer survivalbox, the AAA sci-fi sandbox For The Stars with its "ambitious...

Secret Level S1 E3 teaches New World’s favorite failson an important lesson about kingship

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New World's episode of Amazon Prime Video's Secret Level animated series is live today, so of course we sat down to watch it so...

Temtem the MMO has more Steam players than Temtem Swarm despite being in maintenance mode

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Last September saw the final content update for Crema Games' "MMO-lite" Temtem, with the game entering into maintenance mode while the studio shifted most...

Heroes of the Storm closes out 2024 with its fourth balancing and bugfixing patch of the year

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The tail end of 2023 saw something pleasantly surprising out of Blizzard (for once): A sudden series of patches for its MOBA Heroes of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 497: Walking down the Path of Exile 2

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Justin and Bree discuss Path of Exile 2's early access, Elder Scrolls Online weird event snafu, EverQuest's The Outer Brood, and ArcheAge's second sunset of the year, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the normalization of bad MMO monetization and why some gamers melt down over every bit of MMO news.
Girls.

DC Universe Online’s patch today adds Wonder Woman as your newest ally

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This week you can lasso yourself up an iconic superhero ally in DC Universe Online. Wonder Woman was added as the latest collectible ally...

Star Wars Galaxies Restoration teases new species, a housing deco upgrade, and a combat tree overhaul

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Star Wars Galaxies fans always get a little sad every December as it marks the original MMORPG's deathiversary. But we're blessed to have multiple...
We bought you a bird.

Final Fantasy XIV returns Starlight to the game on December 16

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It's just about time to drench everything in red felt, silvery tinsel, and a heaping dose of hot cocoa. Wait, you probably shouldn't drench...

Fractured kicks off a Christmas event and permanently boosts glory gains by 33%

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You know, we get so few Thanksgiving events in MMORPGs that we could count them on one hand, but for Christmas we get so...

Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday has returned through January 2 with plushie weapons

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Guild Wars 2 friends, it's time to head to Divinity's Reach in your festive snow gear because Wintersday has returned to Tyria this afternoon....
We're fine.

World of Warcraft has added a whopping 38,000 quests in 20 years

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Here's a fun fact: Originally, Blizzard intended to create only around 100 Horde, 100 Alliance, and 100 neutral quests for World of Warcraft, as...

Brighter Shores celebrates Christmas by randomly handing out hats

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It's the season of Hatsgiving in Brighter Shores! OK, it's actually a Christmas event where players can find and trade hats, but Hatsgiving rolls...

Huh, Throne and Liberty is actually running a winter holiday event starting this week

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Throne of Liberty global isn't even two months old yet, but it has a Christmas event: It's called the Startree Solstice, and it's rolling...

Path of Exile 2 plans to change dodge rolling, rewards, and checkpoints as it nerfs an over-performing build

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Path of Exile 2 is in early access, so obviously things are going to change; it's just a question of whether or not those...

Serbian post-apoc MMOFPS Pioner is set to launch in 2025

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OK, let me stop you right there. You were about to come yell at me in the comments that I spelled "Pioneer" wrong. But...
My old wounds are acting up and stuff.

Star Wars: The Old Republic GU 7.6 goes live today with Dynamic Encounters and new PvP season

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Finally, Star Wars: The Old Republic will give players the content they've been craving since the game launched: the chance to herd Banthas on...

Fantastic Pixel Castle shares new prototype gameplay and dev plans for its Ghost MMO

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Fantastic Pixel Castle's upcoming MMO codenamed Ghost (aka Greg Street presents Ghostboi Adventures Online starring Bobby Battle Crabâ„¢) is wrapping up its year of...