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Dual Universe shows off its shiny new character model

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Dual Universe would like to introduce you to someone. It's yourself. No, the devs at Novaquark aren't asking you to do some meditative introspection;...
Wheeeeeeee

Fractured starts its next alpha test today

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The original plan for Fractured was to kick off its next alpha testing session on July 16th. That didn't happen, unfortunately; bugs cropped up...

EverQuest releases a 20th anniversary vinyl soundtrack

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Fun fact: While sales of music CDs have dropped dramatically over the past decade, vinyl sales have increased even in the face of the...
Outliers.

Final Fantasy XIV has cancelled its Japanese Fan Festival scheduled for December

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This probably comes as no surprise to anyone, but Final Fantasy XIV will not be hosting any fan gatherings this year. The North American...

Black Desert adds a tactics-based PvE arena, a summertime quiz, and a trial that gives away the game

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Free game alert, though with a bit of an asterisk: Black Desert is offering a free trial starting now until August 5th that can...
UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD

The Elder Scrolls Online previews a whole castle full of the undead with Castle Thorn

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Castle Thorn in The Elder Scrolls Online has lots of undead. No, really, it has more undead than that. They're squirting out of the...
This. Is. Exhausting.

World of Warcraft connects two EU realms while planning its Heroic raid testing for Shadowlands

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It's almost time to make sure that heroic raids are sufficiently... well, whatever they're supposed to be in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. It can't...
Nope, not letting this one go.

More Ubisoft employees recount a culture of sexism that propped up offenders and informed game design decisions

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The fact that Ubisoft executives have made the studio an unsafe place to work has already been well chronicled, but a new report from...
The climb.

Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.3 gets a trailer along with more patch details ahead of August 11

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Patch 5.3, Reflections in Crystal, arrives in Final Fantasy XIV on August 11th after an unusually long delay. But if you need to see...

Guild Wars 2’s voice actors miss you, too

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On the last episode of the podcast, Bree said that she was going to hold off playing any of the newer Guild Wars 2...

Sandbox MMORPG Past Fate readies another Kickstarter campaign and shows off alpha footage

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Alright, this one is going to need a bit of a refresher. Past Fate is a sandbox MMORPG that we showcased last December which...

Black Desert player opens over 1,000 Oasis Dream Chests during a livestream

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Remember when Black Desert had the Find Your Oasis event where players could earn Oasis Dream Chests full of stuff? How many of those...

SMITE is adding Tsukuyomi the Japanese moon god to the roster in August

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The Japanese pantheon in the MOBA SMITE is about to grow by one more this August as Hi-Rez Studios has announced that the moon...

Yoink a MU Online, C9, Flyff, or Rappelz gift bundle in Webzen’s summer 2020 giveaway

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Webzen is celebrating summer once again with a long list of events across its whole catalogue of MMOs, including including MU Online, Rappelz, Flyff,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 280: Middle-earth practices social distancing

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Justin and Bree discuss Funcom, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Nexon, No Man's Sky, and Skull and Bones, with adventures in LOTRO, Hearthstone, and WoW, plus mailbag topics on fidelity to artistic vision and phasing vs. immersion.

RuneScape invites players to return to The Beach and offers a chance at a Cerberus pet

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This week in RuneScape appears to be pretty focused on events. For one thing, the summertime Beach is back between now and August 10th,...
Your stuff, can I have it?

Ultima Online’s 109th update has arrived with new dynamic tools for event GMs

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Happy patch day to Ultima Online fans! Publish 109 is live for the almost-23-year-old MMORPG, and it's a bit different from previous publishes, which...

Hi-Rez’s squad-based multiplayer shooter Rogue Company enters paid beta on EGS

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Last time we peeked in on Rogue Company, the multiplayer shooter coming out of Hi-Rez's internal First Watch Games label, we were given a...
That'll cost you money.

Police in Taiwan locate the owner of a lost Switch thanks to Animal Crossing

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So here's a cute story for you. A man in Taiwan took his Nintendo Switch along when he went to the ATM to grab...

Hello there! Star Wars The Old Republic just officially launched on Steam

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Remember back when EA refused to put much of anything on Steam, lest it compete with its own Origin platform? Those days have fast...

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