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Whatever happened to Secret World Legends, The Realm reboot, and Shadow’s Kiss?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...

World of Warships brings Warhammer 40K ship bundles to the game

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Sure, World of Warships is all about being true to history, but history doesn't have enough hyper-gothic futurist style to it. That problem is...

Shroud of the Avatar discusses its new dungeon and answers player questions with Lord British

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Shroud of the Avatar is inviting dungeon crawlers of the MMORPG to try out something a little different in the game's latest newsletter. The...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dev defends the use of limited-action sets

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With Pre-Alpha 5 on the way, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is generating more and more interest among MMORPG veterans. But one topic is...
Everybody everybody

Path of Exile Harvest almosts tops concurrency record with 231K simultaneous players

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It doesn't seem as if Path of Exile is slowing down any time soon: Thanks to the launch of the Harvest league last week,...
It was a different time.

World of Warcraft’s Midsummer Fire Festival heats up through July 5

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Summer's already hot, so why not make it hotter still? Some big bonfires and the errant flaming torch should do the trick there. Thanks...

EverQuest II announces Scorched Sky and Familiar Season 7, EverQuest’s Aradune server expands its population

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Let's have a look at what's going on in Norrath, shall we? We'll start off with EverQuest II, which is lauding its next update...

MMO Week in Review: A new Star Wars online multiplayer experience

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This week in the world of MMOs, we cheered for Star Wars Squadrons' multiplayer, welcomed Path of Exile's Harvest League, got a peek at...

The MOP Up: Niantic halts plan to discontinue Pokemon Go on old mobile devices

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This month, Pokemon Go announced that it was discontinuing support for 32-bit Android mobile devices, mostly devices released prior to 2015, including the 1st-gen...

New World unleashes a torrent of tweets all about swords

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Sword. Swordy sword. Swoooords. Sword sword. Big knife. Stabby boy. Swordelicious. Oh, look at that, it's sword time. Sword o'clock. Especially on New World's...
AHHHHHHHH

Dungeons and Dragons Online makes Hardcore League Season 3 open to all and adds more extra lives

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Are you hardcore enough to take on the Hardcore League in Dungeons and Dragons Online but were also hard up for cash and couldn't...

Make My MMO: Illness stymied Project Gorgon’s genetics patch, Dawngate revival goes to Kickstarter

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, we learned Project Gorgon's genetics system patch has been postponed very so slightly as a result of the serious...

WoW Classic’s Gates of Ahn’Qiraj test was a total lagfest (again)

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In a stunning example of irony -- the bad kind -- World of Warcraft Classic's recent Gates of Ahn'Qiraj test was a hot mess....

Lord of the Rings Online remembers Ian Holm, the original Bilbo Baggins, with Baggins’ Birthday event

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This past week, at the age of 88, Ian Holm passed away in his London home. From Alien to The Fifth Element, Holm was...
All right, here we go.

Betawatch: Torchlight III hits early access and early access hits back

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So Torchlight III gave everyone a big surprise when it jumped into early access! It was, unfortunately, not the good kind of surprise. More...
Not very cute.

The Elder Scrolls Online offers players a free pet for opting in to marketing emails

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Hey there! Would you like to get your inbox flooded with marketing emails because you play The Elder Scrolls Online? The answer to that...

World War II Online aka Battleground Europe offers everyone a free premium month

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It's been a while since we poked our heads into World War II Online, the Cornered Rat Software MMO formerly known as Battleground Europe....

MMO Business Roundup: Richard Garriott, Square-Enix’s charity, Stadia, and Team Fortress’ racist bots

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of video games business and industry news relevant for the MMO genre. Richard Garriott: Apparently, the former icon of...

Last Oasis team addresses wipes, roadmaps, next week’s patch, and the future of the game

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So what's going on with Last Oasis since its rocky early access launch? A lot, as it turns out, though much of it's been...

The fresh start server land rush for ArcheAge Unchained players begins tomorrow

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Is there anyone out there who actually likes land rushes - that crazy of logging in and desperately scrambling to try to claim digital...

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