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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...

Black Desert’s new Q&A covers everything from dancing and new classes to inflation and endgame

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Apparently, Heidel Ball was a big success for Black Desert this year, such that Pearl Abyss couldn't even answer all the questions players had...

Fallout 76’s public teams feature plans to make it easier to group up and gives bonuses for doing so

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While Update 20 to Fallout 76 is going to be missing a couple of features, the things that the update will introduce are being...

Blade & Soul details new items and a returning summer event arriving with the Divine Break update

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Blade & Soul's upcoming Divine Break update isn't just about giving Force Masters a new spec. It's also about celebrating the summer season and...

Inside Star Citizen looks at the Vanduul fleet, shows off AI updates, a new ship, and new locations

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I've always considered Star Citizen to be the Gran Turismo of internet spaceship games, particularly since the developers at CIG seem to be very...
Are we the baddies?

Star Wars Squadrons has no plans for DLC and is looking to lateral progression for its multiplayer

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If you're a big fan of what Star Wars Squadrons has on offer (namely, piloting a ship even in VR and blowing things up)...

Warframe retools its partner programs to include more creators and create clearer behavior guidelines

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Content creators who focus on Warframe are going to see things change a bit in regards to the official Partner and Fansite Program. Digital...

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