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RuneScape makes some improvements to the Grand Exchange and the mobile version

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Oh hey, it's a fresh week in RuneScape! And you know what that means! Another week of patch notes! This week, the Ninja Team...

Guild Wars 2’s Dragon Bash returns again next week to smash the dragon

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When Dragon Bash returned to Guild Wars 2 last summer, it was a big surprise for the community, as before that it hadn't been...

MMO Business Roundup: PAX Online, PAX Aus, games for ADHD, Epic’s $17B valuation

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of video games business and industry news that bumps into our little old MMO genre over here. PAX: PAX...

Steam Summer Game Festival: Gloria Victis Siege releases its first demo

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Remember back in March when Gloria Victis' Black Eye Games announced it was working with studio Fish Tank to release Gloria Victis: Siege, a...

APB Reloaded is 10 years old as its latest owners are throwing a (gun) party

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When I joined the Massively team in 2010, the first MMO that released during my tenure was All-Points Bulletin, at the time one of...
Caw! Polly is no longer the apex predator!

Grapecard’s Atlas MMO promises new world map, system reset, and new devs

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It's been a rocky year and a half for Atlas, the follow-up MMO to Studio Wildcard's ARK Survival Evolved. Just a few weeks ago,...
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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues to roll through testing with new transport animations and customization

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There are some races that are still waiting on new customization options within World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' alpha testing. But others are getting their...
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Elder Scrolls Online hosts Greymoor house deco contest, lands on Stadia today

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The newest story in The Elder Scrolls Online is all about vampires in the north, and that seems like as good a time as...

Corepunk embraces being a ‘traditional MMORPG’, shows off alpha gameplay

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Last December, Corepunk blasted onto the MMO scene - and into our top list of MMOs to watch this year - when Dutch studio...

New World talks about combat and PvP gameplay, shows off its War mode

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Amazon's upcoming MMO New World continues to shovel coal into the hype engine as it inches towards its July 23rd beta. David Verfaillie, the...

Crafter-centric MMO Shop Titans turns one year old with new pets update

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By chance, Justin mentioned crafting guilds in Shop Titans on this week's Massively OP Podcast, so when this press release for the game's first...

Check out the player-designed battle mounts coming to Skyforge (eventually)

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Seeing something you've created arrive in the game you're playing has got to feel all kinds of special, so we feel pleased for the...

Star Sonata 2 arrives on Steam as Wurm Online preps for Steam launch July 24

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Steam's getting a few new MMO options, namely Wurm Online and Star Sonata 2. The Steam page for Wurm confirms a release date of Friday,...

MapleStory’s latest update adds a new character and revamps existing skills, map activities, and guild activities

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Last week saw MapleStory add a beefy update to the game which has, among other things, introduced a new character, made a variety of...

Escape from Tarkov is getting a new map as it hits new viewership highs on Twitch

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It's been a while since we've last heard major things out of Escape from Tarkov, the FPS survival multiplayer game from developer Battlestate Games....

Star Wars Galaxies Legends introduces two new buildings for Empire/Remembrance Day

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One of the unique events in the MMO landscape was always Star Wars Galaxies' Empire Day and Remembrance Day, which intentionally crosses paths with...

H1Z1 launches Season 8, PlanetSide 2 continues tweaking its Colossus tank

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We'll call this the Daybreak news bundle: H1Z1 and PlanetSide 2 have both gotten some recent updates, so let's break it down. For H1Z1 players,...

Star Wars Squadrons will include crossplay, VR, plenty of multiplayer content

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If you were waiting for confirmation that Star Wars Squadrons would have multiplayer, today you have it, as EA officially dropped its new trailer...

Black Desert battle royale spinoff Shadow Arena adds new hero, bans cheaters

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If things are getting a bit samey for you in the standalone Black Desert battle royale game Shadow Arena, then the latest update might...

Cyberpunk VR MMO Zenith says it’s ready to move from pre-alpha to alpha

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Zenith, the VR cyberpunk-styled MMO that bounded into the crowdfunding scene last year, has officially announced its move from pre-alpha development to alpha development. In...

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