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Final Fantasy XI deploys its anniversary event and its June update to the live servers

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Players had to wait a little bit longer for Final Fantasy XI's anniversary event this year, due to the whole... global pandemic thing. Fortunately, the...

RuneScape fixes evil trees and ‘horribly deformed’ livestock as Jagex celebrates a $250K charity donation

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Another week, another RuneScape patch. It's a tale as old as time, but as the headline alludes, this week's set of patch notes has...

There’s a new dating site specifically for gamers called Joystick

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You're gonna be tempted to giggle at this one, so instead I'm going to start this post by pointing out that I know kind...

World of Tanks adds a new map and battle pass, World of Warships adds new ships and a Dockyard

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Wargaming's two flagship multiplayer vehicle battlers are getting some update love. Today has seen World of Warships apply Update 0.9.5, while World of Tanks...

EVE Echoes readies up a final playtest before official launch and shares a Q&A

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With the mobile MMO EVE Echoes on the horizon, there's time still for one last test to make sure everything is right and tight....

New World previews its crafting system and player housing decoration

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Yesterday's New World dev blog was all about character development and progression, and it was a bit of a let down for folks who...
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No Man’s Sky impements full PC and console crossplay starting tomorrow

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When Hello Games announces new stuff for No Man's Sky, two things are usually true: They're huge, and they're soon. And today's announcement from...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor chapter is live on console today

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Skyrim is finally opening up for everyone in Elder Scrolls Online today as Greymoor finally officially launches on console. It's been delayed a few...

Phantasy Star Online 2 adds new campaigns and issues boosts for broken content release times

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Phantasy Star Online 2 has just finished its latest maintenance which has brought on a variety of things for players to do. Among them...
Cool story, guy!

Black Desert delays season servers on PC, adds Margoria on console, as Shadow Arena sees 5K concurrent players

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Black Desert's PC version is gearing up for summer, which means a deluge of events under the "Waiting for Summer" banner. Players will be...

Elite Dangerous is working on a list of Fleet Carrier bugs – including the blonde hair bug

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The launch of the Fleet Carriers update to Elite: Dangerous hasn't exactly gone off without a hitch, as a number of players are reporting...
And again.

Overwatch nixes hero pools from competitive play

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Freedom! That's the shout of Overwatch players this week as they heard the news that Blizzard is removing hero pools from the competitive play...
That's Trek for you.

Star Trek Online promises Romulan boosting while fan podcast calls for a boycott of the game in support of Black Lives Matter

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The developers behind Star Trek Online are letting players boost up a Romulan. A new level boost pack coming soon allows you to start...
We're here! We're... that's it, actually.

EverQuest’s Jen Chan apologizes for ongoing issues, compensates players

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Apparently it's been a rough scene in both EverQuest games over the past few months. And this isn't coming from our readers; Darkpaw's Jen...
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Neverwinter explores the regions of Avernus for its upcoming module

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When the next module arrives in Neverwinter, you can go to Hell. Specifically, the first layer of the Nine Hells, Avernus, a war-torn wasteland of...
Oddly beautiful.

Wake of the Storm brings new weapons, accessories, runes, and an instance to Aion EU

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European players of Aion are facing the Wake of the Storm, which sounds pretty dramatic as update names go. Several of the patch's features...

Path of Exile outlines changes to Warcry skills coming with the next update

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The march of adjustment details continues on from Path of Exile in the run-up to the release of the Harvest League. The latest forum...

Trove’s ‘splendid summer event’ is live today with a new quest track

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Gamigo is giving a smidge of love to more than ArcheAge this week: Trove is getting in on the summer fun with a new...
Black Lives Matter.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 275: What truly matters

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Justin, MJ, and Bree talk Black Lives Matter, Path of Exile, Elite Dangerous, FFXIV Fanfest, with adventures in ESO, WoW, Astroneer, LOTRO, Subnautica, SWG Legends, and mailbag topics on redesigning mages and what WoW did right.

Star Citizen shares answers and results from its Theaters of War AMA

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This past Friday, the devs of Star Citizen posted their replies to an AMA all about Theaters of War, the combined arms PvP mode...

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