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Elder Scrolls Online moves Greymoor’s console release out of the way of George Floyd’s funeral

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The widespread outrage and protests against police brutality over the past week and a half have trickled their way down into many facets of...
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Betawatch: Magic Legends gears up for summer testing

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There's something in the air that makes it feel as if Magic: Legends is getting ready for its first public testing phase. I don't know...
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Valorant is being prototyped for console releases as well

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At long last, Valorant is officially released so you can play the game. But that's not enough; everyone knows that the real release is when you...

SoulWorker introduces a new high-level raid in its recent update

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Yesterday saw the action MMO SoulWorker kick out a new update that has something for the high-level player: a new raid. Players level 65...

Grab a War Thunder Starfighters closed beta key from Gaijin and Massively OP

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War Thunder is currently in the middle of a closed beta test for its next major content update, Starfighters, the centerpiece of which is...

Dauntless previews Umbral Deeps and Relics & Ruin huntpass

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For those who have been following Dauntless on Twitter, you know that the next update is coming and it's bringing a whole lot of...

MMO Business Roundup: Paradox signs union agreement, shareholders slam Activision-Blizzard

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Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry business news. Activision-Blizzard is under fire yet again for its corporate management, this...

Destiny’s Sword offers up a new PvP demo, blames its radio silence on the pandemic

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Do you recall Destiny's Sword? It's a tactical MMO that plays like X-Com but has a metagame where players have to also consider their...
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Sony will need to pay Australia $2.4 million in fines due to digital refund obfuscation

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Amidst delays for digital events and ongoing corporate efforts to deal with the wolves somehow infesting its headquarters, Sony didn't really need more bad...

Black Desert staff help throw a wedding for stuck-at-home players

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Turns out Guild Wars 2 wasn't the only MMORPG to host an honest to goodness player wedding this week. Kakao Games let us know...

Warframe developer makes a donation to Black Lives Matter, promises ‘zero-tolerance chat policies’

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We've previously covered the growing movement by games companies and publishers to reschedule or temporarily halt gaming events and livestreams, including the halting of...

Star Citizen alpha 3.10 will add a visual guidance path to landing zones

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One of the things I've been chronically awful at when playing Star Citizen is finding the space port to land in a city. It...

Elite Dangerous’ Odyssey expansion won’t include base building or VR compatibility at launch

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Earlier this week, Frontier summoned cheers with the announcement that next year's Elite Dangerous expansion is called Odyssey and will indeed include content that...

Old School RuneScape’s vampire patch triggers a rollback, Jagex supports Black Lives Matter

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Here's the good news for Old School RuneScape fans: The 2007-era MMO just unleashed its Darkmeyer update on the world, which "introduces the Sins...
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Final Fantasy XIV cancels its North American fan festival for 2020 over COVID-19, delays patch 5.3

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One of the later events scheduled for this year has still been claimed by the global pandemic; Final Fantasy XIV's fan festival scheduled for...

Ultima Online revamps event gamemaster tools ahead of its big secret announcement later this year

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It sounds as if even 23-year-old Ultima Online is benefiting from the continuing stay-at-home state of many players, as the game's latest newsletter declares...
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Path of Exile explains changes to Brands and shows off new Brand Gems coming with the Harvest League

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We're once again in that point in time where Path of exile is eager to hyper-explain updates that are coming as a result of...

Black Desert recaps the Heidel Ball announcements in a Twitter thread

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You're a busy person. You've got things to do, monsters to slay, countless upgrades to chase, and nodes to war over. You missed Black...

Albion Online adds arena improvements, more solo randomized dungeons, and zerg changes

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A new patch for the Queen update of Albion Online is live, and it's basically providing a few adjustments to make life a little...
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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen talks encounter design, NPC Dispositions, and player zone camping

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The most recent developer roundtable steam from the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen devs covers a lot of pretty big topics, including the game's...

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