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Zul’Gurub is live in World of Warcraft: Classic with an actual world first kill achieved

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So Zul'Gurub is available for raiding in World of Warcraft: Classic right now as part of the fourth phase of content updates, and the...

Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff just fully funded on Kickstarter for $79,000

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Swords 'n Magic and Stuff just fully funded on Kickstarter, ensuring that I'm going to be looking up the exact spelling of this "casual,...
Skeeorch.

EVE Online makes a Surgical Strike on its playerbase

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Sometimes, it's not a bad thing to get hit with a strike. EVE Online blasted its virtual galaxy with the Surgical Strike update yesterday,...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Red Stone, Euotopia, Ogre Island, Stendhal, and Astonia

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you’ve (probably) never heard of — or have totally forgotten about until now! If you're...

Terraria’s fourth and final update, Journey’s End, launches in May

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I have a soft spot in my soul for Terraria, mostly thanks to the fact that several of my guildies ran multiplayer servers on...

Legends of Runeterra previews the Noxus region and confirms an April 30 launch date

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Riot Games' digital CCG Legends of Runeterra is about to step out of open beta and into fully-launched product, confirming its launch on PC...

RIFT tests new world bosses as Defiance asks players to hunt mutants

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They're not dead; they'd like to take a walk! Gamigo's ever-shambling MMOs RIFT and Defiance are doing some new things to keep however many...

Heroes of the Storm adds new Dark Nexus skins and a tests a new feature for defensive towers

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Hey look at that, Heroes of the Storm has had a couple of new updates! Neat! Blizzard's MOBA is kicking off another Dark Nexus-themed...
We never like these things.

PEGI adds lockbox warnings to rating labels

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That sure didn't take long. Earlier this week, we found out that the ESRB would be adding a specific content warning to games in...

Player-run Open Perpetuum celebrates second birthday with new content and freebies

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Way back in 2017, Perpetuum Online developer Avatar Creations announced it was closing the game because it could no longer afford to develop the...

COVID-19 Roundup: EVE Online’s huge influx of newbies, live Gamescom is probably toast

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Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are faring and fronting during the COVID-19 pandemic. First up: CCP's Hilmar Pétursson...

Desert Oasis: How I’m progressing through Black Desert without spending a dime

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I've been playing Black Desert for quite a while, and in that time I've made a bit of cash and built up a stable...

Elite Dangerous is seriously reducing the cost of fleet carriers following beta feedback

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Elite Dangerous' fleet carriers beta has been up barely a week, but already Frontier is walking back some of the changes. Last week, players venturing...
Not riding a dinosaur.

World of Warcraft has controller support under active development

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Accessibility is a big deal when it comes to games, and MMOs have traditionally worked to ensure that people with disabilities still have full...

Black Desert issues a juice challenge, Black Desert Mobile adds tier 5 pets and celebrates strawberries

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There are some fresh updates to Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile, and once again they're full of events for players to enjoy. This...
I hate.

Phantasy Star Online 2 launches on PC in late May, officially leaves Xbox One beta today

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If you're one of the many, many would-be Phantasy Star Online 2 fans waiting eagerly for news about the game's PC release, you have...
Different kitty.

Former EverQuest boss Holly Longdale scooped up by Blizzard to work on WoW Classic

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Daybreak's Holly Longdale raised a lot of eyebrows a month ago when she announced she was departing the Darkpaw Games sub-unit and leaving behind...

Riot Games talks about the tech that keeps Valorant running smoothly and free of wallhack cheats

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Riot Games is all in on making sure Valorant is one of the better-running and protected competitive FPS titles in the industry, and they're...

World of Warcraft previews Shadowlands’ Torghast while WoW Classic goes into Phase 4

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Will Blizzard ever crack the code of engaging and replayable World of Warcraft endgame content that doesn't go stale for a long time? It's...

PSA: Funcom is having a week-long sale on games and DLC on Steam

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Funcom's execs are driving prices so low, you'd think they're giving away the house. They're not, though. They're giving away most of the house....

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