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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....

RuneScape adjusts the Shattered Worlds (with help from the Ninjas), Jagex gives over $125k to charity

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Normally, I don't think many are in the habit of thanking ninjas for what they do, but in the case of RuneScape's Ninja Team,...

Wurm Online proudly shows off its fancy new UI

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After lots of iterations and adjustments (and likely more before the final result goes live), Wurm Online is ready to show off its new...

Early access sandbox survival MMO SamuTale revamps its world with new resources, visuals, and items

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In what's being touted as its largest update yet, the colorful sandbox MMO SamuTale has done a wholesale revamp of its game world. This...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 267: Who had ‘New World delay’ on their bingo card?

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Andy, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Shadowlands, LOTRO, Chronicles of Elyria, New World, SWTOR, FFXIV, RuneFest, Champions Online, and EverQuest, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, Elite, SWG Legends, and Animal Crossing, and a mailbag entry on Secret World Legends and maintenance-mode MMOs.

PWE co-op shooter Remnant: From the Ashes’ upcoming DLC will add a roguelike survival mode

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A new challenge is on the horizon for players of Remnant: From the Ashes. Assuming you're willing to pay the ten spot for it....

Overwatch’s Echo is officially live today – here’s the new trailer

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We first caught site of Overwatch's Echo waaaaay back in 2018, when she appeared in the Ashe-and-McCree short and was said to be “one of the...

Book of Travels previews its paper- and card-inspired user interface

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One of the selling points of Book of Travels that originally caught my eye way back before its successful Kickstarter last year was its...

Over a thousand people rolled toons in Ship of Heroes’ impromptu beta

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Ship of Heroes had been making the best of the COVID-19 stay-home mandates with an impromptu beta test. Now that the test is done,...

Choose My Adventure: Hexaria is a grindy yet competent Roblox MMO

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Another week, another random bit of Roblox adventuring. This time around, I wanted to see just what sort of MMOs this game's community could...

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box festival is finally live (check out the new SAB raptor skin!)

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Way back in 2013, Guild Wars 2 dropped an April Fools' Day patch so epic it literally won our team's award for best expansion...
Different kitty.

Zul’Gurub and Phase 4 goes live in WoW Classic tomorrow

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Is it troll time? No, it's not quite troll time in World of Warcraft: Classic. But it's almost troll time because the next content...
This town may actually be big enough for the two of us.

EverQuest II faces the Showdown at the Diaku Corral in today’s patch

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Over the course of your adventures in EverQuest II you've gotten to do a lot of things, but the odds are good you haven't...
All over again.

Final Fantasy XIV kicks off an eight-day free login campaign

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It sounds a little bit cliche, but now really is the perfect time for a lot of people to explore MMOs that might not...
One one one.

Fallout 76’s large-scale Wastelanders update is officially live — here are the patch notes

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It's been a long and oft-delayed time coming, but Fallout 76 has finally lit the fuse on the bottle rocket that is the Wastelanders...

Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Update 26 – now with race changes

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A week after Lord of the Rings Online posted its roadmap for the remainder of 2020, the fantasy game put Update 26 on the...
Kick it down the road.

ESRB starts putting warnings about lockboxes on its game ratings

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You have to imagine that a lot of video game marketers have developed facial twitches today upon the news that they will no longer...

The Daily Grind: Have you noticed an uptick in players in your MMO of choice?

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It's no secret that MMOs and other online games are doing better than usual thanks to the pandemic keeping a large portion of the...

Mobile MMORPG Aura Kingdom II prepares for its global April release — here’s a peek at its opening quests

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Most of our readers are going to recognize Aura Kingdom as the game that lets you be a rock star as a class or...

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