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EVE Echoes has been ‘hindered’ by the coronavirus but will launch in ‘late 2020’

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With CCP Games seemingly trying to sneak game cancelations under the radar, you might be wondering what's going on with EVE Echoes. The EVE...

PlanetSide 2’s Escalation update launch may be delayed again [Yep, it was]

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All February, Daybreak and Rogue Planet Games have been teasing PlanetSide 2's Escalation update. It was first meant to launch on the 19th but...

Overwatch previews its new triple damage composition experimental mode

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As fine-tuned as Overwatch tries to be (you leave your own opinions about how successful that's been), sometimes you have to try some radical...
Hooray, no shouting LFG for hours, that's enticing.

EA becomes the latest studio to back out of a con over coronavirus concerns

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This week's Boston-based PAX East has already felt the effects of multiple companies, from Sony to Square Enix, backing out over coronavirus fears -...

Star Stable has added new quests, updated areas, and introduced new horses

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You know what? We have not had a moment to look at the horse-centric MMO Star Stable all of last year, and dangit it's...

Space colony sim MMO SEED offers a look at how its AI operates

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Alessia Nigretti, one of the AI engineers of the in-development space colonization MMO SEED, seems pretty happy about her job and eager to share...

Mad World interviews its writing team and further fleshes out its universe

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With a game title like Mad World, you probably expect a lot of things to have gone wrong. Part of getting that sensation is...

RuneScape patches in quality-of-life and asks players to fill out a survey

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This week in RuneScape is pretty tame overall as far as updates go. There is the Double XP Weekend Extended happening, of course, but...

Shroud of the Avatar readies for the Mistrendur land rush

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There's a new parcel of land coming to Shroud of the Avatar and already players are itching to stake a claim and build on...

Plaintiffs in the Riot Games class action discrimination lawsuit take up new counsel, withdraw settlement plans

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A new chapter in the Riot Games legal drama has begun to be written. In August 2019, the class action discrimination lawsuit filed against...

The Division 2 takes a closer look at the factions in Warlords of New York

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Now that players of The Division 2 are heading back to New York, it's time to take a moment to assess the threats there....

Global Agenda officially died back in 2018 and (almost) nobody noticed

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Back in 2017, we lumped Global Agenda in with other titles that seemed to have vanished. Why haven't we heard from them? What's going...

Closers begins to tease its new Busan location arriving on March 9

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Who's ready to travel to Busan, South Korea? Ideally, the players of Closers are, because that's just where things are headed to next. The location...
Someone called us? Something about some duty?

Activision is trying to locate its Call of Duty leaker via Reddit subpoenas

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Yes, that headline is true. Activision is attempting to track down the mysterious person who leaked the cover art of the next Call of Duty...
Ah... huh.

Bless Unleashed details head start events for founder’s pack purchasers

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If you're invested in the launch of Bless Unleashed to the point that you bought a founder's pack for the game, then you're not...
Like this, but colder.

The mayor of Boston asks Sony to reconsider withdrawing from PAX East

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Sony announced on rather short notice that the company would not be attending PAX East 2020 which kicks off on Friday, citing concerns about...
Come on, vogue.

Pearl Abyss America CEO talks about the MMO market and Black Desert Online’s success

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It's a good sign that Black Desert Online has been not just a flash in the pan but an ongoing success in the MMO field...

Get a look at Lord of the Rings Online’s elaborate Rohan housing

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The recent stealth debut of Lord of the Rings Online's Rohan housing on the test server excited a game community that hasn't seen new...

MMO Week in Review: World of Warcraft’s subber casualties

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World of Warcraft had quite a week: It began Shadowlands' alpha, opened a Classic test server, and took heavy subscriber casualties over the last...

EVE Online shares its economic report for January 2020 and hands out skill points for DDoS issues

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For the more industrious EVE Online player, there's no greater moment than the monthly economic report. Well, it's that wonderful time of the month...

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