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MMO sim Identity breaks silence to cite funding problems and ask for community help

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Considering that we haven't heard a peep from the indie life simulator Identity for a half-year now, we were starting to assume the project...

Blizzard revamps and rereleases Warcraft III Reforged today

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Nobody tell my husband, but Blizzard is officially dropping Warcraft III Reforged today, so you can relive your real-time strategy childhoods all over again....

EVE Online: DDOS, sale, and the player auction that brought in $33,000 for charity

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Never let it be said that games can't make a difference. One EVE Online player, struck by the tragedy of the Australian bushfires, put an...

RuneScape opens up War’s Retreat and brings back the Skill Off event for winter

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It's time to slap boss monsters silly for rewards and the favor of War, the Horseman of the Apocalypse! No, it's not the plot...

Mobile MMO Roundup: TERA Frontier’s new name, Aion mobile improves events, MapleStory M’s new hero

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Hi there! Would you like some mobile MMORPG news? Don't worry, they're hors d'oeuvre-sized, just like the games themselves. Have yourself some of these...

Last Oasis discusses FFA PvP balance and invites clans to a beta test

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So we all understand that Last Oasis is an FFA PvP sandbox, a fact that its devs are loudly and happily crowing about. That...

The Division 2 outlines overhauls of Recalibration and Skill Power systems

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There's a bunch of change coming to the systems of The Division 2. Players were already briefed on gear changes, and now they're getting...

ARK: Survival Evolved has now delayed the Genesis DLC to February 25

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When I went back digging through our ARK: Survival Evolved content, I was absolutely shocked that the last big announcement was for the Genesis...
Yeah, it's never happening.

Phantasy Star Online 2’s North American Xbox One beta begins February 7

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Get out your "it's happening" gifs or maybe just your "thank goodness, some good news today" signs: Sega formally put a date on Phantasy...

Shroud of the Avatar shows off its reborn Upper Tears region

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It would seem that the undead of the Upper Tears area in Shroud of the Avatar have gotten fed up of being XP-earning fodder...
Sure, that makes sense.

Guild Wars 2 touches on Raven Portals and hidden events in a livestream

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The most recent episode of Guild Chat from Guild Wars 2 perhaps wasn't too revelatory, but it did touch on a couple of things...
Ridin spinnas, ridin spinnas

Rumor has it that Electronic Arts is doing something with Knights of the Old Republic

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Attention all hands; this is not a drill. Or maybe it is because, well... rumors are what they are. But the current rumor is...

Torchlight Frontiers launches this summer as Torchlight III – and it’s not an MMO now

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So here's one nobody quite got right in the 2020 predictions: Torchlight Frontiers is changing its name to Torchlight III, with a summer launch...
It lurks.

League of Legends Chinese pro esports league suspends events over spreading coronavirus

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If you've somehow missed all the news about the growing coronavirus epidemic, we'll forgive you - it's been a wild news week in the...
Feelin' fine!

Victims of Fallout 76 inventory hacks are getting free Atoms and subscription time

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All right, we freely admit that given the title's history up to this point, you might be legitimately skeptical of a problem in Fallout 76...
Roooooooock monster.

Star Trek Online: Tenth anniversary giveaways, lifetime sale, and story leak

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Outer space has never been so active as it is right now thanks to Star Trek Online's 10th anniversary. Cryptic is handing out daily...

US Court of Appeals upholds decision that a RuneScape player’s muting did not violate free speech

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The 3rd Circuit US Court of Appeals has effectively squashed any further action by one Amro Elansari, a RuneScape player who claimed that Jagex's...

MMO Week in Review: Daybreak, Funcom, and Tencent

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Ah, the start of a new year: the best time for industry shake-ups. Last year's were pretty devastating, you'll recall. So far, though, the...

Tree of Savior announces plans for a new server and a team name reset

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Has it been some time since you booted up Tree of Savior? You might want to consider doing that if you're attached to your...

The MOP Up: Dofus gives its 2020 roadmap

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After a wild 15th year anniversary, Dofus is prepared to crank out a great 2020. The game's roadmap outlined the upcoming year (brought to...

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