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Chronicles of Elyria dev blog’s ‘mood piece’ turns out to be ‘photobashed stock art’

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The idea of a mood board, which collects a variety of images from various sources to bring inspiration, isn't exactly a foreign one. Perhaps...
Bring out your something.

Albion Online hot-fixes a Hideout issue while acknowledging issues with the Battle for Caerleon event

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Every big patch has some issues, and Albion Online's Queen update, which landed yesterday, was no exception. It turned out that Hideouts were getting completed...
This is someone else's problem.

UK NHS director calls out lootboxes as ‘under the radar’ gambling

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As much as the developers who make lockboxes would probably like for the random packs of items to start slipping back under the radar,...
Whistle

Nexon exec Jon Jelinek reminisces about WildStar and World of Warcraft

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Previous web designer on World of Warcraft and executive producer on WildStar (and now Nexon OC general manager) Jon Jelinek recently sat down for...
Temmie get money for college.

Temtem ramps up for its early access launch with an anime-style launch trailer

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Stress testing is over and today marks the official early access launch of Temtem, the critter collecting MMO in the style of Pokemon, and...

Monster Hunter World announces plans for PC and console version parity

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Considering the wide gulf between Iceborne's release on consoles versus PC, it was maybe easy to assume that PC players of Monster Hunter World...
Oh, hi.

Bless Unleashed previews its PvE-centric Sentinels Union

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Previously, we all got a look at the Union system and the crafting-minded Artisans' Society in Bless Unleashed. Now, we've got a look at...

City of Titans makes a small but significant change to the Avatar Builder UI

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What difference can a slider bar possibly make? A pretty good one in the case of City of Titans, which showed off a tweak...

Guardians of Ember is sunsetting once again as Gameforge and Runewaker drop contract

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Do you folks remember a few years ago when Guardians of Ember launched? It was an isometric hack-and-slash MMO built by Runewaker (you know...
Space me out.

Star Trek Online previews its new anniversary ship, the hybrid Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser

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The newest anniversary ship for Star Trek Online is not a Klingon ship. It is also not a Federation ship. It is, instead, the...

Star Citizen recounts development progress made in November and December

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The end of 2019 was a loaded one for Star Citizen, with many of the fruits of that labor available in the latest alpha...

Star Wars: The Old Republic brings the Alderaan Stronghold back to the test server

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The opportunity to test out the fanciest new house in Star Wars: The Old Republic is back once again as the devs have brought...
This is new, this is new, this is new.

Rumor: Star Trek Online may be selling some lockbox ships in the regular store

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If you have ever played Star Trek Online, you are no doubt familiar with the occasional flashing messages that so-and-so just won some mega-awesome...

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden calls out Silicon Valley game devs as ‘creeps’

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It would appear that US presidential hopeful and former vice president Joe Biden has an unkind view of most Silicon Valley tech companies and...
It's a killer

Albion Online has officially deployed the Queen update today

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It's the eighth major update for post-launch Albion Online, Major Outlands rework makes living there feel pretty fine! Hideouts for guilds there, three new towns to...

Last Oasis takes a cheeky jab at New World’s PvP about-face

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The woodpunk survival sandbox MMO Last Oasis saw a hot iron and decided to strike. With the furor that's still raging over New World's...

Ship of Heroes starts the year with a better engine and cat masks

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When it comes to a superhero MMO, "fast" performance isn't good enough. At least, it's not good enough for the Ship of Heroes team,...

Black Desert’s PC roadmap dates Guardian Awakening, more Succession skills, and new continents

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While players of Black Desert already had an idea of what was to come thanks to a content preview, there weren't many release dates...
Nope.

CIG fires back in response to Crytek’s request to pause Squadron 42 lawsuit

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Earlier this month we reported on a request from Crytek to halt its ongoing breach of contract lawsuit against Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium...

MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls goes back to Skyrim, New World abolishes FFA PvP

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I thought this week was going to be all about the reveal of Elder Scrolls Online's Greymoor chapter - who's up for vampire vikings?!...

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