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Warframe previews the first improvements to Kuva Liches and updates to pets

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Remember that end-of-year survey that Warframe held to collect player feedback? Remember how Kuva Liches were the most disliked additions according to those survey...

Dungeons and Dragons Online welcomes the 2020 Winter Games

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Don't let the frosty weather outside get you down! Embrace it instead with Dungeons and Dragons Online's 2020 winter games. This is a two-for-one...

Legends of Aria showcases new capture-the-flag mechanics and upcoming features for Point Release 9

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Citadel Studios founder/CEO Derek Brinkmann, lead producer Jeffrey Edwards, community manager Liz Finnegan, and lead game designer Ben Phelps took to Twitch a couple...

Wurm Online is officially ending the player-run RMT market in March

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For a number of years, Wurm Online has allowed players to transform in-game assets and silver into real-world profit through an RMT system, and...

Temtem banned 900 cheaters, then changed its mind on granting appeals

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Apparently, Temtem has borrowed a bit more from Pokemon than just its overall vibe: It's also borrowing the elder franchise's reputation for attracting the...

Book of Travels plans beta for late spring, early access in October

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We had two games tie for our "most anticipated" award in 2019, but since of them was demoted to merely multiplayer with offline components...
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City of Heroes’ Homecoming buffs tanks and Masterminds, begins the Spring Fling

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I hate pet classes. Always have, always will. I'm barely able to stand them save for the Railmaster's pet train in Torchlight Fro--, er,...

Here’s how Fallout 76’s reputation tracks will work in Wastelanders

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When the still-delayed Wastelanders expansion comes to Fallout 76, players will be mingling with NPCs - and that means NPC-related mechanics will be in...
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Warcraft 3: Reforged is now apparently offering instant refunds with no official statement from Blizzard

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Fortunately for Blizzard, after the not-great launch of Warcraft III: Reforged, everything blew over... by which we mean things got significantly worse, to the point of...

The Sims 5 will apparently invoke the spirit of – wait for it – The Sims Online

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With 20 million players and six years of life under its belt, The Sims 4 has been a long-running powerhouse for the franchise. However,...
Please come out here and please be good.

English localization for MMO Blue Protocol suggests a westward push after all as alpha NDA drops

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While it's not an official announcement of a western release, the news that Bandai Namco is reportedly on the lookout for an English localization...
It's not quite so much of a model after all.

The Daily Grind: Have you ever gotten a refund for an MMORPG?

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As I type this, the discussion thread on the Camelot Unchained piece from Friday is nearing 400 comments, a hefty proportion of which center...

MMO Week in Review: When all you really want is some good MMORPGs

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It wasn't the best week for MMORPG fans. PWE downgraded Torchlight Frontiers into the not-an-MMORPG Torchlight III, Astellia Online's Steam launch was hampered by...
It's just silly.

The MOP Up: SWTOR’s subscription tauntauns smell great on the outside

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For all who subscribe to Star Wars: The Old Republic, there's a new gift waiting for you under your seat. You get a tauntaun!...
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Closers adds its new Team Challenges for weekly rewards

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Ah yes, teamwork. That's the focus for the new Team Challenges in Closers in the broad strokes. Each week, there are specific challenges added for individual...

Destiny 2 elaborates on the Empyrean Foundation quest and shows off Twitch Prime goodies

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Bungie's weekly update post is once more chock full of information, and this week it's focused on the next major quest due for the...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s roadmap, Camelot Unchained’s baby Colossus

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, the Star Citizen community got busy stewing over the newly released roadmaps for SC and Squadron 42, which show...

ZeniMax says Update 25 includes planned performance upgrades for Elder Scrolls Online

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The Elder Scrolls Online has had another moment to check in with performance update details, and it looks like most everything is on track...

Star Trek Online elects to sell new hero variant ships in a bundle and not individually

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The ongoing 10th anniversary of Star Trek Online has not been without some player grumbling controversies. First, it was the end of the Omega...

EA aims to mask active user numbers in investor earnings reports

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Don't call it hiding anything, just call it select data provisioning! Electronic Arts COO and CFO Blake Jorgensen has said that future earnings reports...

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