Updates

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Nightingale suffers second round of layoffs in two weeks as staff say the game’s early access will continue

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Last week, we covered some unfortunate news for co-op sandbox Nightingale when we learned that its studio, Tencent-backed Inflexion, had abruptly closed down its...

Lost Ark opens Ignite transfers and kicks off a newbie-friendly Mokoko Bootcamp event

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Perhaps the name Mokoko Bootcamp sounds like a good way to have a bad time, but it's just not so in Lost Ark, where...

Nexon’s MapleFest and Next On tease MapleStory’s Dark Ride, Mabinogi UE5, Nakwon Last Paradise, and more

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Nexon has been busy hyping its MMOs this week with both MapleStory Fest and its Next On event, so let's dig in! MapleStory Fest, which...

WoW Classic readies Season of Discovery Phase 6 for November 21

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WoW Classic isn't done with Season of Discovery quite yet, as Blizzard announced that it's bringing Phase 6 to the experimental server on November...

Diablo Immortal confirms World of Warcraft collab, Diablo IV highlights new accessibility features

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That's right, Blizzard is going to collaborate with itself to celebrate itself in another game: Diablo Immortal's latest roadmap preview confirms that there will...

Niantic is already retuning Pokemon Go’s controversial 40-player Gigantamax battles

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Pokemon Go's recent Gigantamax raids rollout hasn't exactly gone to plan for Niantic so far. In addition to all the unintentional bans players are...

World of Warcraft buffs anniversary token quests, toughens up timewalking dungeons

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There's a hodge-podge of post-11.0.5 hotfixes and tweaks that World of Warcraft is sliding into its weekly reset today, starting with a welcome buff...

Hearthstone’s pre-patch for The Great Dark Beyond set arrives today

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An observer can get whiplash trying to follow the flurry of Hearthstone expansions every year -- and lo and behold, here comes another one....

The Division 2 revamps its seasonal content and adds new gear in the Shades of Red update

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Year 6 Season 2: Shades of Red has arrived today in The Division 2, and with it comes an all-new way for seasons to...

PlanetSide 2 is abruptly (and happily) merging its European servers into one today

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There are two kinds of merges in the MMO genre. There's the kind of merge a studio does to a game that was supposed...
Fine. Sure.

Ethyrial Echoes of Yore’s updates continue with guilds, bank rework, new maps, rare drops, and relic system plans

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We're circling back once more to the sandbox MMORPG Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore to chronicle the continued series of development updates made by the...

Astroneer’s first-ever DLC, Glitchwalkers, gets a release date of November 13

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The axiom "better late than never" most certainly applies to Astroneer's decision to announce a DLC pack seven years after its launch, but sure...

Elder Scrolls Online’s U44 arrives to shake up the PvP meta and introduce two new companions

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As promised, today is launch day for Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 - at least if you're on PC or Mac - and this...

Ankama is moving its classic MMO Dofus from Flash to Unity engine on December 3

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Adobe retired Flash in 2020, so it's perhaps something of a surprise to learn that the turn-based MMO Dofus has been running on the...

Albion Online adds new open world objectives, Outlands portals, and content in today’s Horizons patch

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Look! Look to the horizons! Do you see? There, rising with the grand golden sun? It's new content arriving to Albion Online! Today players...

Elder Scrolls Online showcases new features coming to the scribing system in Update 44

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The focus on improving existing features with Elder Scrolls Online's Update 44 moves forward into the recently added scribing system, which will be getting...

Fractured Online’s free-to-play shift gets a start date of November 20

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Fractured Online fans now know when "soon" will be for the MMORPG's transition over to its free-to-play model: Dynamight Studios has announced the monetization...

Warframe 1999 preps for December launch, Soulframe plans open pre-alpha in 2025

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This week was another info-filled livestream from the developers of Warframe and Soulframe, as Digital Extremes once again provided important dates and details for...

Overwatch 2 tests format changes to 5v5 and 6v6 modes

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Your game has producer's letters? Good for you, but Overwatch 2 has director's takes! Which are... kind of the same thing, but they sound...

The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store

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The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...