Updates

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Guild Wars 2 Super Adventure Box reopens next week, plus somebody bought the golden sink

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Finally! ArenaNet had previously announced that Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box, inarguably the best April Fools' event in all of MMO land, was...
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Blizzard alters Warcraft III: Reforged’s matchmaking system while players are waiting on basic features

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You know that old joke about how you could get the Model T Ford in any color you wanted as long as it was...
Roast somebody.

World of Warcraft previews the first pass of Covenant abilities for Shadowlands

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Players were promised yesterday that the developers behind World of Warcraft would be shedding some more light on Shadowlands in the near future. That...
I like being a WHM, though.

Final Fantasy XIV launches patch 5.25 with new Relic weapons

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It's time for players to start in on the latest set of relic weapons for Final Fantasy XIV today, as patch 5.25 opens up...
Work that soul, yo

Soulworker explains why the game’s updates have been slower recently

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The update cadence has been slow for Soulworker of late, but it turns out the reason was Gameforge has been trying to give players...

RuneScape talks about Archaeology adjustments, an Easter event, and visual updates

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RuneScape is feeling the spring season and emerging from the winter cold with another load of updates for the week, the more notable of...

LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter: Dwarves, weddings, PvP servers, Rohan housing, and more

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Lord of the Rings Online's tardiest producer's letter ever has finally arrived, six days into April, to give players a vision of what's to...
Mushrooms.

World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands closed alpha is finally beginning this week

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Earlier today, we noted fresh changes in World of Warcraft's launcher that indicated Shadowlands' testing was imminent, and this afternoon, Blizzard has confirmed it. "Later...

COVID-19 roundup: Brick-and-mortar game store stupidity, ‘reimagined’ E3 2021, and Twitch’s new record

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We're back once again with some more novel coronavirus news stories all bundled up for you in one place, and friends, we're going to...
Let the dead bury their dead, they will come out in droves.

World of Warcraft’s beta client is no longer deprecated in the Battle.net launcher

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We know that you are probably as tired of hearing about new encrypted builds for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands as we are of having...

Last Oasis is back online after its week-long shutdown and weekend stress testing

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All systems are go for woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis, which readers will recall had an early access launch that was plagued by connection...

The MOP Up: Darkfall Rise of Agon heats up

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No, Darkfall Rise of Agon's map up there didn't just contract chicken pox; that's a "heat map" showing all of the bloodthirsty hot spots...

EVE Online crowns its Champion of Lowsec, posts Pulse video and charity campaign

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Last week, EVE Online challenged player alliances and corps to blow up the most stuff possible in the Champions of Lowsec event and offered...

WoW Classic promises ‘relief’ for overcrowded servers

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While World of Warcraft Classic is not the absolute beast it was in the first month of its operation, the legacy MMORPG is still...

Valnir Rok focuses on performance updates, promises to ‘go darker, more violent’

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I don't know about any of you, but I never got the impression that the world of Valnir Rok is a particularly warm and...
We still care.

Final Fantasy XI introduces its April version update

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This month's update for Final Fantasy XI is a bit lighter than usual, and in the video digest for the update it's explained quite...
Jump in any time.

TERA’s latest console update brings back Manglemire and adds a bounty hunt system

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Console players of TERA have some fresh content to look forward to now. Or at least a couple of things. There's a returning fan-favorite...
Sitting around.

Crowfall’s latest ACE Q&A covers class design and the safety of the ArtCraft team

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We've all gotten accustomed to videos from the Crowfall team, but the latest ACE Q&A video is a little different from usual as it...

Bless Unleashed is back online after fixing a ‘critical hit critical issue’

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In the wee hours of this Friday morning, Bless Unleashed ran into an issue. A "critical hit critial issue" even. One that forced the...

Star Citizen’s March monthly report outlines alpha 3.9 development progress

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Alpha 3.9 is pretty much around the corner for Star Citizen, so reason would stand that the vast majority of March 2020's monthly report...

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