Updates

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Red Dead Online’s testers grump over patch issues as Rockstar updates with Fool’s Gold event

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During MOP's last podcast recording, Justin and I discussed Snail Games' upcoming Outlaws of the Old West survival sandbox MMO-lite, and naturally we pointed...

Torchlight Frontiers reveals update notes for alpha 3, live today with no NDA

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Torchlight Frontier's closed alpha 3 is set to begin this afternoon, marking a major milestone for the game as it commits its final character...

Warframe shows off horrifying Amalgams and an upgraded Plains of Eidolon

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The devs of Warframe do not want you to sleep tonight or ever. That's the only explanation for the Amalgam enemy type they've created,...
Stormy weather.

World of Warcraft will open Crucible of Storms on April 16 while fans gather old friends for WoW Classic

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Is your life an empty morass without a new World of Warcraft raid to keep you entertained? If so, maybe you should consider doing...

Camelot Unchained is tackling the performance ‘death spiral’ traditionally afflicting MMO PvP

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This past week was reportedly another busy one for the devs of Camelot Unchained, with lots of work being done to further tweak a...
Collide.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers overhaul jobs, part two

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It's a testament to how well the balancing on Final Fantasy XIV works that none of the jobs discussed this week or last week are...

Guild Wars 2 previews the new WvW Warclaw mount now launching tomorrow

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There's just something so very MMO about riding a giant horned cat in to battle, and that's just what Guild Wars 2 players will...

Get an advance look at Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Tiefling

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The excitement is ramping up for Dungeons and Dragons Online: Masterminds of Sharn, the spring expansion that's already in testing on the Lamannia server. In...

LOTRO and DDO are going offline for a day thanks to server work

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Hobbits are taking an extended siesta this week in Lord of the Rings Online. On Monday, March 4th, the game is coming down for a...

The MOP Up: Space Engineers jury-rigs a release

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Everyone knows that engineers are the unsung heroes of civilization, and space engineers doubly so! So join us in saluting Space Engineers, the survival...

Journey to the ruins of a fallen empire in Grim Dawn’s Forgotten Gods expansion this March

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Over the years since its release, OARPG Grim Dawn has taken players across the apocalyptic fantasy world of Cairn and to the sinister, haunted Fallen...
Blade and Soul, thoughts are all like butterflies, yeah.

Blade & Soul shows off the new talent system for Destroyers, Blade Masters, and Summoners

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When the next update for Blade & Soul arrives, players will be able to start specializing their characters through the use of the new talent...

Atlas signals an incoming official server wipe along with a major milestone update

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Hope you didn't get too comfortable in Atlas' early access, because these pirates are getting ready to swab the decks clean. And by that...

Dungeon Fighter Online posts its first major update of 2019

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Color me surprised that this one suddenly blipped on the radar. Dungeon Fighter Online has kicked out a pretty sizeable update: the first act...
Those are not prongs.

Shroud of the Avatar has improved its quality of life and offers pronged weapons with release 63

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The latest patch for Shroud of the Avatar is all about prongs. Well, partly about prongs, anyhow; the new three-pronged one-handed spears are out with...
None of my salesmen has ever sold a car.

Population Zero begins first founder alpha today with building mechanics trailer

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Happy alpha day for Population Zero! The crafting-centric survival MMO is launching its first alpha event today, specifically testing the faction-change quest system, mutation...

Blizzard posts update on WoW Classic, implies it’s still launching this summer

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Earlier this week, in discussing other positions we'd like to hire extra writers for later this year, we fell on the topic of World...
It's not quite so much of a model after all.

Camelot Unchained now boasts a record 5100 bots and humans in a single battle

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Camelot Unchained's City State Entertainment has posted its monthly newsletter today, and it's big news indeed: The studio's just hit 5100 ARCs (autonomous remote...

Elite Dangerous has shifted the ‘majority’ of its live team to what sounds like a massive 2020 expansion

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Last August, Frontier intimidated that it was shaking up how content in Elite Dangerous would be formatted in 2019, including a "major milestone" for...
Whoops.

WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part two: The Heart of Azeroth

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We're continuing on in our tour of why people are upset about the current World of Warcraft expansion, and I think it's important to note...