Updates

We’re not even going to try to sort out the patches from the updates from the iterations from the campaigns and expansions and expanshalones. If it’s something going into an MMO that’s already out, it lands in this category! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Dungeon Fighter Online introduces a pair of new knights to play

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What's better than a brand-new class to play in your MMO? How about two! Dungeon Fighter Online added a pair of knight classes this week...

The Stream Team: A look at ARK’s Aberration

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ARK has launched its underground cavernous expansion Aberration, and Massively OP's MJ is excited to jump in and check it out for herself. There...
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Albion Online sheds light on its roadmap for the next update

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It's not quite the end of the year just yet, but Albion Online has still taken the opportunity for an end-of-year look at the...
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EVE Online updates the Agency, previews what’s coming in January 2018

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The whole point of the Agency in EVE Online was making it easier for players to get to content. Unfortunately, due to backend organization...

Heroes of the Storm gets into a snowball fight and teases Blaze while Overwatch breaks out the comics

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Enjoying your yeti hunts in Overwatch this holiday season? You can get a little more of the "backstory" of this event, such as it...

TERA’s class awakening system goes live in Korea

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Have you ever noticed that eastern MMOs tend to feature "awakening" systems that are mostly absent in western games? It's an interesting concept that...

Star Citizen’s alpha 3.0 is now playable by all backers

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Is it ready? Probably not, but Star Citizen backers can all play the 3.0 alpha today anyway. "We’ve enabled all backers to participate in the...
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WoW Factor: Do World of Warcraft’s allied race requirements make sense?

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We still do not know exactly when World of Warcraft will make allied races playable. What we do know is that it sure as...
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Destiny 2’s playerbase is melting down over holiday lockboxes in Eververse

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Destiny 2 just can't seem to stop pissing off everyone. Its Dawning holiday event, detractors argue, is overtly designed as a moneygrab focused around...

Elder Scrolls Online announces new chapter and three DLC, including Dragon Bones, for 2018: ‘We are not slowing down at all’

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The Elder Scrolls Online had a great year between Homestead and Morrowind, to say nothing of the rest of its DLC. But what's coming...

Here’s what Civil War-themed MMO shooter War of Rights has been up to since Kickstarter

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Two years ago, Civil War-flavored multiplayer shooter War of Rights raised $118,000 on Kickstarter to see the title to completion, at which point it...

ARK: Survival Evolved comes to Windows 10, adds Xbox One cross-play

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Like a stampeding triceratops, there's no slowing down ARK: Survival Evolved these days. Studio Wildcard announced that it brought the game to Windows 10...

Pokemon Go is getting an immersive AR+ augmented reality mode for Christmas

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It's an exciting time to be a Pokemon Go player! It's been only about a week since the introduction of generation 3 Pokemon and a...
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Final Fantasy XIV previews 4.2 Rise of a New Sun with a new sub-site

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Ready to help rebuild Doma in Final Fantasy XIV? The preview site for the next major patch has gone live, and it makes it...

SMITE launches Frostfire Ullr, new Odyssey content while teasing what’s coming in January

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SMITE has been stricken with Frostfire this week, and it's a good thing: It's a unique skin for the game, for Ullr specifically, acquirable...

Conan Exiles nixes pre-holiday Xbox One patch, says achievements are a go

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Move over, snowscapes and festive trees: Conan Exiles is busy with volcanoes and jungles! "Work is progressing on the volcano and jungle we’ve been teasing...

Funcom is launching a ‘saga server’ specialty shard for Age of Conan called Saga of Zath

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So much for maintenance mode: It appears that Funcom has plans yet for Age of Conan, if the studio's email to players and post...
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Massively OP’s Winter Holiday 2017 guide!

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It's that time of year again where the airwaves of certain radio stations are clogged with the same songs from the 1950s, television broadcasts...

Villagers & Heroes preps for Christmas, says iOS port is still happening

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Cross-platform MMORPG Villagers & Heroes has a new patch out this week just in time for Christmas. It heralds the return of Grintcha's Lair....

Black Desert’s version of Santa is dropping Christmas trees and t-bone steaks

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Black Desert is pretty much synonymous with wacky events, so it'll come as no surprise at all that Kakao has gotten into the spirit...