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]

Allods Online’s Unconquered Summit update arrives

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With a name like "Unconquered Summit," you just know that this Allods Online is taunting you to come and try to beat it. Patch 7.0.1...
Just fight about it, that's the best answer.

Final Fantasy XIV releases its first short story for its third anniversary

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It's something of a tradition now for Final Fantasy XIV to release short fiction around the time of its anniversary. As the third anniversary...
Go Arsenal!

Albion Online previews its passive weapon abilities

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The final beta test for Albion Online has added in plenty of stuff for players to explore, and that includes more passive weapon abilities....

Elder Scrolls Online explains how to conquer Cyrodiil

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One of the interesting features that came with Elder Scrolls Online's Update 11 this week was the option to take a ragtag band of...

EverQuest II’s Altar of Malice will be free when GU101 launches August 23rd

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The next big update for EverQuest II is coming later this month, and it's opening up the 11th expansion to everyone; on August 23rd,...
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World of Warcraft shows off its Legion leveling experience

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The leveling experience of World of Warcraft: Legion is going to be rather different from previous expansions, starting with the fact that the answer...
Everything old is... still old, but a newer sort of old.

EverQuest is consolidating almost 200 alt advancement abilities

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Daybreak has a note out to classic EverQuest players this week tempering their expectations for the August patch. "As we get closer to the...

Wizard101 starts selling instant level 50 boosts, adds a Make-a-Wish character

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Like it or hate it, the trend of instantly boosting new characters to high levels in older MMOs is spreading across the genre. The...

Riders of Icarus outlines its new PvP map, guild alliances, Manastone mode

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Hot on the heels of the launch of Riders of Icarus' Blight of Frost Keep update, Nexon and WeMade made another big announcement for...

WildStar introduces you to the evil pirates of Redmoon Rising

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Call me Ish'amel. Sorry, we couldn't resist the opportunity when WildStar wants to talk about Ish’amel the Bloodied and Captain Mordechai Redmoon. Moby Dick puns aside,...
A whole new wait, no, not doing this song, never mind.

TERA is assessing interest in that rumored console port

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Back in May, TERA's South Korean publisher confirmed that the MMORPG was destined for console ports to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 -- at...
Still proud of this shot.

Perfect Ten: The ten things I look forward to with MMO launches

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It's not long now until World of Warcraft: Legion launches, which is all that I've been waiting for now for a while. Sure, technically...
Persists.

Pokemon Go: New scanning rates, South America, and $160M revenue

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This roundup is dedicated to all the people who are learning about video game "grind" for the first time thanks to Pokemon Go. Welcome! ...

Here’s everything you need to know about RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion

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When RIFT players cast their minds back to the last expansion, Nightmare Tide, chances are that two aspects that stick out more than the...

Black Desert patch heralds the start of Valencia sieges, bans another round of cheaters

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Valencia Sieges will begin this Sunday, according to Black Desert Online's most recent patch notes. That should give players a few days to prepare...
Did we not tell you this is how things would go down?

World of Warcraft continues its audio drama and prepares for the final Harbingers episode

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It's less than a week until players get to start exploring the Demon Hunter class in World of Warcraft, ahead of the launch of...

Winning Putt expands guild offerings, welcomes summer festival

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Winning Putt is putting the emphasis on guilds (shouldn't they be associations?) with its big summer update. Guilds can now expand to 40 members...
Slashy slashy!

Vindictus Eternal promises all of the hack-and-slash action of the title on mobile devices

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Do you love Vindictus so much that the thought of having to not play it in the waiting room of a doctor's office makes...

Gloria Victis unleashes a trio of pre-alpha patches

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Early game development is often marked by frequent patching as the team feverishly works to shape and mold the title. Gloria Victis is definitely...

Darkfall: Rise of Agon closed beta opens up on Friday

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If you're still sad about Darkfall: Unholy Wars' abrupt maintenance mode or Darkfall: New Dawn's public indev soft-launch didn't do it for you, Darkfall: Rise of...