EverQuest and EverQuest II are ramping up XP earnings, drop rates, and more for Labor Day and autumn

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How does one celebrate the Labor Day holiday or the autumn season? If you're EverQuest and EverQuest II, you do it by ramping up all sorts of earnings. Starting on Tuesday, September 8th and running until Monday, September 21st, EverQuest will be offering double rare spawns and double faction bonuses across all of Norrath to mark the coming fall season....
We all haven't memory-holed The Sims Medieval so deep that we forgot the town called Crafthole, have we?

Craftopia has entered early access on Steam

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When is a launch not a launch? When it's early access, naturally. However, the idea of things being a bit rough around the edges but slowly getting refined until everything is in a useful state is basically the definition of on-brand for Craftopia, the new Japan-developed crafting sandbox under discussion. Make things! Build stuff! And do it all for the...

Star Citizen debuts a grenade launcher coming to alpha 3.11

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Why throw grenades like a simpleton when you can fire one from a specially designed firearm? That's just what Star Citizen players will get to do in alpha 3.11 when the Behring GP33 grenade launcher arrives, which was previewed in this week's episode of Inside Star Citizen. The first half of the video is dedicated to the new weapon, discussing...
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Legends of Aria opens up the Monolith for free for the weekend

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Do you currently have the Dark Sorcery DLC in Legends of Aria? If not, you cannot enter the Monolith normally. But this weekend the developers are letting you have a little Monolith, as a treat; there's a free event running until September 7th to allow everyone into the dungeon, giving the barest taste of what the DLC contains without the...

The Stream Team: The second day of Shroud hunting in SWTOR

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The Shroud of SWTOR has noticed the meddling of Massively OP's Larry and MJ, but that doesn't worry them. Or apparently the Shroud, for that matter. Will the duo be able to disrupt this megalomaniac's dastardly plots? Tune in live at 2:00 p.m.as Massively OP's Stream Team brings you day two, planet two of Shroud hunting in... What: Star Wars:...

CD Projekt Red’s earnings video suggests that Cyberpunk 2077 will not face any more delays

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It would appear that the upcoming single-player (and later, multiplayer) RPG Cyberpunk 2077 is on schedule if a recent video from CD Projekt Red CFO Piotr Nielubowicz is to be believed. The video recounts the company's financial progress in the first half of the year and touches on the twice delayed game's progress, noting that the game is in...

Massively on the Go: Here’s how Niantic is trying to fix Pokemon Go’s Mega Evolutions

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A bit before Niantic's wellness week kicks in for employees, Pokemon Go players got an update on the Mega Evolution problem/solution. We've previously covered the Mega Evolution, noting that the feature’s release was less than well-received. However, Niantic's already made a few changes and proposed some interesting new ones. Right now, Mega Raids are awarding 50-90 energy based on how...
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World of Warcraft Classic’s smaller servers are not getting the help they need for the Ahn’Qiraj War Effort

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The next phase of World of Warcraft Classic content updates will bring in Naxxramas, which is something you would like to have following the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj. We already know about players on some Classic servers that made their way through that event with great alacrity. But some of the game's smaller servers are encountering a notable problem...

Global Chat: New World might be worth the wait

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One opinion I've seen echoed across many corners of our community is that New World is actually shaping up to be a pretty decent MMO. This is especially surprising considering the lengthy delay to 2021, but the recent preview event made several converts, including Belghast from Tales of the Aggronaut. "New World was not a game I expected to like,"...

Sea of Thieves’ Vaults of the Ancients update brings a rich new voyage and quality-of-life on September 9

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While Sea of Thieves is quite literally going to the dogs in September, the latest news bulletin from the devs has more fully outlined the update, which we now know is called Vaults of the Ancients and is due to arrive on Wednesday, September 9th. As announced at Gamescom, the update will bring a new Gold Hoarders voyage, though the...