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Betawatch: Bless Unleashed plans for a PC beta test

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Darn it! I said ages ago that I would be much more interested in Bless Unleashed if it were releasing on platforms I actually own. That was easy to say when it was on the Xbox One. Sure, I could pretend that my PlayStation 4 has other things to do, but now with a PC beta coming I have...

Minecraft-built MMO Hegemony releases the Traders from the East expansion on September 6

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Hegemony, the self-described "classic" sandbox MMORPG built upon the framework of Minecraft, is expanding. As in literally releasing an expansion. Or at least an expansion-sized update. Whatever you want to call it, just be sure to refer to it by name: Traders from the East. This large-scale update will introduce a variety of new things like 21 new quests, four...

PvPvE survival battle royale shooter The Cycle is leaving early access and releasing on Steam in Q4 2020

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Well, here's some good news for those who are looking for yet another alternative option in the battle royale subgenre: The Cycle is going to exit its early access period at some point in the fourth quarter of this year and will release on both EGS and for the first time ever on Steam. For those who don't recall, The...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 81 adds a new town, new lava fish, and flexible block building features

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Release 81 for Shroud of the Avatar is out this week and it's got some new goodies for pretty much everyone in the game, whether you're someone who enjoys building things with blocks, someone who enjoys fishing things from lava(!), or someone who has Episode 2 Access and is ready for a new town to check out. For those Episode...

PSA: OK procrastinators, you’re running out of time to get your free LOTRO and DDO stuff

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Last spring, when the pandemic was ramping up here in the US and states were closing down everything in a panic, MMO studios around the world responded by throwing open their virtual doors and offering respite. One of them was Standing Stone Games, which made a huge chunk of content in Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and...
A bunny must jump.

A new interview reveals how Naoki Yoshida leveraged charisma and spreadsheets to make Final Fantasy XIV happen

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We all know that Final Fantasy XIV is a big success story. So what's the secret behind Naoki Yoshida taking the game from zero to hit? According to a new interview over on PC Gamer, it's all about charisma and spreadsheets. Yes, spreadsheets. One of Yoshida's big tricks when he took on the project was creating a detailed spreadsheet...

The Stream Team: Dual Universe’s NDA is down, and we’re going in!

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Massively OP's MJ has been waiting for the day she can finally take ya'll for a spin in the big Landmark-esque space sandbox Dual Universe. And that day is finally here! She's very excited to hop in and start in the newly released, sans-NDA beta. Tune in live at 2:00 p.m. to start the weekend off with this first...

ArcheAge Unchained is free-to-play this weekend with the SUMMERTRIAL code

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If you've been eyeing ArcheAge Unchained over the last year but hadn't wanted to pull the trigger on a buy-to-play experience, especially after the business model rather severely changed course in 2020, then this weekend's free-play event is probably for you. "Players are able to explore the wondrous online worlds of ArcheAge: Unchained free of charge from August 28 to...

Check out this fan-made interactive map of New World to help your testing

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So you're out in the field in New World, and you're not lost per se, but you're frustrated. All you want is a lynx! You need some lynx! But you keep not finding them. Where can you go to find a lynx? Perhaps this new interactive map made by fans and for fans at Newworld-map.com can help you out!...

Torchlight III delays its next early access patch to at least September 8

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You know, if there's one constant in Torchlight III's development, stretching all the way back into when it was an MMO called Torchlight Frontiers, it's that stuff gets announced and then stuff gets delayed. Ahead of the fall launch - and no we still don't have a hard date - Echtra Games and PWE had been working on updates to...