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Last week's Friday afternoon news was the revelation that Amazon's MMORPG New World has been delayed for at least the third time that we know of. It didn't really surprise anyone who'd been watching the game closely, especially given the past delays, do-overs, COVID-19, and the worryingly generic dev blogs. In fact, the interesting thing about the staff and commenter...

So that sure was another week in MMOs! World of Warcraft stole the show with its big reveal for Shadowlands and the news that beta is beginning this coming week, Legends of Aria finally launched, Elder Scrolls Online announced Stonethorn, and Ubisoft continued its very public meltdown. Read on to catch up with the very best of this week's MMO...

It's time once again for another wall o' text series of patch notes for Path of Exile! Thrill to the obscenely granular detail! Wonder at the number of times the word "fixed" is used! And marvel at the replies to the patch notes mostly consisting of people replying with, "Nice!" Coming in patch 3.11.1b: Another round of Harvest quality-of-life improvements...

Depending on where you live, you may or may not be allowed to (or want to) go to a beach this summer -- but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying RuneScape's Beach Event from July 20th through August 10th! "There’s all sorts of seasonal activities to take part in, including beach ball rolling, sandcastle building, a coconut shy and a...

Do you ever live in fear that the development team behind your favorite MMORPG might screw things up in the name of progress and improvement? Then you're in good company, because MMO blogger Yeebo Fernbottom expressed the same in a recent post concerning Dungeons and Dragons Online's reincarnation system. "Years ago the developers in DDO proposed to all but remove...

The 1990s saw the rise of flight simulators that thrived on detailed, complicated controls and handling. Such games threw out accessibility and casual-friendliness for stark-raving realism, and a certain subset of gamers really thrived on them. I tried my hand at a couple and found myself breathing rapidly when pouring through keyboard charts and doing basic algebra just to...

The month of July is all about the power of friendship in Star Citizen. Or at the very least cooperation and shepherding freshly minted Citizens through the spaceship sandbox's learning curve. The Foundation Festival community event is offering those who enlist as Guides some rewards for taking some new birds under their wing. The entire event circles around the Guide...

There's something enchanting and thrillingly dangerous about stepping into a vast forest in an MMORPG. You never know what may be around the next tree -- and if it's bad, nobody may be close enough to hear your screams. "I was rather fond of the second Transylvania zone in The Secret World," ventured Jon. "I don’t recall the name of...

Video games as gifts are a tradition that stretches back into the era of the NES, when that was basically how you got new video games and wound up suffering for the year because your aged grandmother didn't know if you wanted The Legend of Zelda or Crappy 8-Bit Movie Adaptation and wound up getting you the bad one....

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen posted an infographic on its fashion cosmetics, Albion Online previewed its August release, Legends of Aria finally launched into the wild, Camelot Unchained addressed its staffing changes, and Dual Universe announced its beta - and its beta subscription fee for new backers. Finally, Triton Survival, a co-op optional survival game, caught our eye;...