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Final Fantasy XI deploys its anniversary event and its June update to the live servers

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Players had to wait a little bit longer for Final Fantasy XI's anniversary event this year, due to the whole... global pandemic thing. Fortunately, the event is arriving on June 11th, with a new Mandragora t-shirt for players to earn and Mandragora Mania for everyone to enjoy. It's taken just a little bit longer, but it's only a month late,...

RuneScape fixes evil trees and ‘horribly deformed’ livestock as Jagex celebrates a $250K charity donation

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Another week, another RuneScape patch. It's a tale as old as time, but as the headline alludes, this week's set of patch notes has a couple of interesting fixes. For one, players should now be able to interact with evil trees. For another, cows and sheep will no longer be "horribly deformed" in the Add/Remove Animal interface. There's more...

There’s a new dating site specifically for gamers called Joystick

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You're gonna be tempted to giggle at this one, so instead I'm going to start this post by pointing out that I know kind of a long list of people who met their significant others online, in MMOs, and through dating apps, so this is not on its face a dumb idea and I am glad in theory that...

World of Tanks adds a new map and battle pass, World of Warships adds new ships and a Dockyard

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Wargaming's two flagship multiplayer vehicle battlers are getting some update love. Today has seen World of Warships apply Update 0.9.5, while World of Tanks has launched an update of its own along with its second battle pass season. On the Warships side of the coin, the latest update brings a Dockyard that lets players construct two German ships at once,...

EVE Echoes readies up a final playtest before official launch and shares a Q&A

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With the mobile MMO EVE Echoes on the horizon, there's time still for one last test to make sure everything is right and tight. How do you get into said test? Join the game's Discord, according to an announcement tweet from the devs. The focus of this playtest is pretty general, as it looks to "playtest all current features...

New World previews its crafting system and player housing decoration

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Yesterday's New World dev blog was all about character development and progression, and it was a bit of a let down for folks who were hoping for something revolutionary. Today's piece focuses on crafting, and it too describes a system that will look familiar to longtime MMORPG veterans. In fact, we're sensing some Elder Scrolls Online vibes along with...
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No Man’s Sky impements full PC and console crossplay starting tomorrow

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When Hello Games announces new stuff for No Man's Sky, two things are usually true: They're huge, and they're soon. And today's announcement from the team fulfills both rules, as the studio has announced that the Xbox Game Pass launch and the Windows 10 version on the Game Pass for PC program will both go live tomorrow. Even more...

The Stream Team: Starting Trove’s Splendid Summer Event

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What, you thought it was just spring? Get with the times! It's summer now! At least it is in Trove event time: The Splendid Summer Event has started and is going on until June 23rd. That means some summer goodies for Massively OP's MJ to snag -- all within the air conditioned comfort of her own home. Take, that...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor chapter is live on console today

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Skyrim is finally opening up for everyone in Elder Scrolls Online today as Greymoor finally officially launches on console. It's been delayed a few times already, once because of the pandemic, and again this week as ZeniMax opted to move the launch from yesterday to today to avoid conflicting with the funeral of George Floyd. But now it's live,...

Desert Oasis: Exploring Black Desert’s mysterious O’dylitta region

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With the Heidel ball now a memory, there's much to look forward to in Black Desert Online. Along with a new class and a variety of other features, players can look forward to the upcoming O'dyllita region. It's not clear when this is coming out, but it's been on the test server for a couple months now. I'm just now...