Star Citizen alpha 3.10 will add a visual guidance path to landing zones

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One of the things I've been chronically awful at when playing Star Citizen is finding the space port to land in a city. It often requires one to be extremely familiar with the city's terrain, and unfamiliarity means players run afoul of restricted areas that aren't always very clearly delineated. In this week's episode of Inside Star Citizen, we...

Elite Dangerous’ Odyssey expansion won’t include base building or VR compatibility at launch

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Earlier this week, Frontier summoned cheers with the announcement that next year's Elite Dangerous expansion is called Odyssey and will indeed include content that moves players out of their ship and into ground content - i.e., space legs. But don't get too excited because as it turns out, the new content is coming with some caveats when it comes...

Old School RuneScape’s vampire patch triggers a rollback, Jagex supports Black Lives Matter

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Here's the good news for Old School RuneScape fans: The 2007-era MMO just unleashed its Darkmeyer update on the world, which "introduces the Sins of the Father quest, the city of Darkmeyer, and the Hallowed Sepulchre." Lots of vampire fun, in other words. But here's the bad news: The patch borked things up so bad that Jagex had to roll...
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Final Fantasy XIV cancels its North American fan festival for 2020 over COVID-19, delays patch 5.3

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One of the later events scheduled for this year has still been claimed by the global pandemic; Final Fantasy XIV's fan festival scheduled for November in San Diego has now officially been cancelled, according to a new letter from producer and director Naoki Yoshida. He explains that while the event is half a year away and plans had been...

The Daily Grind: What was the last ‘new’ thing you learned about an MMO you’ve played a long time?

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So I've been playing SWG Legends about two years now, and yet I'm constantly learning things that are completely new to me. For example, a few weeks back I bumped into a wiki page for the server that explained that the cap for droids and pets is not, in fact, 20, as I'm pretty sure it was on the...

The Stream Team: Bring on Neverwinter’s Barrow Lords!

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There are a host of Barrow Lords in Neverwinter, and Massively OPs MJ is ready to meet and greet them. But it won't be a tea party type of deal: The meet will likely be with swords and the greet will be with daggers. It's sure to be an exciting time, so join us live at 9:00 p.m. as...

Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them

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Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in my head that most definitely is. First came the press release for Someday You'll Return, which was boasting of cutting content ahead of launch, of chopping out "hours of superfluous content, making the game better as...

Ultima Online revamps event gamemaster tools ahead of its big secret announcement later this year

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It sounds as if even 23-year-old Ultima Online is benefiting from the continuing stay-at-home state of many players, as the game's latest newsletter declares the game is "bustling these past weeks" as the studio "continue to welcome returning and new players alike." Back in February, Broadsword began teasing a "big announcement" for the game to follow publish 109, something that...
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Path of Exile explains changes to Brands and shows off new Brand Gems coming with the Harvest League

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We're once again in that point in time where Path of exile is eager to hyper-explain updates that are coming as a result of a new League's arrival. This time, Grinding Gear Games is focusing in on Brands, outlining a number of new Brands like the Arcanist Brand, Penance Brand, and Wintertide Brand. There's also some mechanics changes being done...

Black Desert recaps the Heidel Ball announcements in a Twitter thread

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You're a busy person. You've got things to do, monsters to slay, countless upgrades to chase, and nodes to war over. You missed Black Desert's digital Heidel Ball and all of its announcements and you want a refresher. Luckily, the game's official Twitter account has got your back. The thread offers some brief synopses of the new things heading to...