Trove’s spring update adds a gearcrafting skill and overhauls endgame drops

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Gamigo's Trove is continuing to get love regardless of what's going on with the rest of the company's MMORPG catalogue, and for the blocky sandbox, that comes in the form of yet another update called, cutely, the Gear Up!date. "With the new spring update, players can master the latest new profession, Gearcrafting, enjoy dynamic loot, and progress through the Golden...

‘Realtime action-based MMORPG’ Quest Master’s Realm confirms early access launch March 29

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Over the past year or so we've been keeping eyes on Quest Master's Realm, an indie "realtime action-based MMORPG aboard the shell of a giant turtle" that has some sky-high ambitions and has been moving through testing phases. The game's next major phase is soon to happen, as developer Blue Lightning Software has announced a Steam early access...

Enshrouded opens the reward-filled Hollow Halls dungeons in its latest patch

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The survival sandbox world of early access title Enshrouded has gotten that much bigger this week with the launch of the Hollow Halls update, which introduces a wide assortment of new challenges for players to face and new goodies to discover and unlock. The tentpole attraction for the patch are the titular Hollow Halls, a series of four new "expansive"...

New World’s buffed cross-world expeditions LFG helped players suck less at Empyrean Forge (nice)

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If you're recovered from this week's Forged in Aeternum video, in which New World's devs explained that they still can't tell you what exactly is going on in June, then at least you can gorge yourself on a new Amazon dev blog, as the devs talk numbers... about Empyrean Forge. Amazon level designer Pride St Clair says that the improved...

LEGO Fortnite lets players build their own vehicles in the Mechanical Mayhem update

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While walking the hills and dales of LEGO Fortnite's world is probably fine and dandy for some, there are those times when you just want to get to your destination a bit faster. Enter the Mechanical Mayhem update, which introduces the ability for players to build vehicles for themselves. The game features three premade vehicles players can clap together in...

Wizard101 opens the Portal of Peril that brings a new dungeon delving event in latest update

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Usually opening something known as the Portal of Peril would be ill-advised at least or very bad news at worst, but in the case of Wizard101, it's the name of a new happy fun time event. Though it's also probably still going to be a little perilous; it wouldn't be a Portal of Peril unless there were some danger,...

The Stream Team: Making a return trip to Palia as part of its Steam platform release

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The open beta of Palia has hit new shores as the cozy multiplayer title launched on Steam this week, which is good enough of an excuse as any for MOP's Chris to peer back in and wander around this colorful and comfy world. Join him today at 2:00 p.m. EST for his return visit! What: Palia Who: Chris Neal When: 2:00 p.m....

Overwatch 2 announces nonbinary geotech hero Venture, trialing this weekend

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It surely goes without saying that Blizzard did not see Riot Games announce a non-binary character this past weekend and then decide to announce one of its own for Overwatch 2 today, right? Right? We all know it doesn't work that way, yes? Good. You may, however, speculate on who scooped whom here because yes, Overwatch 2 just announced...

No Man’s Sky launches Orbital update with major upgrades for space stations

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Whenever Hello Games starts sticking little cutesy icons in its tweets, you know a No Man's Sky launch is imminent, so Monday's little start emoji was an obvious clue. That launch is now here in the form of Orbital. "Dock your fully customised starship in the sleek new space stations of update 4.6, ORBITAL!" the studio says. "Space stations have...
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Perfect Ten: MMOs that experienced a surprising comeback

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It's hard to pass up a really good comeback story. We love it when a beloved something or someone is counted down and out... and then returns in a surprising but welcome fashion. In today's list, we're going to look at 10 MMOs that were either canceled and returned or games that experienced a revival along the way. Before we...