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Coming next month in the Horns of the Reach DLC is Elder Scrolls Online's newest four-player dungeon. Bloodroot Forge will take players deep inside a mountain forge, where unsettling blood rites have been performed and everything is suitably twisty and corrupted. If you're OK with some light spoilers, the dev team has a preview of the dungeon up with pictures,...

Server merges are a nerve-wracking, anxiety-filled experience even on the best of occasions, but when an MMO offers contested territory and open world housing, it can become a nightmare. It's this nightmare that ArcheAge is preparing to navigate with its upcoming server "evolutions." Twelve realms across North America and Europe have been tagged for this process, which will consolidate everything...

Indie survival sandbox The Black Death has a big patch going live this afternoon, complete with three new and updated pillage areas, the improved combat system, more gore (hah!), the new maul weapon, custom server settings, and the titular relic system: "These all new, one-of-a-kind items are the finest, most exotic equipment available in The Black Death. But when we say...

If you've been eagerly awaiting the day when Valiance Online would open for testers, the day has come. The investor alpha is starting today (it was announced yesterday, albeit when things were winding up), but there's still a reason to watch the archived footage of the game's most recent developer stream down below. Just skip ahead 30 minutes first,...

How many do-overs does Secret World Legends get? At least one more, as the rebooted horror MMO is anticipating its Steam launch on Monday after a month of beta live operation. Funcom is paving the way to a hopefully smooth release with an informative FAQ posted on the SWL site today. The studio notes that the Steam client is different from its own...

One of the things that's always intrigued me about games like Trove and RuneScape is their willingness to experiment with different kinds of sub models. Most AAA MMORPGs that have a sub go for the stock $15-per-month fee standardized back in the early aughts. A month is a nice clean chunk of time, but it's just as arbitrary as anything...

Bring on Blue Mountain! After wrapping everything up in Savage Coast, Massively OP's MJ is eager to move on to adventures in Secret World Legends' final Solomon Island zone. There she will encounter more Orochi (though no guarantees they will be living), Sasquatch, and a crazy cat lady. Tune in live at 9:00 p.m. for a trip to the...

Earlier this week, MOP's Justin expressed frustration over lockboxes, feeling especially provoked. "As both a player and a journalist, I find it insulting when an MMO studio wants me to get excited about its lockboxes," he tweeted. "They are poison." MOP reader and gamer Iain (@ossianos) wants to hear more about poison! "I'd be interested to read an article on...

When it comes to mobile MMOs, it really is best if games are designed from the ground-up to function on these devices instead of adapting a title as an afterthought. So it's with a spark of interest that we watch Hades' Star's launch this week, since it's a mobile game that fits this design format. A blend of EVE Online and...

Let's check in with the Broadsword MMOs to see what's happening in its part of the online world, shall we? Ultima Online has kicked off testing on Publich 98, a meaty fall patch that includes 20th anniversary rewards, the return of the Halloween event, new beasts for the Huntmaster's Challenge, and pet adjustments. The team also teased 20th anniversary content:...