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The PvP game in Black Desert has ramped up with the formal addition of conquest and node warfare. As if you needed an excuse to take a cudgel to your fellow player's noggin! Think of the new warfare modes as smaller and larger versions of the same concept. "While node war occurs daily and is a skirmish over single nodes, conquest...

UK tech startup Improbable is stretching the bounds of the MMO and MMORPG again with its announcement that its SpatialOS will serve as the foundation for yet another game: MetaWorld. MMORPG vets will recall that Improbable's SpatialOS is also one of the core components of Chronicles of Elyria; Soulbound said back in June that the platform would help Elyria "get...

Who would have thought that the Ferengi could stir up such unrest in Star Trek? Controversy has arisen after some Star Trek Online players have reported receiving a free gold-plated tier 6 Ferengi ship from Cryptic in emails as a sign of "outstanding support" for the game. The problem is, nobody seems to know what players needed to do to...

Believe it or not, a third expansion for Dungeons and Dragons Online could be in the cards for the fantasy game. Responding to players' concern over DDO's uncertain future, Executive Producer Robert "Severlin" Ciccolini posted on the forums that the team is actively working on the game. "We are planning out the future of DDO in years, and discussing the possibility of...

We die so many times in MMOs that it's lost all meaning. It's merely a pause button, perhaps with a slight penalty attached, unless you skew to the more hardcore of the spectrum. Yet I'm always fascinated with how MMORPGs can occasionally get creative with their death mechanics. Once in a while you'll encounter a quest that actually requires you to...

If racing through the streets of Los Santos just isn't doing it for you anymore, there are now new stunt racetracks strewn about GTAO to get your speed fix in. MassivelyOP's MJ is ready to put the pedal to the metal in the new Cunning Stunts update. (She also might be expecting a wipe out or three!) Join us...

Before World of Warcraft, there was EverQuest — the king of the MMOs and the pioneer of true 3-D graphics in virtual worlds. Today the Battle Bards pay homage to this classic game, going back to 1999 to see how the music (in its various formats) hold up. If you were waiting for an episode where Steff spends most...

The so-called Summer of SMITE is being particularly kind to the Norse goddess of beauty and fertility. Today's 3.13 patch delivered a host of visual updates to Freya and improved her masteries. Not to be outdone, many of the MOBA's deities received new skins, such as a volleyball outfit for Nu Wa and a Hawaiian shirt for Sobek. The patch decreased...

It's all about the skills in Wild Terra's recent update, and devs look forward to hearing testers' comments on the changes. The early-access survival game has new mechanics in place for both mining and creating, as well as a few brand-new skills. Skills also have a colored con system. Under mining, skinning has been added as a way to obtain hides...

It's been a while since Ingress has opened up any new portals, but now there are a rash of them springing to life up and down the west coast of the USA. The portals seem to be primarily focused around MUFG Union Banks, which boast 370 locations in Washington, Oregon, and California. "It seems that the expansion has now begun, and Agents...