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Betawatch: Path of Exile 2 delays its early access thanks to demons of the database
Look, I have to ask: Does Path of Exile 2 have a whole lot of demons in it? I haven't really played the game,...
The Stream Team: Soaring into the open beta test of Monster Hunter Wilds
At long last, MOP's Chris is finally in Monster Hunter Wilds! He's been waiting for this day for a long time, and even if...
Active Matter is a PvPvE ‘mind-bending tactical hardcore shooter’ heading for closed beta by year’s end
If there was any doubt about what the new bandwagon in multiplayer gaming is, let the arrival of another upcoming PvPvE extraction game dissolve...
Casually Classic: Looking back at my 20+ year journey in World of Warcraft
When was the first time you ever heard of World of Warcraft? As a fan of the three Warcraft RTS titles, I became aware of...
Monster Hunter Wilds’ open beta has begun on PlayStation with PC and Xbox following this week
It's just about time for players to get together and go hunt some monsters once again because Monster Hunter Wilds is starting an open...
Ankama is moving its classic MMO Dofus from Flash to Unity engine on December 3
Adobe retired Flash in 2020, so it's perhaps something of a surprise to learn that the turn-based MMO Dofus has been running on the...
Lord of the Rings Online revs up for Legacy of Morgoth with testing and preview
It's just a week and change until Lord of the Rings Online introduces its 10th expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, to the world on November...
The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store
The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...
Mistfall Hunter is a PvPvE extraction ARPG for Steam and Xbox set in a world ruined by Ragnarok
The multiplayer extraction sub-genre is once more getting another entry, only this time we're headed for a world that persists after the annihilation of...
Betawatch: Wayfinder makes a triumphant launch, Brighter Shores begins CBT
You can't blame anyone who was skeptical that Wayfinder would make it to launch. It's seen some pretty rough waters. But it did make...
Monster Hunter Wilds unveils new region and new monsters ahead of open beta October 31
This week saw Capcom debut another showcase video for the multiplayer RPG Monster Hunter Wilds, which not only highlighted a new area and three...
Old School RuneScape tests run energy changes and shares community server dev progress
Old School RuneScape is positively flush with information this week, with Jagex kicking out multiple dev blogs about what it's got cooking across the...
MMO Hype Train: Is Corepunk really ready for prime time?
Whenever I'm looking at a new MMORPG, there are two important hurdles it must cross to be of interest to me. The first is...
Brighter Shores’ closed beta begins behind an NDA as player trading is delayed
Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG from Jagex co-founder Andrew Gower, officially enters closed beta this week - but you won't be hearing much about...
Dark and Darker Mobile delays launch from fall 2024 to the first half of 2025
I'm sure you've noticed by now, but October is a huge month for game delays, as studios look at the fall calendar and all...
33 Immortals delays early access into 2025 to address player feedback and stability problems
Earlier this year we started reporting on the not-so-massive 33 Immortals, a multiplayer co-op roguelike game that put 33 players together (natch) to try...
Helldivers 2 completes sweeping buffs and commits to more comms as jump-jetting Automatons menace players
Last month brought some big changes to the co-op shooter Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead Studios deployed a huge buff-granting update that brought the "power"...
The MOP Up: Lost Ark readies a two-gate raid and server transfers
Lost Ark is pumping out two updates in October, with one already live and a new raid, transfers, and cosmetics coming on October 23rd:...
Betawatch: Aloft drifts to 2025-ish skies
If you'd been looking forward to playing Aloft this year during its previously announced fall early access, we're sorry to inform you that this...
Massively Overthinking: Are we over early access MMOs and the ‘early access trap’ yet?
A few weeks back, Shadow's Kiss, a Kickstarted vampire MMORPG that probably most of our readers never even knew about, threw in the towel,...
