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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,...
Cozy MMO Palia is letting us trade plushies in next week’s Fall’s Flourishes update
Palia is back and teasing yet another update for the open beta mini-MMO: The Fall’s Flourishes Update - aka patch 0.185 - arrives on...
Brighter Shores shares load testing and new screenshots as it marches towards early access
If you're hearing the loud clanging of hammers and the rattling torquing of wrenches, that's just Brighter Shores doing a bit of tuning up...
Dune Awakening answers questions about PvP, console release plans, and a melee combat revamp
Dune: Awakening has put forth another monthly newsletter - its second one since the initiative started in August even if this one leaped over...
Betawatch: Brighter Shores is really launching in November after one last beta
You should get your whites whiter and your shores brighter when Brighter Shores goes into testing in late October ahead of a full release...
EverQuest kicks off Nights of the Dead, EverQuest II begins spooky season
Feel that chill in the air and scent of pumpkin spice? That's Halloween coming to take over all your MMORPGs for the next few...
My Time at Evershine devs: Get our Kickstarter to $2.5M and we’ll leap past early access
We weren't particularly surprised to see My Time at Evershine, the multiplayer follow-up to Pathea Games' My Time at Portia and My Time at...
Perfect Ten: The complete list of CCP’s weird EVE Online projects and offshoots
CCP Games, like some other studios we could mention, seems to be a place where the team got one very successful MMO off the...
Brighter Shores confirms November launch date following October 22 closed beta
Back in August, we learned that Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG en route from Jagex and RuneScape co-founder Andrew Gower, was targeting November 5th...
Battle royale shooter Supervive plunges into this month’s Steam Next Fest with a feature-rich demo
How many video game genres can you cram into a single title before it becomes a stew? Supervive is pushing that limit with elements...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing its Legacy of Morgoth expansion
The very first public beta for Lord of the Rings Online's fall expansion is now up on the Bullroarer server. Legacy of Morgoth is...
RuneScape dates Group Ironman and tweaks Gate of Elidinis, OSRS delays mobile UI updates to November
Sure, there's Halloween things to expect out of RuneScape, but the month of October is also bringing some other non-spooky things to players as...
Betawatch: Star Citizen crunching like it’s 2010
Remember last week how I mentioned that I couldn't muster much in the way of anger toward Throne & Liberty having its whole paid...
