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Destiny 2 outlines upcoming changes to exotic focusing costs, weapons, and armor
This week's Destiny 2 newsletter is mostly for the PvPers again, as the vast majority of its digital ink is spent on mid-season updates...
Fractured Veil shows off the in-game social hub of Lahaina while honoring the real-life location’s legacy
Readers are likely familiar with the devastating wildfires that roared across Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, which marshaled multiple MMO studios to pitch in to help...
Overwatch 2 Season 7 adds a Diablo-themed Halloween event, reworks Sombra, and tweaks Route 66 map
We already knew that more information about Season 7 in Overwatch 2 was on the way from Blizzard, and now we have the full...
Mad World’s latest patch adds harder dungeons, new gear attributes, and its newest battle pass
Mad World is still doing its thing - albeit not on Steam still - with another weekly content patch that applies a variety of...
Sega’s cancelled PvPvE shooter Hyenas was reportedly a doomed project from the very start
Have you heard about Hyenas? It's OK if you didn't, as this PvPvE shooter from developer Creative Assembly and publisher Sega had a pretty...
MMO Business Roundup: BioWare lawsuit, Nintendo multiplayer sunset, Twitch layoffs
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Numbers numbers numbers.
BioWare
Remember the hefty BioWare layoffs back in the summer? A group...
Diablo IV internal test build gets a 2.0 version designation, suggesting work on its first expansion
Are you ready to soar into the skies of wild presumptions and lofty assumptions? Then feast your eyes upon the latest scuttlebutt out of...
Overwatch 2 hints at a spook-filled Season 7 release with a teaser trailer
While Overwatch 2 might have already confirmed that a new control map is coming to Season 7, there was already going to be more...
Into the Echo’s worldbuilding narrative website Journey Across Raava leaves early access
Early access for a website is over and a full release is now. This is the unironic announcement heralded by Into the Echo developer...
Terraria talks up mod development, culling Unity from mobile, and an upcoming board game
We already know that Terraria developer Re-Logic has tried - and failed - for eight years to stop developing the multiplayer survivalbox, and no...
Realm of the Mad God Season 8 brings a tavern brawl mini-dungeon, new battle pass, and new crucible
It's time for a new season in the bullet hell dungeon crawling MMORPG Realm of the Mad God, and this season has a little...
Fae Farm launches cross-promos with fast food and grocery chains, heralds strong initial sales
Any game is happy to herald that it's doing big things, but how many of those games are eager to announce partnerships with Dippin...
Wildcard sunsets ARK Survival Evolved official servers, confirms no Steam cross-play at ARK Ascended’s launch
"We aren't meant to live forever," reasons the title of a video for ARK: Survival Evolved, which is part of a wider send-off for...
Genshin Impact’s latest update features a very limited function to better avoid occupied quests
Last week brought Genshin Impact fans a plethora of things to do in its Version 4.1 update, but an unannounced quality-of-life feature is making...
World of Warships debuts a Captain’s Club benefits program as Wargaming donates to Maui wildfire relief
Do you have a World of Warships account? Have you participated in one battle within the past 30 days? Then you're already a member...
Dauntless details 2024’s return of targeted pursuit hunts and its in-development features
When we interviewed Dauntless product manager Jordan Power last week, one of the questions we asked was about whether targeted behemoth hunts would be...
Destiny 2 adds new weapons, details Checkmate mode updates, and confirms Season 23 gunsmith tweaks
The end of the week always means a newsletter from Destiny 2, and this edition of the post features another round of updates for...
MMO Burnout: Non-MMOs that scratch my MMO progression grind itch
There are plenty of reasons people play MMORPGs, whether it's to experience a story (yes, those exist), run in some PvP wars, or grind...
Sea of Thieves releases the final Monkey Island Tall Tale today
Players who have worked their way through the Monkey Island-themed Tall Tales in Sea of Thieves have one last adventure with Guybrush and company...
Post-apoc survival shooter The Front confirms early access launch date of October 11
Over the course of this year we've been following the development track of The Front, a post-apocalyptic "survival open-world crafting" shooter that was introduced...
