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Albion Online’s Oberon patch hits test server with randomized dungeons and QoL improvements
The latest build of Albion Online's upcoming Oberon update has hit the game's test server, bringing with it the new randomized dungeons feature, an...
Apex Legends developer reminds players that datamined information is not a development roadmap
Gosh, people really do seem to love Apex Legends, and with that comes the natural human impulse to dig around in the game's data files...
Blade & Soul’s major Legacy of the Hongmoon update is live today
The latest major update for NCSoft's fantastical martial-arts MMO Blade & Soul, Legacy of the Hongmoon Clan, went live today, increasing the level cap...
EverQuest’s Holly Longdale discusses Daybreak’s reacquisition thrust
Is the original EverQuest doing better than it ever has? Probably not; the game has been running for 20 years now. But it has been...
Black Desert Online’s third anniversary celebrations continue with Glimmering Old Moon event and weekly update
March is the third anniversary for Black Desert Online, and it's celebrating through a number of events. To be fair, a lot of events...
Indie space-mining MMO Exocraft has launched today
If you're a fan of building spaceships and mining space rocks but aren't so much of a fan of the spreadsheets and subterfuge that...
RuneScape is yanking the Bounty Hunter system, consolidating shape-changing, and more
Sometimes the best way to improve content in an MMO is to throw it away, remove it from the game, and then pretend it...
Fortnite’s newest patch adds in a Baller ride and a new limited-time getaway
If you've ever really wanted to ride around in a ball while being shot at, Fortnite's latest patch has you covered. Those of you who...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 211: Carrying the Torchlight
Justin and Bree deep-dive Torchlight Frontiers and discuss Path of Exile's Synthesis, the great LOTRO and DDO outage of 2019, the impending end of Kritika Online and the Foundry system in Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, Guild Wars 2's warclaw, Alganon, and a mailbag topic about housing in MMOs.
Red Dead Online puts a wild-west twist on capture the flag with its new Spoils of War game mode
There's nothing like a good old-fashioned showdown, and the folks at Rockstar know it, which is why they've just expanded Red Dead Online's Showdown...
EVE Online’s March update is here with skills on demand and nullsec anomaly improvements
The fact is that EVE Online's whole "skills on demand" concept is slightly misleading. It's more like the ability to purchase the skills you want...
EverQuest’s 20th anniversary invites players to preserve the past with some Gnomish help
It might seem a little bit on the nose for the EverQuest 20th anniversary celebration to literally include a new zone that's all about preserving the...
Runes of Magic celebrates its 10th anniversary with in-game events and exclusive gifts
A week from today, free-to-play fantasy MMO Runes of Magic will be celebrating its 10th anniversary, and the folks at Runewaker Entertainment and Gameforge...
World of Warcraft offers discounted race changes, faction changes, and character transfers ahead of tomorrow’s patch
Tomorrow, World of Warcraft's newest allied races -- the Kul Tiran Humans and the Zandalari Trolls -- join the Battle for Azeroth, and after...
Grim Dawn’s Forgotten Gods expansion will arrive on March 27th
Last week, Crate Entertainment announced that its post-apocalyptic ARPG Grim Dawn would be receiving a new expansion, Forgotten Gods, sometime this month, and now...
Final Fantasy XI brings Ambuscade weapons to their final form with today’s update
Thanks to ages of shonen anime, "this isn't even my final form" no longer sounds remotely intimidating but mostly just brings to mind accidental...
World of Warcraft: Classic is now planned to get six phases of content over time
As we approach the planned launch of World of Warcraft: Classic, it turns out we're getting a larger number of content updates than were originally...
Path of Exile’s Synthesis launch had the game’s second-highest player concurrency
The goal of any major update release for any game is to launch with no real issues, but it's rarely what you actually expect....
The MOP Up: MapleStory goes to the arcade
If you're playing MapleStory, chances are that you're not too prim and proper to enjoy some goofy fun. So pop in a quarter and...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Exocraft, DK Online, Lord of Chains, and Defend the Night
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and other online games you've (probably) never heard of (or have totally forgotten about!).
Exocraft caught my attention...