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Some Assembly Required: What to expect from Dual Universe’s September 27 wipe and launch
Having trouble logging into Dual Universe? That's because Novaquark shut down its servers on the 22nd. But don't worry, the space sandbox did not...
Final Fantasy XIV explains its Savage fight difficulty balancing in the wake of patch 6.21
When patch 6.21 arrived this week for Final Fantasy XIV, it included a pretty significant change in that it dropped the health of the...
Guild Wars 2 marks 10 years of operation with special community events at Gamescom and PAX West
The significant milestone of 10 years of operation for Guild Wars 2 is going to be celebrated in-person at two different gaming convention events....
ESA announces plans for E3 2023 in late June organized by ReedPop
Is the third time the charm? We'll find out with E3 next year, apparently, because the ESA is pledging right now that the event...
PAX West 2022 returns to Seattle in September for a masked and vaccinated event
PAX West will return again: ReedPop announced that it will once again host an in-person convention in Seattle this year. The event runs September...
PAX East 2022’s COVID outbreak has already resulted in one death
Last week, we covered the story about an apparent COVID outbreak at PAX East, which followed an outbreak at GDC; no less than the...
PAX East vendor reports COVID-19 exposures from the event despite masking and vax requirements
If you were concerned about PAX East 2022 being an in-person event in spite of the ongoing COVID pandemic, your caution may have been...
Vague Patch Notes: Stop giving rich people money to make failed MMOs
Richard Garriott has been to space. I'm going to repeat that a lot for emphasis, just because I feel like it's important. Richard Garriott...
Black Desert revealed PAX East party, weekend preview stream, and latest PC update
So what are you doing at 4 a.m. EDT Saturday? Sleeping, I hope. But if not, you'll want to tune in to Black Desert's...
Vague Patch Notes: Looking back on the MassivelyOP magic, seven years in
As of tomorrow, we're seven years out from the launch of this site. This means that we're actually into the point when I've been...
PAX East 2022 will be in-person in April, requiring vaccines and masking
ReedPop and Penny Arcade announced this week that PAX East is on for 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts, returning to an in-person event from April...
Texas-based PAX South won’t be back thanks to COVID and declining participation
While the COVID pandemic has made us no strangers to gaming convention cancellations, usually announcements of such are followed up by a hopeful look...
Microsoft’s in-development cloud-native MMO Pax Dei promises scaling complexity and multi-device access
Microsoft's work on an MMO isn't the newest news. Readers will recall the project - a cloud-native MMO being developed by Mainframe - came...
PAX Australia 2021 has been canceled due to COVID, replaced by online event
PAX Australia has canceled its in-person event originally planned for October 8th through 10th, Reedpop announced late last night.
"At the start of the year,...
DragonCon 2021 plans hybrid setup, implements COVID precautions for in-person event
Since 1987, DragonCon's put out a yearly call for geeks, the hardcore, and cosplay royalty to gather together to get their nerd on. When...
Whatever happened to the Age of Wushu franchise?
This story has something of an interesting progression to it. It began with a dive into whatever happened to Age of Wushu, which then...
PAX West 2021 will require attendees to prove they’re vaccinated or COVID-free
PAX West won't be letting folks through the doors unless they're vaccinated or have successfully passed a recent COVID-19 test. The convention will require...
PAX East 2021: MMO community building – on a budget
Any community managers or indie devs in the audience? This year at PAX East 2021, a few well-known community managers - Linda "Brasse" Carlson of...
PAX East 2021: Gaming streamers are frontline workers, not mental health experts
Since PAX East 2021 is virtual again due to that little virus that's been going around for over a year now, it should come...
PAX West returns to its in-person format this fall
As much of the United States returns to normal after a year of social distancing and virtual events, the organizers of PAX West have...
