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Daybreak’s Z1 Battle Royale is sunsetting its South American servers, canceling Showdown event

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April's been a rough month for fans of Z1 Battle Royale, the PC version of H1Z1. Developer NantG laid off a chunk of staff...

Fractured’s second Alpha 1 test brings more housing, a new biome, and spiders this June

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By all accounts, the first Alpha 1 test for Fractured was a solid success, barring minor annoyances and login issues. So now it's full...

Torchlight Frontiers’ new Railmaster is the most creative class MMOs have seen in years

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CHOO CHOO all aboard the Torchlight Frontiers train. Yep, PWE this afternoon revealed a new class, the Railmaster. Now, I have no idea why...

City of Heroes spiritual successor Ship of Heroes confirms beta by the end of 2019

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One of City of Heroes' multiple spiritual successors, Ship of Heroes, has come out with a statement of its own following yesterday's confirmation that...

Adorable retro sandbox Staxel has officially launched today with a huge update too

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We've been covering the supercute voxelbox Staxel for the last year of early access, so what a joy to get to say that it's...
There! A thing!

Albion Online’s free-to-play relaunch is going well in spite of lag, queues, and duping

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We don't get a lot of buy-to-play or subscription-based MMOs going free-to-play anymore, chiefly because most of the ones likely to make the jump...
Sure, great, thanks.

Atlas rolls out new public test server and ‘megapatch’ with multiple PvP and PvE modes

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Wildcard's early access pirate MMO Atlas entered a new phase this past week: It's finally got a public test realm. "It’s here! Our Public Test...

Daybreak devs address the Z1 Battle Royale turmoil, vow ‘minimal disruption’

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It's been a rocky week for Z1 Battle Royale, as developer NantG laid off a number of its staff before announcing that it was...

Albion Online is officially free-to-play today – and already ‘under heavy load’

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Fancy getting your peekay on in an actual PvP sandbox? Albion Online is officially free-to-play today, meaning you can swarm the game without paying...

Valve and ZeniMax are among the publishers under EU investigation for illegal geo-blocking

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A number of major games publishers are under a spotlight cast by the European Commission for breaking EU competition rules. Valve, ZeniMax, Bandai Namco,...
If you look to your left, you will see a sad person.

Global Chat: Do you think you could design a better game than World of Warcraft?

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Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....

KurtzPel starts Americas early access this month, will be free-to-play

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Fans of the upcoming anime MMO KurtzPel had to swallow a bitter spoonful of bad news last week as Kog recently announced that the...
I HAVE COME AFLAME

NantG says it’s handing Z1 Battle Royale back to Daybreak – it’s not sunsetting, but there were layoffs

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Yesterday, we broke the news that Z1 Battle Royale looked to be in serious trouble based on developers stating publicly that they'd been laid...
Oh. All right.

Grab a key for a Wild Terra armored boar mount courtesy of Juvty Worlds and MOP

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Earlier this winter, Juvty Worlds announced it was taking its isometric sandbox MMO Wild Terra free-to-play. Since then, it's unleashed multiple events - St.Wodwose's...

Dreadlands ventures into the turn-based apocalypse with ‘online elements of an MMO’

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When the world comes to an end, we'll just have to take it in stride -- one turn at a time. It's certainly been a...

Tamriel Infinium: The power of community in five-year-old Elder Scrolls Online

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Given the volatility in today’s video game industry, it’s nice when an MMO is able to celebrate some longevity. Elder Scrolls Online has not...
Finding a handful of daunts.

PAX East 2019: Dauntless talks launching, version 1.0, and the Epic Store

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The fine folks at Phoenix Labs aren't bringing Dauntless to Steam; instead, they're heading to the Epic Store as planned. We can all speculate about...

MMO Cartographer: Touching all the things in Project Gorgon

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Welcome to MMO Cartographer! I'm Mia, and I'll be your guide through this winding journey through interesting MMORPGs - some small, some forgotten, and...
Artificial.

Valve pledges to fix Artifact’s ‘deep-rooted issues’ in attempt to salvage the game

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Things haven't been going particularly great for Artifact. Valve's digital card game, which launched in November of last year, has been rapidly hemorrhaging players...

Breach rolls out the Shadow Master class to early access players

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Breach has had a rough go at early access since its rollout in January. The asymmetric co-op action dungeon crawler appeara to be struggling...

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