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MMO Week in Review: The Only Way to the Cradle of War

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2026/05/18

This weekend, the sci-fi spaceship MMORPGs ran dueling announcements: EVE Online announced its Cradle of War expansion at EVE Fanfest, while Star Citizen unveiled alpha 4.8 Tactical Strike and a DefenseCon free-fly. Meanwhile, Guild Wars 2’s launched The Only Way, Amazon continued to dance around its likely dead LOTR MMORPG, NCsoft and Pearl Abyss dropped […]

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MechWarrior Online offers up free mechs and applies...

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2026/05/17

Things might feel pretty dour in MechWarrior Online on account of developer Piranha Games suffering a round of layoffs last April, but things keep stomping forward for the team vs. team ‘mech battler, as the game has put out a new patch and a new event to unlock a free chassis. The patch itself is mostly about adjustments, bringing […]

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The MOP Up: EverQuest II invites players back to...

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2026/05/17

One of EverQuest II’s time-locked progression servers just went into its 13th expansion: “Kunark Ascending is now LIVE on Varsoon! The time has come to return to Kunark! EverQuest II’s thirteenth expansion, Kunark Ascending, is now available. It will take great courage to stand against the coming darkness.” And this is just the beginning of the rest […]

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Where Winds Meet prepares housing, new weapons, new...

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2026/05/17

Now that the Hexi series of updates have come and gone, Everstone Studio is ready to share everything that’s coming down the pike for Where Winds Meet, and it’s doing so through a video news digest from the Goose Overlord. That’s just how this game rolls, y’all. First off, today marks the opening of the Sandstorm Tavern, an […]

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Fight or Kite: Gods Death and Reapers turned me into...

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2026/05/17

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: There’s a new grimdark isometric ARPG on the horizon featuring PvPvE combat in a new twist on the extraction RPG genre. I know, I know. Just like last year, spring brings with it flowers and rain showers and also fresh new extraction games. But don’t jump into […]

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen gives spellcaster...

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2026/05/17

Disgruntled about the lackluster state of their attire, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s spellcasting community rose up as one and rioted across the landscape. Buildings burned, entire villages were displaced, and smoke could be seen across the entire horizon as their wrath took shape. The fashion apocalypse is now upon us, and all we can […]

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One Shots: Fast track to the MMO retirement home

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2026/05/17

Forever young? Forget that, Alphaville, we all want to be immediately old! That way we can order off the senior menu, get discounts at the movie theater, and shake our canes at anyone who dares trod on our lawn. Minimalistway is living that dream in FFXIV, saying, “In a dungeon where you have to turn […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG is your favorite game...

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2026/05/17

No matter what, there are times in an MMORPG when you are not doing things. I don’t mean times when you are waiting for a queue or waiting for a timer or waiting for people to arrive or something along those lines; I mean times when you are not doing anything. Times when you are […]

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Fractured Conquest recaps a successful crafting and...

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2026/05/17

Last month we reported on a 24-hour closed playtest for the PvP warfare MMO Fractured Conquest that was taking place at the top of this month. So, how did it go? Pretty well according to developer Happy Cauldron Games, though it was a lot less about PvP warfare and more about the crafting and gathering loop. The test […]

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Camelot Unchained’s latest closed early access build...

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2026/05/16

The early access testing, or at least what’s defined as much by RvR sandbox Camelot Unchained, continued forth this past week, with some adjustments applied to the game through the past weekend as the game continues to inch its way to wider accessibility via Steam. This past Wednesday was another single-day test that mostly didn’t […]

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Overwatch promises to bring ‘more than loot boxes’...

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2026/05/16

Last week we reported on Overwatch’s fumbled 10th anniversary celebration, which ended up bringing disappointment instead of delight to fans of the team vs. team FPS. The noise has apparently gotten so loud that Blizzard game director Aaron Keller has taken to Twitter to confirm some adjustments are indeed on the way. In the near-term, […]

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Reaper Actual delays its early access launch to May...

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2026/05/16

At the top of this month, John Smedley announced that his studio’s PvPvE persistent war MMO shooter Reaper Actual would be heading to early access on Wednesday, May 20th. Unfortunately for any eager fans of the game, Smed announced in his latest weekly Discord broadcast that early access was being pushed back a week to Wednesday, May […]

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MMO Hype Train: Is it smart or foolish for upcoming...

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2026/05/16

With the collapse of the World of Warcraft clone trend that dominated the MMORPG development landscape for so long, we’ve seen a sort of “wild wild west” approach to MMO projects. The freedom is refreshing, but the results are all over the place and not conclusive that any one path is guaranteed to succeed. A […]

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EVE Fanfest 2026: EVE Vanguard opens Steam signups...

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2026/05/16

Upcoming first person shooter EVE Vanguard has now officially opened signups for its upcoming alpha test event that will run from July 7th to 20th. Titled Operation Avalon by newly renamed studio Fenris Creations, the event will give players a good idea of the game’s lore and the core gameplay loop of deploying to planets, […]

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WRUP: The context of this is that something very good...

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2026/05/16

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about cars in MMOs.

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The Daily Grind: How do you juggle your MMO alts?

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2026/05/16

Maybe this doesn’t apply to you. Maybe you’re the type of player who only has one main character in any given MMO and that’s it. But for the rest of us, the unrepentant altoholics, we have a whole roster of characters that we’re trying to handle. The question is, how do we do it? Perhaps […]

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Betawatch: Subnautica 2 dives into early access with...

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2026/05/16

Have you ever made a really bad call, tried to cover it up, and then found that this actually not only did not fix the problem but actively made everything significantly worse? Anyhow, Subnautica 2 hit its early access and everyone seems to love it, with extra special thanks to a spicy bit of controversy beforehand […]

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Co-op Soulslike game Serpent’s Gaze dates a May 25...

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2026/05/15

Tired of overly cushy games and need something to smack you around and make you feel inadequate as a gamer? Serpent’s Gaze, a Dark Soulslike multiplayer title, announced this morning that it’s arriving in early access on May 25th, so you may as well start your crying and call up your mama right now. “Serpent’s […]

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Early access sandbox MMORPG BitCraft adds Sagi Bird...

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2026/05/15

Have you endured a long birdless nightmare in Bitcraft up until now? We understand. The developers at Clockwork Labs understand, too, which is why the latest patch for the early access MMO lets you set up traps to catch yourself Sagi Birds. They’re not chickens, but they are broadly chicken-like, and that means you not only […]

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NCsoft’s multiplayer gacha RPG Limit Zero Breakers...

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2026/05/15

At the tail end of last year, we reported on vague closed beta plans for Limit Zero Breakers, a multiplayer gacha RPG from NCsoft and developer Vic Game Studios. At the time, all we had to share was the fact that closed testing was happening sometime in the first quarter of this year and that sign-ups […]

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