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Fractured Conquest confirms a 24-hour playtest for...

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2026/04/06

What are you going to be doing on Thursday, May 7th? Perhaps you’d like to kick the tires of Happy Cauldron Games’ rebuilt version of Fractured Online, aka Fractured Conquest? Then perhaps you should make that day available because that’s when the MMORPG will be holding a 24-hour playtest. The Discord announcement promises that this test round will […]

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Quinfall slows down patch cadence slightly but...

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2026/04/06

With the arrival of its first major post-launch update of the year arriving on Easter Sunday, Turkish MMO Quinfall announced that it’s slowing down its patch cadence slightly out of necessity but that fans should not worry. “We are also aware that, especially in a time when players have seen other MMORPGs shut down, longer […]

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Asteria is a ‘next-generation VR MMORPG’ that...

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2026/04/06

Virtual reality, as a platform and as a place for MMORPGs, certainly appears to be dying on the vine, but that is not stopping lead developer Noah Bazer and his quest to create a “next-generation anime-style VR MMORPG” called Asteria: Fate of the Fallen. In Asteria, players enter a colorful anime-like medieval fantasy world to partake in […]

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Corepunk makes adjustments to its map, items, and a...

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2026/04/06

The Big Wipe for Corepunk that was talked about during its last Q&A still hasn’t happened, nor does it have a date yet. However, there has been a little tune-up patch that makes a couple of adjustments in the interim, so that’s something to note, particularly for those active in the early access MMOARPG. This latest update most […]

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South Korean amusement park opens up a...

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2026/04/06

Have you ever wanted to visit the lands of your favorite MMORPGs in real life? For fans of MapleStory, they actually have that opportunity thanks to the opening of a special themed land called Maple Island in Lotte World Adventure, an amusement park in Seoul, Korea. “Nexon’s Maple Island is tied to a company initiative […]

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The Daily Grind: Chase cam – yay or nay in MMORPGs?

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2026/04/06

When I find myself in the bowels of Twitch or YouTube of an evening, I am always reminded that the vast majority of gamers play first person. But me, I’m a chase cam enjoyer, which I guess is still somewhere between first person and third. I like my view to float ever so slightly behind […]

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MMO Week in Review: Queen Devona

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2026/04/06

The week around Easter is often quiet in the MMO space, but we still got some big news: Guild Wars Reforged delivered another sweet new content update, Stop Killing Games is turning heads in European politics, MechWarrior studio Piranha Games was slapped with layoffs, Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era has a new early […]

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Lineage II devs discuss materials, progression,...

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2026/04/05

Lineage II is still marking its 22nd anniversary, which means that overseas fans have gotten some of their questions about the MMOARPG answered by the devs in Korea. Of course, whether those answers are satisfactory is likely based on who you ask. The 15-minute Q&A video moves all the way through the game’s multiple servers, from Samurai […]

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The MOP Up: The Quinfall loses some data after a...

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2026/04/05

Fantasy MMO The Quinfall announced that it’s lost “a limited amount” of data after a global disruption beyond its control. “Due to a global technical issue affecting Amazon’s Middle East servers, which occurred beyond our control, a temporary disruption has impacted our website and the Twitch Drops system. Throughout this process, our highest priority has been […]

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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Phantom Line, Idle Clans,...

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2026/04/05

Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games you’ve never heard of! Yep, we’re back! And this time we made sure to keep our dirty boots in the mud room. Your freshly mopped floors are safe. This time. Phantom Line Would you like to fight spooky things with ballistic firepower? Then you might […]

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EverQuest II invites you on a Beast’r egg hunt this week

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2026/04/05

The eggs of strange and mysterious creatures are scattered all about EverQuest II’s landscape, and players only have a limited time to find them and exchange them for prizes before this year’s Beast’r Eggstravaganza wraps up on April 9th. The annual event challenges players to find classic and “advanced” eggs in specific zones for pets, […]

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Star Trek Online’s First Contact Day event is...

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2026/04/05

For Star Trek nerds, First Contact Day is either a celebratory moment in the series’ lore, a good film, or both. But for fans of Star Trek Online, First Contact Day is going to be the day when they can earn the keys to a free T6 ship for the game on either PC or console. […]

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One Shots: Call to order at Creepy Doll Con

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2026/04/05

Wow, it has been a minute since we’ve seen The Secret World show up in this space, but hey, there’s always room for some spooky screenshots, even in April! And Katriana dug out one of the creepiest of them all from an experimental facility that you don’t ever want to visit. “Haven’t been playing MMOs […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has your favorite moon?

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2026/04/05

For some reason, I’m thinking about the moon today. Who knows why. While the actual moon is cool (it’s hard to get to and there’s not a lot there, sure, but it’s also a glowing space rock human beings can walk on), a lot of MMORPGs have sent us to moons over the years. Sometimes […]

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EverQuest Legends introduces new video series that...

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2026/04/05

Are you curious about EverQuest Legends? Can you manage to wait for weekly video digests from developer Game Jawn? Then you’re in luck because the studio has launched the first episode of its Insights video series to introduce curious fans to the game and its features. As one might expect, this is more of a setup […]

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Last Epoch shows off upcoming quality-of-life...

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2026/04/04

Why do you check out the monthly newsletter for Last Epoch? Is it for development insight? Some fan-made content? Or maybe you’re hoping for a sneak peek at what’s next? Well the April edition of the newsletter did indeed provide as much, though it’s all quality-of-life stuff. Still, they’re probably welcome previews for fans all the same. […]

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Camelot Unchained discusses the RvR-centric design of...

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2026/04/04

Regular readers know by now how Camelot Unchained is an RvR sandbox, but obviously that comes with a variety of very specific design decisions that spring up from that foundation. That’s the overall topic of the MMORPG’s latest video, which generally talks about tying RvR gameplay with game design. This dev vlog effectively goes over some general […]

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‘Another week, another month of progress’: Hollowed...

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2026/04/04

Hey, guess what? Hollowed Oath has once again put foundational MMORPG game systems into its latest build! Facetiousness aside, the pace with which developer God Mode Games has been making these strides is certainly notable. Or as the notes put it, “Another week, another month’s worth of progress.” This time around the team has put together more […]

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WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s never told a big...

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2026/04/04

A few weeks ago, my fellow World of Warcraft columnist Tyler gifted us with an honest overview of Midnight’s main storyline, concluding that it was a slip back into messy, uneven narrative of the sort that Blizzard’s been giving us for years. And after chewing on his take for a while, I have to agree. […]

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Stop Killing Games praises French lawsuit against...

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2026/04/04

Earlier this week we reported on a lawsuit filed in France by consumer advocacy group UFC-Que Choisir against Ubisoft for the way it sunsetted The Crew. As we noted then, the filing was fully supported by Ross Scott’s Stop Killing Games initative, and in his latest video he talks about the impact it could have on the […]

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