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Pax Dei talks up NPC aggro changes, UI updates, and...

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2026/05/15

xXxMary_Mary_420xXx, quite contrary, how does your garden in Pax Dei grow? Apparently when the survival MMORPG puts out its next patch, it will grow rather prettily thanks to new garden furnishings. We also assume that a character with that username exists. And that their player likes gardens. Look, we’re doing a lot of guessing here, but the […]

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Elder Scrolls Online details the class mastery system...

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2026/05/15

We’re guessing that June 8th can’t come fast enough for Elder Scrolls Online players: That’s when Update 50 arrives to round out the remainder of the game’s zeroeth season. But ZeniMax Online Studios has more teasers and previews in the meantime. Today’s is all about the upcoming class mastery system. “Arriving with Update 50 on […]

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Black Desert begins a Boss Blitz on mobile, starts...

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2026/05/15

It’s another loaded week for the three versions of Black Desert, and this week the mobile sandbox gets top billing on account of its new Boss Blitz feature. It is not a Ballroom Blitz, but there could be someone in the back who says, “Everyone attack.” The new content challenges players to a timed boss fight where […]

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Lost Skies readies skill update built ‘after hours’...

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2026/05/15

It’s a bit of bad news and a bit of we’ll say OK-ish news for multiplayer airship survivalbox Lost Skies. Readers might remember that last time we checked in on this one, Bossa Studios had projected a March or April roadmap update. Clearly, that hasn’t happened, and as of the middle of April, fans are still being promised […]

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EVE Fanfest 2026: EVE Online’s Cradle of War...

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2026/05/15

War is the engine that keeps the wheels of sci-fi MMO EVE Online turning, from the massive battles between players over territory and resources to the smaller fleets in faction warfare or even lone players hunting for targets in wormhole space. It’s been known for a long time that players who get involved in these […]

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Warframe of Mind: The big guide to picking a frame –...

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2026/05/15

In many ways, I feel like this particular batch of frames covers the last gasp of Warframe having obvious stuff to make. Frost and Saryn, for example, are both fundamentally elemental frames based on the game’s four big elements, and while you can argue whether Heat, Cold, Electricity, and Toxic make sense as your big four elements, you […]

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Camper van sim Outbound expands launch to PlayStation...

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2026/05/15

The launch week for camper van sim Outbound got more exciting on Thursday when the title rolled out on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. Netherlands-based Square Glade Games further promoted the “utopian” world of the game with a new launch trailer. The studio reported 40,000 players jumping into Outbound on its launch […]

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The Stream Team: Taking a beta look at EverQuest Legends

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2026/05/15

With the NDA just lifting this afternoon, MassivelyOP’s MJ can jump into EverQuest Legends’ beta and check things out. How does it look? How does it play so far? Can she get past character creation? You know, the big questions. If you want to see what’s been going on in this Game Jawn/Daybreak EverQuest venture, grab […]

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Amazon Games exposé suggests a dev team was forced to...

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2026/05/15

Wherever you have worked over the course of your life, you can no doubt remember a moment or two when your boss had a boneheaded idea that you had to go along with. Unfortunately for the Amazon Game Studios employees working in San Diego, that boneheaded idea hit when they had a game ready to […]

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Progress Bar: Farever’s server issues trip up an...

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2026/05/15

The simple things can often be the best. Some days you just want a basic three-ingredient meal. The best comforts can come from a couch and a book. And a multiplayer game can be nothing more than an open world with various objectives and be a fun time, unshackled from a grander narrative or wider […]

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Subnautica 2’s first 24 hours of early access are...

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2026/05/15

Subnautica 2 is riding a pretty big wave into the weekend after its start of early access. In spite of delays that kicked off legal fights between developer and publisher and incomplete build leaks, the multiplayer survivalbox’s first day of live service has gone pretty well by all accounts. First off, Unknown Worlds heralded 1 million copies […]

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Stars Reach’s Before the Frontier test update lands...

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2026/05/15

Stars Reach may have halted new tester signups, but its development is accelerating as planned, as this afternoon Playable Worlds releases the Before the Frontier update for existing alpha testers. “We have started implementation of a large number of systems, many of which you’ve been eagerly asking for,” the studio says. “Due to this rapid […]

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Star Citizen alpha 4.8 Tactical Strike includes a...

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2026/05/15

It’s a big new alpha build release for Star Citizen this week, as alpha 4.8: Tactical Strike, is officially live for players to try out with a new group-centered PvE mission, the start of the DefenseCon free fly event, and several other additions and adjustments. Naturally the tactical strike groups feature is front-and-center, challenging groups of players […]

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Bungie attempts to broaden extraction shooter...

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2026/05/15

Two months after its launch in March, Marathon’s struggled to be the kind of hit that Bungie hoped it would be — particularly after the studio’s mega-success with the Destiny franchise. In either a shrewd move or a desperate course correction, the studio announced a flurry of plans for the game’s future including PvE activities […]

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The Daily Grind: What bugs are acceptable in an MMO...

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2026/05/15

It’s a long-running joke in the MMORPG world – really, almost as old as MMORPGs themselves – that wise gamers don’t ever play on launch day. You do not take the day off. If the servers come up, you expect them to go right back down again. If anything works, it’s a pleasant surprise. It’s […]

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Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG tutorials are...

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2026/05/15

Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street dropped a random thoughtful Twitter thread this past weekend, remarking on how people learn in school – and how that translates to video game tutorials. His story sounds familiar; he was clever but never developed good study skills as a kid, which meant that for his advanced degrees, he was, to shameless […]

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Indie MMO Eterspire expands the Bogtown biome with...

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2026/05/14

Cutesy indie MMORPG Eterspire’s mid-May update has officially arrived today, and we sure hope you like bogs because this is the patch that expands the Bogtown Marsh biomes and maps with new destinations. Bogtown Marsh is actually a mid-level zone in the 40-to-60 range and was only just added a month ago in April, so […]

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Totopia is a ‘party life sim’ that’s just gone into beta

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2026/05/14

Is your life a little too orderly, predictable, and safe? Then scoot your pixelated hiney over to Totopia, a new multiplayer “party life sim” that’s rocking the beats in beta this month. Totopia sounds like a party game casserole with every flavor baked into it: “Drip in your style and crush 100+ chaotic maps, or […]

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Astroneer muses about the Intermodal Terminal as it...

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2026/05/14

The Intermodal Terminal in Astroneer has a lot of stuff going on. Conceptually, this is fine; it’s called a Megastructure for a reason, it’s supposed to have a lot of things going on. But there are a lot of things that also need improvement, and so the developers are breaking down work on the Intermodal Terminal […]

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Champions Online’s tiny community is in an uproar...

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2026/05/14

Last week’s Champions Online patch, which kicked off the Circus Malvanum event and discounts the game’s lifetime sub by 33% – ought to have been a time of joy for the game’s community, especially in the wake of its migration back to Cryptic and Arc Games, but instead, that community has set off a drama […]

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