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Black Desert PC releases new mythical horse, adds...

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2025/08/15

This week in Black Desert has arguably seen the console and mobile editions take the spotlight, but that’s not to suggest that the PC version of the sandbox doesn’t have things going on. For instance, would you care for new sparkle horse? Because that’s what’s happening, provided players meet a few requisites. Say hello to […]

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The Stream Team: Raiding forts and crypts for...

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2025/08/15

MOP’s Chris is hungry for a new helmet in Soulframe. That means he needs to farm for materials. And that means he’s going to run around, pillaging and looting the forts, camps, crypts, and villages he can to get the goodies he needs. Join him today at 2:00 p.m. EDT as he goes on the […]

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Pirate101 is kickin’ it old school with this week’s...

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2025/08/15

It’s been way too freaking long since Pirate101 got any love, but KingsIsle has turned its attention to the kid-friendly pirate MMO this week, thanks to the release of The All-Time Heist. “Players will take part in a daring robbery for fragments of the player’s unfinished map to El Dorado, finally setting them on the […]

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DC Universe Online’s Fearful Day: Aftershocks is live...

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2025/08/15

If there’s one thing DC Comics loves, it’s creating more stories revolving around the various powered lanterns centered around the emotional spectrum. And DC Universe Online is no exception to this, with the latest patch bringing in the aftermath to recent events. The Fearful Day: Aftershock event is live now, pitting players against the world boss […]

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EG7 Q2 2025: Palia is making bank for Daybreak as the...

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2025/08/15

EG7’s Q2 2025 financial report landed today, and it’s not going to tell you much that you didn’t already know from the ongoing Daybreak/EverQuest lawsuit. First, the good news: Overall EG7 revenues were up 7.4% compared to Q2 2024, in spite of “significant foreign exchange fluctuations” and the fact that, as CEO Ji Ham says, […]

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Vague Patch Notes: The challenge of MMO catch-up...

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2025/08/15

The most recent patch for Final Fantasy XIV made a change that was simultaneously fairly small and also pretty significant for the game’s mechanics. Phoenix Downs have been in the game for a very long time, but they’ve traditionally been fairly useless; they were single-stack items rather than something you could carry in bulk, and they […]

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Star Citizen outlines alpha 4.3’s features, resolves...

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2025/08/15

Alpha 4.3 of Star Citizen is on the horizon for release sometime later this month, so naturally the sandbox’s latest video is primarily focused on the features being added. But first, content director Jared Huckaby takes several moments at the start to discuss “the elevator in the room,” aka the continually broken freight elevators in […]

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Elder Scrolls Online previews next week’s dungeon and...

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2025/08/15

With just a weekend standing between us and Elder Scrolls Online’s Feast of Shadows dungeon pack, ZeniMax Online Studios is pumping out dev blogs on the patch. Here’s how we’re closing the week. First, the studio has released the second preview for the dungeons coming in Feast of Shadows. We had a look at Black […]

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Crosswind pivots to being a buy-to-play survival MMO...

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2025/08/15

We were already a little skeptical about Crosswind Crew calling its upcoming game Crosswind an MMO since it looked more like a survival MMO at best to us, and it turns out we were right to be. According to the game’s new dev blog, the developers are hard at work preparing for the title moving […]

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Project Ghost showcases blue zones and combat,...

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2025/08/15

The blue zone has been the topic of conversation for the vast majority of recent comms out of Fantastic Pixel Castle’s Project Ghost MMORPG. But now a collaborative stream between Greg Street and several influencers offers a new in-game look at these zones in action. The stream saw Street come together with streamers Josh Strife […]

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Ship of Heroes previews its impressive player housing...

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2025/08/15

In spite of our reservations, crowdfunded superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes is still charging onward toward its launch next week. It’s been dropping frequent dev blogs in the lead-up, including this week’s, clearly saving the best for last, as the latest post is about player housing. Heroic Games suggests that what sets its version of […]

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Diablo IV opens the next patch for testing as leaks...

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2025/08/15

The next patch for Diablo IV is open for testing on the game’s test server starting on August 19th, and it brings with it a whole new family of monsters, the Chaos Monsters. This goes hand-in-hand (or hand-in-claw-in-pseudopod if you prefer) with the upcoming Chaos Wave modification. Players will also get a chance to face off […]

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The Daily Grind: Do you actually want to be involved...

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2025/08/15

If you follow the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that most posts over there follow one of maybe a dozen stock formats. One of them is the “hey my super indie team is making a super indie MMORPG and we want your feedback.” Let me tell you, this never, ever goes well. A lot of […]

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The Stream Team: Fashion Madness in Dungeons &...

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2025/08/14

With Dungeons & Dragons Online’s server transfers still being questionable, Massively OP’s MJ is staying one last stream on the 32-bit server. So why not spend her remaining time at a public fashion show? Perhaps someone will dress for server success! While MJ has not been invited to be a participant, she has been asked […]

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Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs have an ageism...

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2025/08/14

A few months ago, there was a rather mean-spirited thread on the MMORPG subreddit that claimed, among other things, that Elder Scrolls Online’s supposed “older playerbase” was “dragging the game down.” This poster blamed the game’s problems on the over-40 crowd, which he suggests are willing to tolerate what he characterized as clunky systems and […]

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Sea of Thieves Season 17 begins the Smugglers’ Tide...

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2025/08/14

It’s time for an all-new season, Sea of Thieves fans! The Smugglers’ Tide has officially rolled in to the piratical sandbox, bringing with it some new gameplay features and starting off Rare Ltd’s new seasonal cadence. The beginning of Season 17 starts off with the new Smuggler’s League faction and their related smuggling missions that […]

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RuneScape outlines recent player support updates and...

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2025/08/14

RuneScape wants you to know about all of the things it’s been doing in order to better support you, the player. After all, it cares about you on a deep and personal level, surely. How are you feeling? Would you like a biscuit? They’re Custard Creams. One lump or two for your tea? Choose wisely; […]

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Elite Dangerous ties down August 19 release date for...

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2025/08/14

At the end of July, Elite: Dangerous confirmed that the guild-minded Vanguards update would be facing a bit of a delay, releasing in late August instead of early August in order to apply some more spit shine. It would appear that “late August” is a bit closer to “middle August,” as Frontier Developments has confirmed […]

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‘Everything comes to an end’: Skyforge releases its...

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2025/08/14

At the tail end of July, we learned the sad news that MY.GAMES has decided to “discontinue” development of Skyforge, leading its still fairly new operator, Innova/4game, to close down the European and American servers. The sunset is slated for September 3rd on PC (October 29th on console), and I’m afraid there will be no […]

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World of Warcraft shares the plans for expanding the...

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2025/08/14

It’d be easy to make a joke about World of Warcraft’s cooldown manager managing itself, but the fact of the matter is that the feature has been quite well-received by players even as players want more management options of their own. So those options are arriving. For example, do you want to be able to see […]

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