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Star Wars Galaxies Legends kicks off Empire Day and...

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2025/06/19

You might not realize it, but Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is actually first out of the gate with its Independence Day celebrations this year. Of course, it’s called Empire Day or Remembrance Day in-universe, depending on your faction, but it’s no coincidence that the fireworks-studded showcase of patriotism runs throughout early summer, […]

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Elder Scrolls Online is putting you to work during...

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2025/06/19

Elder Scrolls Online is putting you to work – literally – with its next in-game event. When the Zeal of Zenithar goes live next week, players will get a chance to honor the Divine representing work, commerce, and trade… in exchange for rewards, of course. Zenithar is a capitalist, after all. “To get started, pick […]

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Almost-28-year-old MMORPG Ultima Online just opened a...

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2025/06/19

The grandfather of MMORPGs has fallen! No, I don’t mean Ultima Online is sunsetting, heaven forfend. I mean it’s opened an official Discord. “We have launched our own official Discord!” Broadsword announced last night. “Join all your UO pals, past & present to chat about all things Ultima Online!” All my UO pals can join […]

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Once Human officially begins renting out ‘version...

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2025/06/19

The power is now in the hands of Once Human players as the option to rent custom servers for the survivalbox has officially moved out of its “early access” period and into its full “1.0 release” with this week’s patch. This new release version of the feature will now let players purchase premium items while […]

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Anti-P2W MMO Lionhearts is on Kickstarter selling...

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2025/06/19

A few weeks back, we covered a new-to-us strategy MMO, Lionhearts – a game effectively spun out of a Roblox game by indie studio Credenzio. And now, the game has officially rolled into a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. The buy-ins start fairly low, mind you; you can get pre-alpha demo access for just 10 bucks, though […]

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Elder Scrolls Online’s Seasons of the Worm Cult has...

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2025/06/19

Console Elder Scrolls Online fans are finally getting their first crack at Seasons of the Worm Cult this week as the don’t-call-it-an-expansion don’t-call-it-a-chapter-either paid content update officially launched for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 this week, following the PC/Mac launch at the top of June. As we’ve been chronicling, Seasons […]

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Vague Patch Notes: Control archetypes in MMORPGs are...

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2025/06/19

Recently, we got a very fun podcast question from Merp asking if control/debuff archetypes in MMORPGs were dead. This is a good question! It’s such a good question that I immediately stole it for a column because it ties into so many different aspects of design, and it was followed up by a question about […]

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Sea of Thieves’ mid-season update applies fixes,...

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2025/06/19

Sure, you could deploy some typical armaments in your Sea of Thieves sessions like firebombs or throwing spears or cannons, but what if you could just crack open a cursed chest to have a bunch of skeletal foes pour out of it? That is now an option thanks to the sandbox’s mid-season patch, which will […]

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Lord of the Rings Online welcomes players to the new...

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2025/06/19

Say hello to Lord of the Rings Online’s new Midsummer Festival that’s sending you to the brand-new tropical island of Furtherholm! LOTRO officially kicked off this year’s Midsummer Festival today, inviting all players onto this island for new quests and updated rewards through July 8th: “Located in the Shield Isles off the coast of Umbar […]

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V Rising’s Stunlock Studios says that whatever comes...

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2025/06/19

So with the release of the Oakveil region, what’s next for the V Rising team? Well… the latest post from the developers at Stunlock indicates that they don’t know, either. That doesn’t mean it’s a sad post or that the team is throwing in the towel. Indeed, it’s celebrating that the game’s 1.1 update means that […]

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MMO Week in Review: Dune, Chrono Odyssey, and...

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2025/06/16

Dune Awakening officially launched this week, bringing to an end a long development cycle and a short headstart that actually culminated in a not-trainwreck and some decent player numbers. Meanwhile, we took a long look at Chrono Odyssey and Vindictus Defying Fate, and you’ll be surprised which one of those actually came up with a […]

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The Finals adds new map, new gadgets, a faction vs...

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2025/06/15

It’s a fresh season in the multiplayer PvP FPS The Finals, and this time around it’s a battle of hackers versus a security force as the overarching theme in terms of both its gameplay and its latest new map. This time around, players will have only two “sponsors” to pick from: the CNS hacker group […]

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The MOP Up: DDO’s Ravenloft expands its gothic horror...

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2025/06/15

MOP Reader Mick shared an interview in which Dungeons and Dragons Online’s developers talked about how this summer’s The Chill of Ravenloft is expanding upon the gothic horror setting. “The thing about Ravenloft, which is the horror setting for DDO, is that it’s not just one place, it’s many different places,” the devs said. “There’s […]

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The Stream Team: Seeking a rematch against the Brute...

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2025/06/15

The Brute Bomber was a bit of a wall for MOP’s Chris and his Eorzea Sunday crew in the last Arcadion raid, and wouldn’t you know it, he’s doing it to them again in the current tier! After their defeat at his hands last week, Final Fantasy XIV – and revenge – is on the […]

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Lionhearts is an upcoming strategy MMO that spun out...

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2025/06/15

Over six million people playing Roblox decided to take on the Lionhearts game within the title as a big large-scale strategy game set against the background of the Crusades. That was enough for developer Credenzio Studios to decide that they could take this show on the road and build a version of Lionhearts that exists as its […]

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Fortnite marks Father’s Day by selling cosmetics of...

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2025/06/15

Another set of popular IPs have been tossed into the whirling blender of characters that is Fortnite: Epic Games has decided to mark Father’s Day in-game by selling animated dad bundles in the cash shop that, among other things, let players dress up like characters from animated TV series King of the Hill, Bob’s Burgers, […]

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One Shots: A perilous pool party

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2025/06/15

OK people, I expect to see a lot of sun, surf, and poolside festivities over the next couple months here at One Shots! Or you can photograph the latest pile of gore that used to be your worst enemy, because you’re a contrarian like that. Whatever you choose, Brazen is getting the season going with […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite toy in an MMORPG?

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2025/06/15

When the first expansion for World of Warcraft introduced flight form for Druids, people discovered a number of “bombing” techniques in which Druids could fly in out-of-combat and then drop in and hit someone with a bunch of spells instantly. But a far more fun technique was “bear-bombing,” wherein you flew close to someone and then […]

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Dune Awakening players call out unfair Landsraad...

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2025/06/15

In a turn of events that absolutely nobody could have ever seen coming at all, players of the survival MMORPG Dune: Awakening have found ways to make endgame PvP activities awful for other people. This is our shocked face. One of the major issues being raised by players is related to the Landsraad, the primary […]

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Multiplayer ‘mobile squad RPG’ DC Worlds Collide...

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2025/06/14

Last month we first got word about DC Worlds Collide, a self-described “mobile squad RPG” where players can assemble their favorite teams of heroes and villains, then control them in turn-based combat in various single-player and multiplayer game modes. But what do those game modes look like? This new trailer should answer that question. At […]

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