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Final Fantasy XIV’s fan festival reveals Evercold for...

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2026/04/24

A cold wind is blowing across Final Fantasy XIV after the sun-dappled experience of Dawntrail. After the sunny vacation that involved a fair number of summer thunderstorms, the next expansion has been announced for January 2027, Evercold. Yes, we already have a release window for the game, and while producer and director Naoki Yoshida noted that nine months […]

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The Stream Team: Happy 19th anniversary, Lord of the...

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2026/04/24

It’s party time! And if there is one group that knows how to party, it’s Hobbits. Massively OP’s MJ is joining the Hobbits (and Elves and Men and even Dwarfs) to celebrate the 19th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings Online today. Who are we kidding: They will be partying for weeks. Besides the […]

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Subnautica 2 execs retract contempt accusation and...

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2026/04/24

The ongoing lawsuit between Krafton and the Subnautica 2 execs it fired in 2025 just keeps getting weirder – or maybe it’s finally calming down. Readers will recall that the vice chancellor overseeing the case has thus far ordered Krafton to reinstate Ted Gill as Unknown Worlds CEO and extended the deadline for the game’s […]

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MMO Business Roundup: Xbox’s resolutions, Microsoft’s...

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2026/04/24

Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And yes, technically speaking, Microsoft is in the headline twice. But that’s for a good reason. To wit… Xbox resolves to ‘be where the world plays’: Xbox is attempting to both paint itself as a plucky underdog and admit it’s on the back […]

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Some 35,000 people signed up to test EverQuest...

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2026/04/24

If you were hoping to get into EverQuest Legends’ beta as it kicks off today, maybe temper those expectations: In its first producer’s letter, Game Jawn says that almost 35,000 people signed up to test the Daybreak-backed standalone throwback game. “In order to keep the EQ Legends Beta Test orderly, we will start with a […]

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Final Fantasy XIV’s Fan Festival reveals The Evercold...

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2026/04/24

Update: Our full recap of the takeaways from the keynote can be found here! So where is Final Fantasy XIV going next? What do fans have to look forward to for the next expansion? What delightful new t-shirt has producer and director Naoki Yoshida bought for this particular show? Fans have eagerly awaited the answers to […]

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Elder Scrolls Online details the circus of freaks...

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2026/04/24

When Elder Scrolls Online’s tentpole season zero feature, the Night Market, opens for business next week, players will have to make a choice: Which group of wackadoos should you team up with to improve your chances of scoring loot in the zone? You think I’m exaggerating, but I am not, and ZeniMax Online Studios’ blog […]

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WoW Factor: Where World of Warcraft Midnight’s story...

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2026/04/24

While the gameplay and endgame remain about as good as they were in The War Within, the story for World of Warcraft: Midnight so far has been a sore spot that’s been sapping my enthusiasm for the expansion. I’ve now completed the max level campaign up to and including the March on Quel’Danas raid and […]

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Classic MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot is lifting a bunch...

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2026/04/24

If you just saw the patch notes for Dark Age of Camelot this week and didn’t read closely or know the lingo, you’d miss some pretty big stuff, as Broadsword is clearly making a push to reclaim players – or at least make the experience of looky-loos a lil better. The key detail in the […]

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Lord of the Rings Online celebrates 19 years with an...

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2026/04/24

Three cheers to Lord of the Rings Online, which has now made it to 19 years of adventure, merriment, and ring-chasing! The fantasy MMORPG kicked off its anniversary festival on Thursday with a few new improvements and rewards along the way. New for 2026 are some additional nostalgia-laden anniversary missions in the Prancing Pony, a […]

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Nexon’s Embers of the Uncrowned is a dark fantasy...

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2026/04/24

This newly announced MMO is right up Justin’s alley. Why do we say that? Because this one is set in a world that’s being invaded by elves and he hates all things elf-y. Say hello to the grim dark fantasy world of Embers of the Uncrowned from Nexon. “Embers of the Uncrowned is a dark […]

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Diablo IV unloads a truckload of details about...

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2026/04/24

Yesterday saw Blizzard erupt with a massive info dump for Diablo IV’s upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion as well as the 3.0.0 patch for the multiplayer ARPG. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s dig right in. With a really sharp blade. And a cartoonish amount of blood splatter. First off, the expansion is set to go […]

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Final Fantasy XIV posts the preliminary patch notes...

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2026/04/24

Are you ready for some early patch notes for Final Fantasy XIV? Of course you are because Square Enix’s Creative Studio III has been putting these out for years now and it has no cause to change that habit anytime soon. Therefore, here are the preliminary patch notes for patch 7.5: Trail to the Heavens. Naturally this […]

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Blizzard apologizes for World of Warcraft patch...

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2026/04/24

If you’ve played World of Warcraft since Tuesday, then it’s certainly not news to you that the MMO got majorly borked by the deployment of Patch 12.0.5. An unstoppable legion of bugs burned a crusade through the title, bringing out the wrath of the Lich King… and every player. After considerable silence on the matter, […]

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The Daily Grind: In retrospect, which MMORPG was the...

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2026/04/24

At the top of March, Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games made headlines when it tweeted that a specific player had been wasting his time for weeks trying to do something that wasn’t even possible. It must’ve popped in their metrics, and the devs decided to spare this poor soul. Oh man. I thought […]

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The Stream Team: Explosive fun in The House of Death...

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2026/04/23

It’s time for Massively OP’s MJ to sabotage another drow house in Dungeons & Dragons Online. This time, she and her team will infiltrate House Szind. It seems this house that specializes in necromancy is close to perfecting a new and more powerful form of undead minion. The task? Go in and blow up things […]

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Massively Overthinking: Do you try to deinfluence...

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2026/04/23

Last weekend, a big old dramabomb went off in a specific MMORPG community. I’m not gonna rehash it, but in the course of my research, I was struck with how many people on Reddit had decided it was their solemn duty to deinfluence everyone else in regard to the MMO, to warn them because of […]

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BitCraft discusses plans for new seasonal region,...

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2026/04/23

Players of BitCraft had questions and game director Carter Minshull had answers, which he provided as part of a recent livestream that was held on Twitch. It’s 20 minutes long, so here’s a general rundown. Minshull first discussed a couple of additions planned down the line, including the confirmation of “floating platforms” that will let players build […]

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Quinfall shares the series of features confirmed for...

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2026/04/23

If you’re looking to slake your fighting thirst but want to do it in smaller scale in survival MMORPG The Quinfall, you’ll be happy to learn that the game’s 3v3 arena feature is on the horizon and that developer Vawraek Technology has confirmed its feature set. Thanks to feedback from player testers and some internal testing, […]

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Survival sandbox Aska’s Hearth & Honey update is all...

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2026/04/23

If you don’t really associate vikings with bees, that’s a you problem, fam. Seriously, where do you think mead comes from? It’s all about honey, honey. And that’s why it’s important that the latest update to Aska is all about the bees and what you get from bees, with a whole new research and upgrade line that […]

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