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MMO Week in Review: Dune’s late beta, Equinox’s early...

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2025/05/12

We’ve had one of the more bizarre MMO weekends just now, as survival MMO Dune Awakening opened its doors for widespread beta testing in apology for its launch delay, accompanied by the early access release of the horse-girl-friendly MMO Equinox Homecoming. I can’t really think of two games further apart on the MMO spectrum. That’s […]

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PAX East 2025: Soulframe debuts a new gameplay...

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2025/05/11

If you’ve been keeping your fingers on the pulse of Soulframe, then you were probably keeping a close watch on the livestream from PAX East, which provided a few looks at the game’s next pre-alpha Preludes build within Digital Extremes’ allotted six minutes worth of time to talk about the online RPG. Yes, that’s literally […]

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The MOP Up: Valve shuts down a Classic Offensive mod...

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2025/05/11

A CSGO mod — Classic Offensive — got shut down by Valve eight years into its development. The mod devs said, “We are devastated to announce the cancellation of Classic Offensive. This decision follows abrupt actions by Valve that prevent us from releasing or continuing development on the project.” And this is just the beginning of the […]

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The Stream Team: Looking for a rematch against Rey...

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2025/05/11

Last week, MOP’s Chris tried to face off against Monster Hunter Wilds’ arch-tempered Rey Dau. It… didn’t go too well. But that doesn’t mean he’s giving up! Join him today at 2:00 p.m. EDT as he and his hunting crew once again seek to win the fight against the angriest of electric wyverns! What: Monster […]

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We finally have some clean numbers on how well EVE...

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2025/05/11

Back in February, we were frustrated to see that Korean games company Pearl Abyss was breaking with tradition: Instead of showing revenues for Black Desert and EVE Online separately so that we can track how each game is doing, the company had begun combining the two into one generic “games” revenue. We weren’t the only […]

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Dune Awakening highlights the spooky mental powers of...

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2025/05/11

In the lore of the IP, the Bene Gesserit are an enclosed sisterhood that keeps its powers to itself. But that would make for a pretty boring video game, so the abilities of that school of study are indeed available in Dune: Awakening and are the highlight of the survival MMO’s latest video. Don’t think […]

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One Shots: What the Dwarves saw that awful day

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2025/05/11

Katriana kicks off our festivities today with this harrowing shot of Dwarves digging too deep: “My friends and I met a dragon (again) in Return to Moria this week. She’s not really a very welcoming sort, and seems to think she can just make herself at home in Khazâd-Dum.” Well go put your hand on […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s your longest unbroken stretch...

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2025/05/11

A lot of us talk about how long we have been playing MMORPGs with a certain amount of editing. For example, it would be broadly accurate to say that I have been playing World of Warcraft since the game launched… but y’know, there have been breaks in there. And it’s hardly unique in that regard. Oh, […]

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Overwatch devs join Communication Workers of America...

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2025/05/11

The unionization movement across Blizzard’s developers has expanded once more, this time across those who work on the hero shooter Overwatch. The Communication Workers of America (CWA) has officially announced over 200 members have joined a “wall-to-wall” union under the CWA banner and known as the Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-CWA (OWGG-CWA). The announcement featured quotes from […]

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Destiny 2 answers questions about Year of Prophecy...

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2025/05/10

Now that it’s been a couple of days since Destiny 2 unveiled its Year of Prophecy content plans, players of the looter shooter have understandably had a couple of questions, some of which Bungie has elected to answer in its weekly newsletter. First off, the Star Wars collaboration expansion arriving in Renegades is promised to […]

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PAX East 2025: World of Warcraft confirms the...

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2025/05/10

Were you a fan of how Mists of Pandaria got remixed in World of Warcraft last year? Well then you’re in luck because Blizzard announced at this year’s PAX East that it’s working on its next expansion remix, and that remix will be for Legion. Wider details for this next stirred-up expansion weren’t provided, but […]

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The Stream Team: A first look at Cubic Odyssey

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2025/05/10

What better way to celebrate Survival Saturday than in a new survival game? Massively OP’s MJ and Chris are jumping into the new Cubic Odyssey just before its May 14th launch. Now the game may look innocent, but there’s likely death lurking around every cute corner. Join us live at 2:00 p.m. to see how […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: Which LOTRO premium housing...

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2025/05/10

So here’s a weird thing to consider: It wasn’t until October 2016 that Lord of the Rings Online introduced premium housing to the game with its Gondor-themed Belfalas homes. Before then, everyone had access to only the four standard neighborhoods and their much more limited space and hooks. Now in 2025, we can settle — […]

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Dune Awakening’s first day of beta brings generally...

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2025/05/10

As we’ve been noting all through the past day or two, Dune: Awakening has kicked off its large-scale beta weekend, and while the servers were unsurprisingly shaky, the hype is still strong. Even better, players who bought in to the game ahead of its June 10th launch are now being granted access. And yes, the […]

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WRUP: Rejected ideas I have had to shock you with a...

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2025/05/10

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about expensive things we bought and then immediately broke. Oops!

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The Daily Grind: Do you prefer MMO adventuring during...

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2025/05/10

We as gamers are certainly fickle balls of preferences and opinions, even when it’s about the smaller details in our MMOs. And I’m willing to bet that this extends into which part of the day/night cycle that we enjoy the most. I mean, clearly the daytime offers easier views and screenshot fodder, while it’s a […]

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The Stream Team: Diving into the Dune Awakening beta...

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2025/05/09

Back in February, Massively OP’s MJ and Larry first dipped their toes in Dune Awakening when it offered its character creator. This weekend, the game opens its doors for actual gameplay with a beta weekend. Of course, Larry and MJ has to dive in — or walk carefully without discernible pattern — and check things […]

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Betawatch: Dune Awakening awakens for its weekend test

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2025/05/09

After the most recent delays to Dune Awakening, you will have to wait a little longer to make the spice flow officially. Or prevent the spice from flowing. I think the latter is the one you’re supposed to make happen, but either way your spice adventures can at begin this weekend thanks to the open-ish […]

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Overwatch 2 applies a balance update for Stadium and...

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2025/05/09

Overwatch fans knew that balance to the popular Stadium mode was on the way, but this week the great tweakening has begun as the shooter’s latest patch turns the dials on several characters and a few abilities for Stadium enjoyers to brace for. Naturally the adjustments in question get granular, but generally speaking D.Va is […]

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Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore marks its first anniversary...

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2025/05/09

Believe it or not, it’s now been a year since Ethyrial Echoes of Yore released. And while this small MMO struggled to find its footing in those initial months, the studio said that it’s made progress on the indie title since then. Oath Games acknowledged that poor performance has been a persistent issue and thus […]

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