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Valofe is sunsetting Kritika Zero – again – in August

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2025/05/08

Kritika Online is continuing to be kicked around by its publishers: We’re sad to report that the latest version of the game is now being sunsetted. As MMO Fallout first noticed, Valofe announced on Steam (and apparently on Discord) today that the game has been yanked from Steam downloading concurrent with Valofe’s plans to sunset […]

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Stars Reach game director Dave Georgeson talks...

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2025/05/08

The top of this month brought another update to the playtest build of Stars Reach, and in it there are some big top, big deal changes to… material heaviness. Apparently making sure sand acts like sand, rock acts like rock, and materials have a stickiness point that causes them to fall over if it’s exceeded […]

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Fractured Online shows off Kickstarter reward...

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2025/05/08

Fractured Online’s Happy Cauldron Games is once again keeping its comm lines aflame with yet another development progress post that grants followers of the rebuilding sandbox MMORPG a look at Kickstarter goodies, character customization updates, and some new animations. The report opens by noting the game’s backend moving to Coherence, a multiplayer backend SDK for […]

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Kakao Q1 2025: Chrono Odyssey is finally aiming for...

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2025/05/08

Kakao had a rough Q4 – and now it’s having a rough Q1 too, at least in terms of its revenues. While the multimedia company saw revenues decline 6% compared to Q1 2024, it’s primarily the game segment we care about here. And the company’s game segment has declined 31% in revenue since this quarter […]

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Dune Awakening preps fans for this weekend’s beta...

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2025/05/08

Survival sandbox MMORPG Dune: Awakening – yes that’s what it is in spite of Funcom’s nearly impressive mental gymnastics – is heading for a large-scale beta this weekend, and that means the studio is making sure that players know what to expect in terms of content, technical requirements, and other related matters. This upcoming test […]

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Star Citizen talks new missions, flight models, more...

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2025/05/08

We’re back once again with another top-of-the-month series of development reports from Star Citizen as CIG has put out another monthly dev report for last April and a roundup of roadmap adjustments. We’ll begin with the roadmap post, particularly since it provides a more direct idea of what’s coming down the pike for the spaceship […]

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Vague Patch Notes: Challenge and rewards in MMOs are...

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2025/05/08

All right, folks, pop quiz. I want you to name for me the first major raid in Ultima Online. That was the first game that was marketed as an MMORPG, it is indisputably an origin point for the genre as a whole, and thus it kind of has to be the place where raiding was initially […]

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Palworld confirms gameplay mechanic adjustments made...

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2025/05/08

While Palworld developer Pocketpair is still resolved to fight against Nintendo’s patent infringement lawsuit, it’s also admitting that some concessions have been made in the interest of “[avoiding] disruptions to the development and distribution” of the survival sandbox. Notably, a patch released last November that changed how captured Pals are summoned – by calling them […]

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Casually Classic: World of Warcraft retail vs. WoW...

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2025/05/08

These days, I prefer to game with one foot in both versions of World of Warcraft. It’s kind of like Almond Joy and Mounds; sometimes I feel like a Retail, sometimes I feel like a Classic. It’s a best-of-both-worlds situation because I can enjoy the latest content while still enjoying very old school vibes. As […]

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FTC ruling exposes the real price of getting a...

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2025/05/08

How much do you have to spend in order to get a character you want from Genshin Impact? The answer might surprise you! Actually, no, it won’t surprise you at all if you’ve been paying attention, and it’s not exactly a mystery because a suit between the FTC and HoYoverse has required the developer to […]

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MMO Week in Review: Meet the new EVE Legion, not the...

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2025/05/05

MOP’s Brendan was in Reykjavik, Iceland, for EVE Fanfest this week, reporting on EVE Online’s upcoming expansion, which is named Legion – not to be confused with Project Legion, which was one of several failed do-overs for EVE spinoff DUST 514. This one sounds as if it will go much better, fortunately for CCP and […]

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2025/05/04

Last October we first reported on a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Destiny 2 developer Bungie in which author Matthew Kelsey Martineau, who was writing under the pen name Caspar Cole, accused the studio of lifting elements from his sci-fi work to use in the FPS’s Red War narrative that was playable at launch but […]

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The MOP Up: Marvel Rivals players go on strike over...

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2025/05/04

Marvel Rivals players are on strike until the Strategist role is improved — and they may get their way according to a new blog post from the dev team. “In the upcoming patch, we will enhance the damage capabilities of certain Strategists to elevate their threat levels, which in turn, will increase team composition possibilities,” […]

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The Stream Team: Taking on the souped-up Rey Dau with...

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2025/05/04

He’s big. He’s bad. He’s an ambulatory electrical rail gun. He’s arch-tempered Rey Dau, the newest fight available in Monster Hunter Wilds, and he’s the latest challenge for MOP’s Chris and his hunting crew to take on! Join them today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for the fight! What: Monster Hunter Wilds Who: Chris Neal When: […]

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Star Trek Online talks Axiom, career-specific...

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2025/05/04

Last week developer DECA talked about the recent Axiom episode for Star Trek Online and how it was taking the baton passed by Cryptic. The second part of that internal interview is now available to read, and in it the devs get a little more detailed about Axiom’s specific beats as well as a little […]

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Star Wars The Old Republic hands out double XP and...

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2025/05/04

Is it really Star Wars Day unless players of Star Wars: The Old Republic are being handed a little droid friend for free? We would argue that it’s not, but luckily Broadsword isn’t going to be bucking the years-long trend for this upcoming May the Fourth, as another new robo-pet will indeed be handed out […]

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One Shots: The MMO grand tour

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2025/05/04

Have you ever taken a step back from your endless endgame chasing to go back through the entirety of your MMO from start to finish as a sort of grand tour? I have, and I can tell you that it’s actually pretty fun to do and a nostalgic blast. Another person doing this is MolleaFauss, […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s a past MMO shame you’re...

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2025/05/04

There is no MMORPG permanent record. I promise. No one remembers if you ninja looted something and then darted away in World of Warcraft back in 2007. It no longer matters if you bought a little bit of gil in Final Fantasy XI to get a nice sword. Let he who is without taking advantage of […]

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Star Wars Galaxies Legends’ Rise of the Forgotten...

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2025/05/04

Tomorrow being Star Wars day and all, it’s no surprise that Star Wars-flavored MMORPGs are getting in on the fun, and that includes Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends, which officially launched its upgraded Jedi Themepark (aka JTP2) just ahead of the weekend as part of the Rise of the Forgotten expansion. “We are […]

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Final Fantasy XI kicks off several campaigns for its...

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2025/05/03

As of this year, Final Fantasy XI is 23 years old. That means if you had a child who was born when the game came out, that child would now be 23 years old. Because that’s how time works. Wait, that’s not actually an impressive fact. Look, the important thing is that the game has […]

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