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Ethyrial Echoes of Yore adds ironman modes, visual...

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2025/04/03

It’s time once again for our semi-regular check-in on Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, the sandbox MMORPG that keeps up its plucky updates and efforts to right its disastrous early launch, and the month of March had another round of new additions and improvements to track. The beginning of the month saw the addition of ironman […]

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Quinfall’s latest patch improves chances of getting...

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2025/04/03

Who would like a Google Translate-style AI bot to try to make sense of what people using other languages are saying in Quinfall? Well that’s part of what you’re getting in the sandbox’s latest update, as Vawraek Technologies has introduced “an automatic AI-supported in-game chat translation system” that’s turned on by default. Ideally this will […]

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Whatever happened to superhero MMO Valiance Online?...

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2025/04/03

It’s been a couple of years since we heard much out of Valiance Online, one of the original superhero MMORPGs that spawned in the wake of the closure of City of Heroes (which has since been revived and officialized). It didn’t manage the crowdfunding heft of City of Titans nor the fast development of Ship of […]

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Black Desert buffs classes on PC, issues glowy weapon...

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2025/04/03

It’s time once again for the PC players of Black Desert to watch as Pearl Abyss turns the knobs on more classes and their abilities, ideally without dramatically wailing in despair over what’s being changed. We will preface by saying that most of these tweaks appear to be falling on the buff side of the […]

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Throne and Liberty’s newest update overhauls Rune...

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2025/04/03

It’s like a late-night infomercial for Throne and Liberty players: If you’ve ever found yourself awash with Runes and struggling to manage them before turning at the nonexistent camera to say that there’s got to be a better way, the game’s most recent update has your back. As of this week’s patch, the new Rune […]

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Odin Valhalla Rising global opens registration and...

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2025/04/03

As promised, Kakao Games has officially opened registration for its mobile/PC MMORPG, Odin: Valhalla Rising, as of today, ahead of its April 29th launch. In fact, it’s not just registration that’s open now; it’s also character name and server reservations. “Odin: Valhalla Rising transports players to a seamless open world based on the rich lore […]

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Star Citizen’s March report marks progress on new...

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2025/04/03

With alpha 4.1’s release as the milestone marker for March in Star Citizen, the progress report for that same month out of CIG is once again focused on work to make that patch happen, though there are also a few additional things of note for followers of the project. The AI section makes up a […]

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen officially opens up its...

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2025/04/03

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has been talking about its self-described “raw” PvP server plans for a little while now, but the time for talk has ended and the time for wanton ganking is now: The game’s two FFA PvP servers are now online after a brief delay. (And they’re apparently coming back down at […]

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Fight or Kite: The myth is still real in Myth of...

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2025/04/03

Call me a fool because once again I’ve duped myself into playing the latest DLC content that was released for Myth of Empires. Based off my experience playing MOE the last go-round, you’d think I’d know better. But here we are: I’m disappointed, and I have no one to blame but myself. It may seem […]

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Classic EverQuest outlines its May progression...

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2025/04/03

Classic EverQuest’s latest producer letter is not going to shock anyone who read Daybreak’s full roadmap back in January, but it does have a few novel bits worth a note. Daybreak Head of Studio Jenn Chan outlines festivals and server unlocks for the rest of spring, but the real meat is in the new time-locked […]

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Vague Patch Notes: What’s so hopeless about...

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2025/04/03

A few weeks ago, I talked about power creep when it comes to MMOs in general, and one of the things I mentioned as an offhanded comment was that just providing horizontal progression instead of vertical progression doesn’t really work. This is a true statement, but it’s also something that is easy to misconstrue in […]

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Classic Guild Wars is gearing up for its 20th...

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2025/04/03

The Guild Wars franchise is gearing up for quite a party this month as the original MMO is about to turn 20 years old. “This month – #GuildWars turns 20 and the party starts on April 15 with many fun surprises,” ArenaNet tweeted. “Stay tuned as we gear up for a celebration that you won’t […]

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Massively on the Go: Switch 2, Mario Kart World, and...

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2025/04/03

For those who missed it yesterday, the Switch 2 details dropped, and it’s exactly what you’re expecting: It’s still both portable and functional as a home console, it’s backwards compatibile with at least Switch 1 physical cartridges, Nintendo’s digital libraries are largely carrying over, it has a $450 price tag, it boasts a new camera… […]

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Elder Scrolls Online celebrates its eleventh birthday...

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2025/04/03

Pay no attention to the 10-year graphic on the official site; Elder Scrolls Online is actually turning 11 years old this month, and it’s partying with the return of the Anniversary Jubilee, which formally kicks off today. “Celebrate another year of adventures in Tamriel during the 2025 Anniversary Jubilee in-game event from April 3 at […]

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Star Wars Galaxies’ SWGEmu declares 1.0, plans a...

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2025/04/03

If you’re a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server fan, especially of the pre-NGE variety, there’s a lot of info coming your way from the OG SWGEmu developer team, as first kicked off in a dev series last December. First, the SWGEmu devs have announced that the SWGEmu project has achieved 1.0 – namely, that the […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMO is your most frequent...

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2025/04/03

As a general rule, I tend to be committed to the MMOs I’m playing. When I hop in one, I am there for a long while, and it takes a lot for me to decide that I am no longer going to play the game. But that doesn’t mean that every new game I pick […]

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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming hops back into...

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2025/04/02

MOP’s MJ and Chris are back in the not-so-friendly skies together for tonight’s episode of Backseat Streaming as they take in a pilot’s eye view of some aerial dogfighting in the multiplayer PvP title Nuclear Option. Get your favorite watching snack, strap in, and prepare for some top gunning tonight at 8:00 p.m. EDT! What: […]

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Last Oasis marks rising player counts and new...

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2025/04/02

Readers may remember that the all-but-abandoned survival sandbox MMO Last Oasis was roused back from its slumber by developer Donkey Crew at the latter half of last year, as the studio elected to use Season 6 as a shift into full FFA PvP – and away from PvE gameplay and an initial series of adjustments […]

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Steel Hunters is live now in early access with a...

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2025/04/02

Here’s the good news for people interested in Steel Hunters in early access: The game is free-to-play, even now, so if you just want to see how it plays you will not be spending any money. That is a good thing! Steel Hunters is Wargaming’s new free-to-play multiplayer PvPvE mecha shooter, and early access in […]

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Astroneer studio announces Starseeker: Astroneer...

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2025/04/02

Astroneer fans, a whole new galaxy is about to open up to you, as System Era Softworks has officially announced the next game in the Astroneer franchise: Starseeker. “Starseeker is a new game set within the Astroneer universe with a focus on discovery, cooperative expeditions, and camaraderie,” the new game’s Steam page says. “Exploring deep space […]

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