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‘Infinite’ sandbox MMO DreamWorld unveils a gameplay...

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2025/03/06

Four years ago we first started covering Kickstarted game DreamWorld, a so-called “infinite sandbox MMO” that made some sky-high promises and hung its hat on an AI tool that lets player generate 3-D models in-game from a text prompt. The game offered an alpha build back in 2021 that definitely did not meet expectations, yet […]

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Vague Patch Notes: The MMO starter experiences that...

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2025/03/06

Last week, I talked a bit about power creep. But buried in there was something that you could easily miss as a guideline for this week’s column, in no small part because I didn’t plan for it to be this week’s column; it just worked out that way. Namely, I pointed out that a lot […]

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WoW Classic’s 20th anniversary servers move into...

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2025/03/06

The 20th anniversary servers for WoW Classic continue to barrel forward through the now-quite-familiar phases of vanilla content, with two of these stages already in the past. Now the shards, which launched last November, are heading into Phase 3 in a couple more weeks. Blizzard announced that the Phase 3 update will unlock on March […]

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen introduces the Druid...

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2025/03/06

It’s time to get all nature wizard up in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen as the sandbox MMORPG has officially released the Druid class in its latest patch. Described by the game as a light armor-wearing healer that seeks to learn the mysteries of Terminus’ natural world, the Druid is capable of not only using […]

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Throne and Liberty’s Wilds of Talandre expansion goes...

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2025/03/06

Throne and Liberty’s first major expansion, Wilds of Talandre, is officially going live today following significant downtime that began yesterday. The expansion, already out in Korea, will introduce global players to the new Talandre regione itself and bump the level cap to 55. Endgamers can pit themselves against new field bosses, the Temple of Truth, […]

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Lord of the Rings Online’s transfer woes persist into...

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2025/03/06

Suffice it to say, this hasn’t been the triumphant week that Standing Stone Games was hoping for Lord of the Rings Online. What was supposed to be a one-day transfer period to get the bulk of the population over to the new 64-bit realms has stretched into three days with no end in sight, with […]

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The Daily Grind: Have you ever been bounced off of a...

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2025/03/06

If you have played enough MMOs over time (like, say, if it’s your job) you have absolutely played some MMOs where you have to try to get killed in the early game. I don’t mean that it’s just difficult; I mean the game will make it almost impossible unless you actively try to make it […]

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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming rides shotgun for...

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2025/03/06

MOP’s MJ and Chris are riding shotgun in the cockpit of a big internet spaceship once more for tonight’s Backseat Streaming. That’s right, it’s time for some more Elite: Dangerous dogfighting, only this time they’re along for the ride. And so are you when you tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST! What: Backseat Streaming […]

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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: QANGA, Urban Dead,...

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2025/03/06

Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games you’ve never heard of! QANGA QANGA is a new-to-us multiplayer sci-fi survivalbox from iolaCorp Studio that arrived in early access on Steam last fall. “QANGA is an ambitious and expansive project, a true odyssey in space that allows you to explore the entire solar […]

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Star Trek Online’s anniversary celebrations have...

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2025/03/05

It’s kind of hard to play Star Trek Online on console when the anniversary event starts, because you know that you’re going to have to wait a while to get the goodies that PC players get on the game’s main anniversary. And the goodies always arrive a little bit later, while the actual console anniversary […]

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MMO Week in Review: Stars Reach, Undermine(d), and...

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2025/03/03

You know how I know the MMO genre still has some juice? Because it was hard as heck to catch up with everything that happened while I was sick in bed all week! For example, RuneFest delivered long-term plans for RuneScape and OSRS, Jake Song apparently left XLGames and ArcheAge Chronicles, Dauntless admitted to a […]

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Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Might and Mastery...

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2025/03/02

Pokemon Go’s still in the middle of its Unova’s Global Tour this weekend, but we’ve also been warned of the March 4th start of the spring season, Might and Mastery, which is heavily advertising the legendary Kubfu and its two forms of Urshifu. There’s a lot to unpack there, but so far, the season is […]

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The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online lays out its March...

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2025/03/02

Elder Scrolls Online published its schedule for March activities, which includes a set of PvP-focused login rewards, new endeavors, a Deathmatch weekend, the Jester’s Festival, and the release of Update 45 and the Fallen Banners dungeon pack on March 10th. And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a roundup […]

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The Stream Team: Exploring more story and more hunts...

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2025/03/02

MOP’s Chris and his family are deep into their Monster Hunter Wilds cups, so naturally that means they’ve got to share the fun with all of you! As the game’s narrative unfolds and the fights get sterner, our daring big beastie slayers are ready to rise to the challenge! Join them today at 2:00 p.m. […]

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RuneFest 2025: Old School RuneScape’s new Sailing...

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2025/03/02

The revivified RuneFest event brought Old School RuneScape fans a 2025 update plan of its own, and as one might expect, there was a lot to say about the MMORPG’s developing new Sailing skill – particularly with details of its next open test and its later release this year. We’ll start with the testing round, […]

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RuneFest 2025: RuneScape gets Leagues and new...

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2025/03/02

Are you ready to deal with vampires in RuneScape? You’d better be because the major reveal from this year’s returning RuneFest event is the arrival of Havenhythe, a dangerous new zone that’s due to arrive early next year and unfurl over two years’ time. Players will begin their first inroads to this new area by […]

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One Shots: How to potty train your dragon

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2025/03/02

Think you have it rough raising a miniature human or juvenile feline or canine? Just try finding fireproof diapers and charred formula for a baby dragon! Katriana is on the task: “I was busily snapping pictures while watching the cutscene of Aurene’s hatching again this past week in Guild Wars 2 and managed to catch […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you feel go together...

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2025/03/02

The other day I was talking to a friend and mentioned that I have been playing Final Fantasy XIV for ages, to which he immediately responded, “Oh, of course you have, I should have guessed.” Now, he definitely should have guessed before because he already learned this about me and had the same reaction then, something we […]

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Whatever happened to 1996’s Meridian 59?

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2025/03/02

MMORPGs come and MMORPGs go, but one near-constant in this space since 1996 is the presence of Meridian 59. This 2.5D game has provided online adventures for nearly three decades now, and according to the official site, this completely free MMO is still pumping out new content. The most recent activity around Meridian 59 was […]

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Whatever happened to Minecraft-esque multiplayer...

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2025/03/01

Who here recalls Hytale? We first started reporting on this one back in 2018 and have seen it pop up on the wider radar a couple of times, namely when its developer was acquired by Riot Games and it elected to reel back regular update posts so it could showcase more progress. It’s been long […]

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