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Vague Patch Notes: Talking about power creep in MMOs

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2025/02/28

“Power creep” is a nasty term when talking about video games, and usually whenever it gets brought up, it gets brought up as a bad thing. In fact, I would venture a guess that just the words up there in the headline made you recoil a little bit. Power creep is a bad thing, right? […]

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Star Wars The Old Republic’s March update includes...

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2025/02/28

Earlier this week, Broadsword streamed a preview of Star Wars The Old Republic’s 7.6.1 update, whose headline feature is Galactic Season 8, dubbed Rising Powers. “Kai Zykken reaches out offering an opportunity to try out Czerka’s new Experimental Combat Enhancers,” the studio says. “In order to test the effectiveness of these seasonal items, players will […]

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Monster Hunter Wilds’ launch sees over 1M players on...

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2025/02/28

The gaming world was already pretty certain that Monster Hunter Wilds was going to be a big deal, but today’s launch of the multiplayer RPG is even bigger than expected, as the opening hours of the game’s release saw huge player numbers on Steam – over 1.2M of them to be exact. To put that […]

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Monsters & Memories is running an impromptu stress...

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2025/02/28

If you have an open afternoon, Monsters & Memories has a slot in its Friday playtest for you starting at 1 p.m. EST. “This is a Technical Stress Test, and there is lots of in progress work that may be unpolished, imbalanced, or broken,” Niche Worlds Cult says. “There is also the possibility of lag […]

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Diablo IV quietly extends its current season by two...

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2025/02/28

Here’s an important calendar note for Diablo IV players: Blizzard quietly extended Season 7 by a substantial two weeks. That means that Season of Witchcraft saw its end date pushed forward from April 15th to the 29th. Of course, this could be a helpful factor if you’re behind and need that extra time, or it […]

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The Daily Grind: Does EVE Online need an EVE Classic...

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2025/02/28

We’ve asked many times in the past about MMOs that could use a classic version, and we often get the same responses. Guild Wars 2 usually comes up. Elder Scrolls Online often makes the list. I’ve even seen people suggest New World Classic (seriously). But one I don’t often see is EVE Online. It hadn’t […]

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The Stream Team: Attending adventures underwater for...

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2025/02/28

Tomorrow, Dungeons & Dragons Online turns 19 years old! And after collecting an anniversary gift, Massively OP’s MJ will head out to a celebratory pool party. In the ocean. OK, but it’s still an underwater adventure! What is Lost at Sea if not an adventure in the sea (and also the name of the first […]

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Myth of Empires’ Xizhou Civilization, better known as...

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2025/02/28

Myth of Empires has been talking up its Persia DLC for multiple months now – it first started doing so back in September of last year – but through all of the previews of buildings, armors, weapons, and woodcutting mechs, a launch date was never provided. Until this week, anyway, as the DLC finally has […]

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Whatever happened to 2-D pixel art Brazilian MMO Kakele?

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2025/02/27

Hey, what are those Brazilian developers down at ViVa Games doing these days? The studio’s 2-D pixelart MMO Kakele still is riding the high of releasing the game’s Orcs of Walfendah expansion this past December. “This expansion introduces a captivating orc-themed storyline, where players will face diverse orc enemies, explore uncharted regions, and unlock an […]

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Warframe prepares for its anniversary event next week

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2025/02/27

It may seem hard to believe that Warframe has been running for more than a decade now, but it is absolutely true. In fact, the game’s 12-year anniversary event is just around the corner and will kick off on March 7th to delight fans with plenty of celebrations. That includes affinity and credit boosts for […]

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Life is Feudal Arden, the F2P second resurrection of...

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2025/02/27

If you get a second chance to make a first impression but that second chance makes the exact same impression as the first, did anything ever change? We put up this bit of navel-gazing thinking as a result of Life is Feudal: Arden, the latest attempt by Malaysia-based publisher Long Tale Games to bring the […]

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Neverwinter is offering doubled Ravenloft campaign...

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2025/02/27

So you know how Neverwinter fans are a bit antsy seeing as how the now DECA-run MMORPG hasn’t really gotten any direct address from the new studio running the game? Well, the latest bit of news on the official site is… doubling the campaign currency for the game’s Ravenloft campaign. And that header image is […]

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Throne & Liberty video discusses Wilds of Talandre’s...

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2025/02/27

Before you know it, March 6th will be here and with it Throne & Liberty’s new update Wilds of Talandre. So that means that the devs at Amazon Games are looking to keep the hype engine a-whirrin’ with another video that shares some more details about adjustments arriving with the free expansion’s release. The video […]

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Pirate101 launches a new gauntlet mode, but you’ll...

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2025/02/27

If you’ve got a high-level Pirate101 character and $40 burning a hole in your pocket, then you’re in luck because KingsIsle Entertainment has unveiled some new DLC just for you that promises a gauntlet of challenges and meaty rewards for the victorious. Say hello to The Aggrobah Job, a $39 piece of DLC you access […]

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Albion Online looks ahead to its next updates,...

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2025/02/27

With Rogue Frontier out in the wild and a “success” for the MMO, Albion Online and its team at Sandbox Interactive are turning their sights to the next update or two coming our way. According to a dev update video, the next drop, which isn’t dated, will primarily focus on improving corrupted dungeons and hellgates, […]

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Perfect Ten: MMORPG adaptations we’re never getting...

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2025/02/27

One of the things that makes Design Mockument interesting, as a column, is that it is in part a place for me to spitball about ideas for MMORPGs which do not exist. Usually this is tied very specifically to actual things happening in the world. However, I have stretched that column’s premise in a lot […]

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Elite Dangerous plans four more ships, an update for...

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2025/02/27

The current year looks to be another one where Elite: Dangerous is stepping on the gas. Or considering we’re talking about internet spaceships, is it more like pushing on the throttle? Either way, Frontier Developments’ first Unlocked livestream of this year brought plenty of new things for players to look forward to as it mapped […]

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Smite 2 brings back Artemis and Awilix while giving...

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2025/02/27

It’s time to go a-hunting in Smite 2 with the game’s most recent patch, as it brings Artemis back from the first game to the sequel’s roster. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt in the Greek lineup, of course, but in Smite 2 she’s also the goddess of crowd control and dealing more damage to […]

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Dungeons and Dragons Online tips Update 72: Balance...

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2025/02/27

It’s a two-for-one week over at Dungeons and Dragons Online, as this MMO is not only celebrating its 19th anniversary but rolling out a brand-new update for the occasion. Update 72: Balance the Scales released on Wednesday, and it’s loaded with tons of freebies. For starters, SSG is giving out the new Dragon Disciple class […]

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Gaijin’s sci-fi voxelbox Cubic Odyssey brings a...

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2025/02/27

Last month was when we all learned about Cubic Odyssey, a sci-fi voxel sandbox in development from Atypical Games and published by Gaijin Entertainment that effectively meshes Minecraft and No Man’s Sky together into its own little single-player and co-op stew where players can explore planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and take on quests as […]

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