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World of Tanks discusses matchmaker update plans and...

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2026/03/12

When World of Tanks put out its game-changing 2.0 update, one of the many adjustments it made was related to its matchmaking system. However, that doesn’t mean that Wargaming is willing to rest on its laurels in this regard, as the studio has talked about continued updates it plans to make. Some of the updates planned for matchmaking […]

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DC Universe Online celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with...

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2026/03/12

So while DC Universe Online has a paucity of actual leprechauns to vex heroes and villains alike, it does have Mister Mxyzptlk. And he is an interdimensional imp who shows up basically to troll people for no reason other than the fact that he can with an unpronounceable name. It’s the same thing, right? Well, he’s voted “yes” […]

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Spirit Crossing discusses balancing the in-game...

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2026/03/12

The overall vibe of the in-development Spirit Crossing has mostly been about chill cooperation than anything else, and by Spry Fox’s own admission, the game hasn’t quite been hitting the mark yet. But that’s just what drives the game’s most recent dev blog, which outlines design goals and some overall balance plans. As it stands right now, […]

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Are you ready for next week’s Crimson Desert launch?...

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2026/03/12

Open-world action adventure RPG Crimson Desert has been long in the coming, so it’s a little surreal to be saying that, hey, it’s going to be here next week. And while the title isn’t approaching the MMO that we originally hoped it would become, its arrival is still a fun occasion to sally forth and […]

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The Stream Team: Trying to escape the island in...

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2026/03/12

Although Massively OP’s MJ has gotten off the newbie island before in Project Gorgon, she’s back on it again. But she wants to get off and move on to the adventures on the mainland. After all, where else can she learn to be a cow? Can MJ manage to wrap everything up and escape today? […]

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Star Citizen alpha 4.7 commits to adding FPS weapon...

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2026/03/12

Usually when Star Citizen’s roadmap updates, it likes to be very non-committal to what is or isn’t being added to the game’s alpha build. This week, however, the most recent such update is extremely committal to some feature additions. Literally; it’s changed items to “committed” specifically. That means that alpha 4.7 is confirmed to feature an “art […]

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Diablo Immortal brings a new main quest, enhanced...

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2026/03/12

“Something is wrong in Sanctuary,” opens the latest content preview from Diablo Immortal. And while that may certainly sound like “water is wet” news, it’s the specifics of what’s happening and how it’s tied to the ARPG’s narrative that seeks to give the major update arriving on Thursday, March 19th, more gravity. This upcoming patch called […]

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MMO Business Roundup: Unionized game devs march...

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2026/03/12

Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! And yes, we’ve also noticed that there have been a lot of these this week. Our sphere of interest has absolutely no chill whatsoever, clearly. But we are also seeing more unionization news and we don’t hate that. NCsoft-backed tactical shooter Defect gets […]

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Quinfall outlines update plans for monsters, world...

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2026/03/12

Things in the sandbox MMORPG of Quinfall are looking to change. That’s not necessarily news for this game or for any other MMO, but obviously it’s what’s changing and how that’s the more important thing to note, and Vawraek Technology certainly has some big plans on deck. First up is word on high-level monsters, with party […]

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Throne and Liberty kicks off the Starbloom Festival...

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2026/03/12

While Throne and Liberty clearly is of the mind that the Starbloom Festival is a big deal, this particular celebration does not seem like the sort that is accompanied by setting the festival’s logo on fire and thrusting it toward the screen. You know, like sports advertisements. They seem confident. No, it’s more about daily logins […]

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Perfect Ten: My favorite vanilla World of Warcraft...

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2026/03/12

It’s odd to me, on some level, how little time I actually spend talking about remembering World of Warcraft back when it first launched. I was right there, after all, but an awful lot of the time I spend my memory points less on fond memories and more on reminding people that no, just because you […]

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Dune Awakening preps a new map, server merges, and a...

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2026/03/12

Now that the player base mess in Dune Awakening has been cleared, Funcom can look ahead to refining content in its Chapter 3 update, which is ideally more fun for everyone involved than dealing with an exploit. It at least sounds more fun on paper. Among the things that are being worked on is a new overland map […]

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Vague Patch Notes: When the MMORPG is failing

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2026/03/12

I am in a hotel in California. I am talking with the folks from Carbine Studios who are at this event with me in which I am getting a preview of the upcoming free-to-play transition for WildStar. The staff here is enthusiastic and energized, they clearly know that things have not gone as planned for the […]

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Eterspire dares you to delve into its Dwarven Mines...

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2026/03/12

Has anything ever good come from diving into the deep reaches of Dwarven Mines? Not so far, but we’ll see if that trend changes when Eterspire releases its own take on this familiar trope with next week’s patch. The Dwarven Mines update is scheduled to arrive on March 16th with a new explorable area and […]

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Marathon buffs ammo and med spawns, nerfs UESC...

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2026/03/12

Bungie had promised that it would smooth out pain points in Marathon this week, and sure enough, it appears to have done just that in its latest tuning patch, which looks to make at least a little bit of the game’s early going a bit smoother by the sound of things. Of particular note are tweaks to the […]

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Jeff Kaplan resurfaces with a Wild West survival game...

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2026/03/12

The name of Jeff Kaplan is intrinsically tied to the name of Overwatch and to Blizzard, perhaps most notably for his departure from the company in 2021 with a rather curt farewell at the time, which may have left some wondering just what had happened. Thanks to a new interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, we’ve got more than […]

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After six years, Fortnite’s original Save the World...

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2026/03/12

We are here to once again remind everyone that Fortnite didn’t start life as a battle royale shooter. It didn’t even start off as a user-generated content platform. No, it began life as a co-op wave survival shooter where teams would scavenge and build defensive structures by day, then mow down hordes of zombie-like monsters at […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s the MMORPG you played for the...

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2026/03/12

A lot of MMORPGs we have been playing for a long time have breaks in the middle. That’s just natural. I have a lot of breaks in most of the games I enjoy, and even Warframe (which has quickly slotted itself into my permanent rotation) is on a bit of a break for me at the […]

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The Stream Team: A watcher in the waters of Return to...

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2026/03/11

Larry, MJ, and crew are fathoms deep in Return to Moria. Have they dug too deep? There is someone, or something, who thinks they have. Last time, they discovered the Pilgrim’s Library. Then they ran into a large lake, preventing them from digging further and exiting through the east gate of the Misty Mountains. The […]

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Past Fate continues to fix early access and promises...

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2026/03/11

The start of this year marked the start of early access for the sandbox MMORPG Past Fate, and as we’ve been covering, things have not been going well, though developer Icy North Games has not entirely shied away from the challenge. That continues to be the storyline for the game in recent news, as the studio continues to hammer […]

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