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Betawatch: The Quinfall’s (the) early access, (the)...

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2025/01/25

Remember, readers, it’s only The Quinfall if it’s a Turkish indie MMORPG that has just released into early access. Otherwise it’s just more correctly termed as sparkling downward motion on the part of a quin. It’s just a quin fall. Language requires precision, after all. We hope this has cleared up any and all questions […]

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Destiny 2 outlines Heresy episode’s updated content...

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2025/01/24

We’re just under two weeks away from the next episode release for Destiny 2, and that means Bungie is bursting at the seams with sneak peeks and previews in its latest series of dev blogs that touch on changes coming to PvP activities, armor, weapons, and even content release timing. We’ll start with the reveals […]

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Blade & Soul marks nine years with an event dungeon,...

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2025/01/24

While Blade & Soul NEO looms on the horizon here in the west, there’s still reason to hop in to the original Blade & Soul this week, especially if you’re the sort of person who’s looking to celebrate the MMORPG’s ninth anniversary. Or perhaps you just like getting free goodies. We’re not judging. From now […]

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Genshin Impact welcomes back its flower festival and...

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2025/01/24

Do you gacha ’em all in Genshin Impact? That’s almost impossible to do, as the fantasy online RPG continues to introduce new characters to collect and level. Arriving with February 12th’s Version 5.4 is Yumemizuki Mizuki, a character that benefits greatly from synergies with other teammates. Oh, and she is a snack-making machine: “Her Elemental […]

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RuneScape delays combat mastery achievements feature...

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2025/01/24

RuneScape players who were looking forward to the combat mastery achievements system projected for later this month are going to have to wait a bit longer, as Jagex has delayed its arrival to February 17th instead in order to make sure the feature hits wanted quality targets. This delay will not only let the studio […]

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Multiplayer retro art sandbox Necesse throws its...

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2025/01/24

If you’re looking to walk on a different side of the online gaming tracks this weekend, we encourage you to take a peek at Necesse. This early access pixel art sandbox is in the midst of its first-ever free play weekend, which will conclude on January 27th. And what better time to check out the […]

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The Stream Team: Driving around with a friend to...

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2025/01/24

When you enter a game called Motor Town, you pretty much get what you’d expect on the tin; it’s a town with cars that you motor around in. Even so, MOP’s Chris and his best friend are eager to show off all of the chill and fun things there are to do while behind the […]

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Black Desert starts new arena season on PC and new...

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2025/01/24

This week once again has a bunch of good news for players of Black Desert, with all three editions seeing something new added in terms of content, on top of Korean fans of the MMORPG helping to raise money for a good cause. We’ll begin with the content updates first, starting off with the PC’s […]

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Past Fate talks up its latest development update with...

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2025/01/24

If you have been keeping an eye on the seemingly grim-and-grimy world of Kickstarted MMO Past Fate but held off jumping into the game because adipose tissue didn’t sufficiently jiggle before now… why. Just a thousand different versions of why. Anyway, you can jump in now because the game is proud to announce that it […]

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Indie MMO The Quinfall launches into $19.99 early...

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2025/01/24

As promised, MMORPG The Quinfall has officially entered early access as of this afternoon. For those who don’t quite remember The Quinfall, a refresher: Turkish studio Vawraek Technology announced the game two years ago, boasting of a massive, full-featured sandbox set in “the biggest MMORPG universe in the world,” complete with a music system, bases, […]

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Vague Patch Notes: The war of the MMO builds

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2025/01/24

Talking about your build in an MMORPG can be oddly contentious with people. On the one hand, you are inevitably going to have people who will critique your build because it does not have the best-in-slot options and you could be eking out more from your character if you just did one or two things. […]

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Early access MMORPG Abyss Online resurfaces with a...

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2025/01/24

Do you recall Abyss Online? It’s had an… interesting… development track to say the least: We first caught wind of the game in 2023, which was described by developer Old World Labs as a sci-fantasy open world MMORPG with PvE encounters, PvP battles of varying scales, and skill-based progression. But red flags started fluttering immediately […]

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Final Fantasy XIV is considering taking legal action...

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2025/01/24

If you’re a part of the Final Fantasy XIV community beyond a certain level of engagement, you are no doubt aware of the game’s extensive modding community and the continuing debate around it. Today’s news is not about debating the ethics of that community or how the game manages it, but it comes around to […]

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Diablo III abruptly delayed Season 34’s rollout by a...

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2025/01/24

Call it the War of the Diablos: Blizzard abruptly announced that it’s delaying the start of Diablo III’s new season this weekend because it’s afraid that Diablo IV’s new season might steal its thunder. Diablo CM Adam Fletcher made the case for the delay just days before Diablo III Season 34 was set to go […]

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New World’s overnight update broke the PvP season...

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2025/01/24

(Updated with Amazon’s latest response at the end.) Amazon’s overnight patch for New World seems to have unintentionally broken a few rather important parts of the game: Following the 2 a.m. maintenance update this morning, multiple players across Reddit are reporting that PvP servers are bugged. The patch was supposed to fix ward perks and […]

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Blizzard donated one million dollars to a relief...

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2025/01/24

The response to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires this past month has been particularly strong from the gaming industry, owing to the fact that so many big game studios and their workers live and work in the impacted areas. Last night, Blizzard announced that it’s donating a million dollars to the aid foundation Direct Relief […]

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Corepunk shares its plans for a new PvPvE dungeon...

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2025/01/24

Have you ever felt as if your real opponents in a dungeon were the other players, potentially rolling for the drops you wanted when you killed monsters? Well, Corepunk is planning for its new extraction dungeon “Prison Island” in which players can delve in for great rewards… but will have to fight off not just […]

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The Daily Grind: Are there ‘acceptable levels of...

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2025/01/24

I have to credit MOP’s Chris for the phrase “acceptable levels of jank” here: He used in in a (positive!) conversation we were having about smaller MMORPGs like Project Gorgon and Villagers and Heroes, when he said he liked those games. They may be slightly janky, but it balances out. And I think he’s right: […]

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The Stream Team: More madness and fun with mind...

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2025/01/24

When one saga ends, a new one begins. But which DDO quest arc will Massively OP’s MJ choose next? After dealing with the madness curse in Stormreach, why not keep with the theme? Harbinger of Madness it is then! It’s the first of a trilogy of quest arcs involving the Plane of Xoriat having access […]

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Massively Overthinking: Has an MMO cadence switch-up...

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2025/01/24

When I was going through our historical awards for the debrief earlier this month, I had a little chuckle looking at the awards for Best Trend over the last 13 years. At the end of 2024, of course, we gave it to the resurgence of MMO expansions, which is fair; a ton of big and […]

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