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Marvel Rivals has sprung its Spring Festival – yes,...

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2025/01/23

Most human sports were created more or less in the space when humanity decided that we needed a way of having fun contests where nobody really beat each other up, but Marvel Rivals is all about superheroes beating up other superheroes in a video game. But the Spring Festival that starts on January 23rd is […]

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Star Wars The Old Republic fixes a plethora of issues...

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2025/01/23

The latest patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic does not deliver a big chunk of content to players or a whole bunch of new mechanics. What it delivers are fixes. If you were noticing issues with Dynamic Encounters ranging from Hoth to Tatooine, several of them have now been fixed (and the XP perk […]

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Transfer or be transferred: Here’s what to expect...

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2025/01/23

Earlier this week, Amazon’s Tico Talks video touched lightly on the studio’s planned merges for Throne & Liberty’s global edition, and now today, we’re getting a granular look at what exactly that process entails, though not yet who is actually merging. “In order to normalize player distribution across our current servers and provide you with […]

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Pax Dei’s Grace system that lets players pay gold for...

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2025/01/23

It’s said that you have to spend money to make money, but what if you spent money to get miracle powers that boost your crafting output so you can make money? That’s a very general synopsis for Pax Dei’s Grace system, which has officially come online for the sandbox MMORPG as promised. For those who […]

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Yes, you can pet the wolf pup in Soulframe’s Preludes 8

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2025/01/23

However bad the snow is for our readers in the Northern Hemisphere, at least you’re not the Canadian Digital Extremes dev, Steve Sinclair, who is so snowed in he couldn’t even make this week’s Soulframe video. The show must go on, however, and the remaining team leads are back in the episode to discuss Soulframe’s […]

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Mortal Online 2’s first 2025 roadmap promises...

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2025/01/23

What’s next for the current year in Mortal Online 2? Plenty according to the sandbox MMORPG’s first roadmap, which sees several stages of continued development, improvement, and content. So, you know, MMORPG evolution. The series of planned updates are broken up into four “sprints,” the first of which is focusing on optimization and polish like […]

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DC Universe Online’s Day of Reckoning chapter gets a...

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2025/01/23

For the past few weeks, DC Universe Online has been weaving a murder mystery in the lead-up to its first story arc chapter. Now, we’ve got a bunch of fresh details shared in a sneak peek video that include a release date and a name: Day of Reckoning. This first chapter in the Light and […]

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Multiplayer survival sandbox IfSunSets unveils plans...

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2025/01/23

Just before the holidays, MOP’s Fight or Kite columnist Sam took a tour of a new buy-to-play multiplayer survivalbox called IfSunSets, Smilegate’s latest entry into the genre, which had just rolled into early access on Steam. It hasn’t exactly blown up on the platform in the last couple of months, but Sam actually found it […]

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WoW Classic outlines PTS testing changes for Season...

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2025/01/23

As the seventh phase of the Season of Discovery draws closer for WoW Classic, Blizzard has been testing and tuning some of the arguably bigger additions to the version of the MMORPG, namely the Naxxramus raid and sanctified gear. The devs open by confirming that another round of Naxxramus public testing will open again, likely […]

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Warframe of Mind: The day Warframe’s story broke me

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2025/01/23

I am not someone who is an easy mark for breaking down as a sobbing mess with a sad moment in a story, which is why it surprised me when Warframe made me sob with its storytelling. If you've ever thought it's a narrative-light game that's just space ninjas shooting weird dudes, this is a refutation of that.

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Dungeons and Dragons Online dashes through the...

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2025/01/23

Christmas may be over, but that’s not going to stop Dungeons and Dragons Online from tossing a winter-themed holiday smack in the middle of January. Heck, we could use some frosty cheer this time of year! The Snowpeaks Festival is back with its signature icy course where you “slide, jump, and twist” to collect as […]

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Palia’s New Beginnings update arrives today with...

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2025/01/23

Cozy multiplayer RPG Palia is rolling out the first beta patch of the new year today, and appropriately, it’s called New Beginnings. As the teaser video makes clear, the update includes the return of last year’s Lunar New Year event, with a new glider, the Serenity Falls landscape, new themed wedding decor, and the kitsuu […]

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Star Citizen outlines February events – including...

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2025/01/23

If you take Star Citizen’s word for it, the month of February is going to be “epic,” as its already got a lineup of various events and promos to offer its devotees as the game moves to its alpha 4.0.1 patch. In terms of the next rounds of playable content, SC is readying the second […]

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Stars Reach expands its pre-alpha to Kickstarter...

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2025/01/23

Playable Worlds’ Stars Reach has several news bits this week, and those of you tired of hearing about the Kickstarter that hasn’t even happened yet will be happy to know that only one of them involves said Kickstarter. Let’s start with that one: Playable Worlds announced this week that everyone who followed the Kickstarter so […]

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Throne & Liberty’s lunar new year celebration and...

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2025/01/23

(We’ve updated the end of this article with the latest status as of Thursday night.) Throne & Liberty is launching its 1.13.0 update this morning, meaning the Lunar New Year celebration will soon be officially underway. Servers went offline just after midnight this morning as Amazon began patching in extremely important content like a “giant […]

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World of Warcraft slips a possible player housing...

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2025/01/23

With the promise and potential of World of Warcraft player housing on the docket for later this year, players are understandably hungry for more information about this upcoming system. They might have a little more to go on when Patch 11.1: Undermined arrives, as Blizzard appears to be slipping in a bit of a housing […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO patch that...

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2025/01/23

Whatever your MMO of choice has as a patch schedule, the game has a cadence to it. You expect certain things from a patch. A new area to explore, or new quests to do, or a new dungeon or whatever. It doesn’t matter what’s in there, just that you expect X new things to happen […]

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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming visits an...

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2025/01/23

In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch the gameplay right along with you; instead of you commenting on their adventures, they will comment on yours! While MJ has played Enshrouded, she definitely gets sidetracked too easily. So the […]

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Sea of Thieves renews its focus on performance and...

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2025/01/23

In its first developer update video of 2025, Sea of Thieves production director Drew Stevens is granting players a look at what the developers are focusing on in the new year, with a stated goal of improving game performance, game security, and player safety. Stevens first begins by stating that members of the Rare Ltd. […]

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SMITE 2 details a rotating battle pass feature,...

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2025/01/22

Hi-Rez substudio Titan Forge Games elected to use its recent SMITE 2 esports event as a stage to make a couple of major reveals for the in-development open beta MOBA, as this past weekend the devs unveiled plans for a new rotating battle pass-style feature and laid out some new roster-related information for its fans. […]

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