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Soul’s Remnant is an upcoming free-to-play 2-D MMORPG...

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2025/01/19

If an MMORPG that says it focuses on social gameplay and exploration with a cute-looking 2-D sprite style is your kind of thing, then you’ve got another new choice in upcoming indie game. We’re talking about Soul’s Remnant, a Godot engine-based platformer MMO from indie developer Chaomoon that’s set to go online sometime soon™. “Customize […]

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Albion Online’s next GvG season promises to be...

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2025/01/18

Albion Online players already know that February 3rd is bringing the sandbox MMO’s next major update, which means that they likely already know that the next guild vs. guild season will also be on the horizon. What they might not now is the number of changes arriving in Season 26, including a shortened season length, […]

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Multiplayer life sim RPG Spellfarers adds flying...

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2025/01/18

The middle of last year brought fans of cozy multiplayer life sim RPGs a new early access title in the form of Spellfarers, which folds in some witchy magic and cottagecore aesthetic with some expected pastoral pursuits. We took a look at it on OPTV and found it to be a bit underbaked, but that […]

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The Stream Team: Going nuclear behind Planet...

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2025/01/18

Massively OP’s MJ can’t help it: She’s been bewitched by the steady progress of creating her very own habitable planet and she just can’t stop! Forget that it technically isn’t hers. So she’s back in for another round of Planet Crafter. After bringing on the rain and a bit of green grass on the ground, […]

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Lawful Neutral: All the big MMO-related law stories...

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2025/01/18

2024 was another quiet year on the gaming legal front. I think various AI dramas and associated legislative hand-wringing sucked all the air out of the room. But that’s not to say that nothing happened in 2024. Most of the stories this year were about IP infringement in one way or another, with the biggest story […]

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen discusses adding lore,...

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2025/01/18

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen isn’t a completely fleshed out game, so it would stand to reason that the MMORPG’s early access would layer on more things as development progresses. But just what are the plans for what’s next in the game? Fans are getting some general ideas thanks to some video snippets with creative […]

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WRUP: Please join our GoFundMe to give the Headless...

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2025/01/18

No not really. Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about scary movies that aren't horror movies.

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The Daily Grind: Do MMO streamers help or hurt the...

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2025/01/18

Love it or hate it, the prominence of video gaming streamers is an undeniable facet of this industry. The most popular of these (we favor MOP’s Chris and MJ, obviously) can wield tremendous influence and deploy legions of fans to particular titles. As a result, studios bend over backwards to woo these streamers and garner […]

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The Stream Team: Stuffed animal shenanigans in Party...

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2025/01/18

It’s been too long since Massively OP’s MJ has been able to gang up on… er play with their family and friends in Party Animals. And with so many modes and updates — including new racing tracks and a PvE adventure — there are plenty of ways to interact. (And by interact, of course we […]

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Betawatch: Stars Reach is reaching for crowdfunding

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2025/01/18

We have honestly been able to talk about very little in the newsroom aside from the news that Stars Reach is planning for a crowdfunding campaign after initially not planning to go to crowdfunding. Seriously. It’s on all our minds. We have also, on occasion, talked about lunch. Those are really the topics. Elsewhere, Craig […]

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Mecha PvPvE extraction shooter Synduality Echo of Ada...

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2025/01/17

Last October we were introduced to Synduality: Echo of Ada, a PvPvE extraction shooter from Bandai Namco that sees players piloting mecha suits known as Cradlecoffins across a dangerous landscape to find resources and get out intact. The game is headed for a full launch on January 23rd (even though trailers say the 24th), but […]

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The First Descendant adds a new character, new...

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2025/01/17

It’s the second half of the second season for The First Descendant this week, and if that sounds like a confusing mix, all you really need to know is that there’s new stuff to do in the looter shooter, as well as a new character to do that stuff with. Say hello to Ines Raya, […]

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Final Fantasy XIV shows off its role quest conclusion...

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2025/01/17

So if you’ve cleared all of the role quests in Final Fantasy XIV, you know that as it currently stands the Passage of the Unbound’s track record stands at a solid zero for five. You’ve broken all of their schemes and beaten all of their lesser operatives, even the guy who just made rocks fall […]

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Square Enix puts abusive fans on notice with threats...

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2025/01/17

No matter how “passionate” you might feel about a game, it’s never OK to directly abuse, harass, or threaten the people responsible for making games. That would seem like a golden rule, but regrettably some people need to be reminded that there are consequences for aggressive and abusive language and actions. One such reminder is […]

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Co-op roguelike 33 Immortals plans its next beta test...

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2025/01/17

Here’s the bad news for 33 Immortals fans: While the game has promised early access this year, the most recent announcement is not for that. It is, however, for a beta test that is open to everyone through the Epic Games Store and the Xbox Insider program. And the better news is that you don’t […]

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MapleStory Worlds goes from a global soft launch to a...

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2025/01/17

What’s the true difference between a “soft” launch and the regular thing? Probably only the number of potential excuses that can be made for bugs and issues. In any case, MapleStory Worlds is no longer ducking behind the soft launch label that it’s had since last fall; the creation-focused title has fully released in the […]

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New World takes a closer look S7 artifact items and...

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2025/01/17

When New World’s Season 7 launches on January 21st, it’s bringing more than just a new seasonal PvP server and a battle pass with cosmetic rewards for playing on that server – it’s also bringing a bunch of new artifacts for players to grab, as evidenced in Amazon’s latest preview. The artifacts include seven weapons […]

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Free Realms’ legacy lives on with a pair of rogue...

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2025/01/17

Exiles from Free Realms — including many kids who grew up with it as their first MMO — have had a hard time finding a way to go back to this game once more. A few years ago, we talked about a rogue server project called Free Realms Sunrise, which is looking to emulate the […]

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Pax Dei doesn’t have a patch date yet, but it does...

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2025/01/17

If you were hoping for a date for the next Pax Dei patch today, then you’re going to return to your regularly scheduled Friday disappointed, as Mainframe Industries says it’s not ready to etch it into the calendar. However, the studio did drop a Discord thread with a sneak peek of what the design teams […]

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Diablo IV gets super witchy with next week’s Season...

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2025/01/17

The next big era for Diablo IV is right around the corner, as the Season of Witchcraft kicks off on January 21st with a new questline, disgusting Headrotten enemies, multiple builds in the armory, and a hybrid battlepass. The centerpiece for content here is the addition of 25 occult powers to give players more tools […]

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