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Warframe releases Xaku Prime, opens a 1999 social...

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2024/11/14

This week has a little bundle of highlights for Warframe players as the action multiplayer title slides its way into its alternate history past and its cross-platform save future. First, Digital Extremes is reminding players to merge accounts ahead of the game’s upcoming cross-platform saving feature release on January 17th. That means that players who […]

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Warcraft Rumble Season 10 adds its first ‘split...

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2024/11/14

No, Sylvanas Windrunner being called a “split leader” in the mobile battler Warcraft Rumble isn’t a reference to the fact that her story appears to have been written by two different people; it’s a rewards mechanic that’s specific to the mini’s arrival in the Season 10 update this week since she’s a leader of both […]

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Rumor: Job posting suggests another new multiplayer...

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2024/11/14

How do you feel about the open world maps of the single-player Horizon: Zero Dawn series? Have you thought how those maps just weren’t stacking up to a real MMO world? Well if rumors and a new job posting are any indication, the opportunity to play an MMO set in the world of that IP […]

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Throne & Liberty has kicked off its first Arena...

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2024/11/14

No more amateur hour for Throne & Liberty: The first Arena season has officially started with the game’s 1.7.0 patch. That means you should get your weapons ready to climb in the ranks, or try to climb before finding yourself to be fodder for more skilled Arena players. Look, we’re just trying to prepare you […]

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Guild Wars 2 unveils Mount Balrior, its first proper...

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2024/11/14

So if you’re looped into the Guild Wars 2 scene, you already know that the second big chunk of the four-part Janthir Wilds expansion is coming to the game next week on November 19th. If you’re a mapper (hi!), this is not gonna be your patch. But if you’re a raider, step right up because […]

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Post-Proving Grounds, Pax Dei is already planning...

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2024/11/14

So, how did Pax Dei’s Proving Grounds update go last week? Well, you can probably guess by the fact that Mainframe Industries has put out a series of memos that “acknowledge the frustration some of you have felt with the recent changes, especially around crafting, gathering, and building” and “significantly impacted your gameplay.” Mainframe explains […]

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Fight or Kite: Age of Empires Mobile is a...

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2024/11/14

I’ve always been a bit of a fan of the Age of Empires IP despite not being MOP’s resident RTS gamer. That’s an honor bestowed to Tyler F.M. Edwards, whose Not So Massively and related columns’ insights and ability to make me genuinely consider games more thoroughly than my smooth brain often wants to is […]

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Here’s everything you need to know about next week’s...

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2024/11/14

With yesterday’s surprise announcement that WoW Classic is launching “Classic Classic” fresh start realms next week on November 21st, plenty of questions were raised about what these new servers will look like. Many of those questions were addressed on the forums in a lengthy blue post covering various topics such as rulesets and why the […]

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Vague Patch Notes: Going solo isn’t a problem in MMORPGs

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2024/11/14

So I’m wrapping up a month of talking about how MMORPGs are by necessity social games. These are games in which you need other people around, and if you don’t want other people around, you should not be playing them. This is something that I’ve gone over extensively at this point in the last four […]

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Path of Exile apologizes for botched account update...

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2024/11/14

Earlier this week, Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games announced that it was planning a fresh patch with important changes to account management ahead of Path of Exile 2’s early access, starting with changing how account names work to use four-digit discriminators at the end of each account name. The plan was also to […]

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Astroneer’s first-ever DLC, Glitchwalkers, has...

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2024/11/14

Astroneer is a beloved multiplayer sandbox around here, but even we were surprised back in September when System Era Softworks announced Glitchwalkers – its first formal DLC in seven years. And as of last night, Glitchwalkers has officially walked its way into the game – sans glitches, we hope. “Astroneer: Glitchwalkers takes players to a […]

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Nightingale promises a focus on deeper systems and...

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2024/11/14

Obviously no multiplayer game studio wants to shutter their game, but after two rounds of layoffs at Inflexion Games, it’s obviously hard for Nightingale fans to not harbor that concern. That elephant in the room was addressed by devs in a November Q&A session in which studio CEO Aaryn Flynn promised that the survival sandbox […]

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Crema Games’ Temtem Swarm is officially available in...

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2024/11/14

You might have had enough of Temtem, but what if it were a bullet-heaven shooter in which you teamed up with friends to blow up enemies? That seems like an odd move for the game, but it’s what Temtem Swarm promises, and as the title is now available in early access it is the future […]

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WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery server gets serious...

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2024/11/14

With all of the announcements flying out of the Warcraft Direct stream yesterday, news about WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery servers got a bit snowed under. However, for those who are still enjoying this experimental ruleset, Blizzard’s still got a trick or three up its sleeve. Next week on November 21st, Season of Discovery officially […]

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Say hello to Ruckus, the team behind your new...

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2024/11/14

If you’re wondering who’s making all that ruckus this morning, rest assured it’s Ruckus Games: It’s a new studio put together by former devs from Bethsoft, Gearbox, Riot, Blizzard, Epic, and more, led by CEO and game director Paul Sage. That’s a name MMORPG fans will recognize immediately as Sage is the former creative director […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMORPG zone that...

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2024/11/14

I’m really glad that Final Fantasy XIV’s first crossover raid with Final Fantasy XI will include an area based off of Tu’Lia, also known as “Sky” among fans, because it’s a really stunning zone with a visual style that’s striking even in the original game. You could say that it’s nostalgia talking, but I didn’t […]

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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming goes on a Don’t...

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2024/11/14

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! Why just experience one game in Backseat Streaming when you can have a […]

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Monster Hunter is getting a new open world mobile...

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2024/11/14

If you were looking to experience Monster Hunter on your mobile device, the only option you’ve really had is Niantic’s mobile ARG Monster Hunter Now. That’s going to change in the near future, however, as Capcom and Tencent-owned studio TiMi Group have unveiled Monster Hunter Outlanders, a new mobile title that seeks to bring a […]

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Fortnite is bringing back its ‘OG’ game mode and map...

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2024/11/13

We’ve reported before how most players of Fortnite seem to not care about Epic Games’ attempt to forge a multi-game metaverse platform that whirs together Cybertrucks, all things Disney, and various live events. Most gamers just want to play the original battle royale mode, as evidenced by record-breaking player numbers when the Season OG brought […]

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Wizard101’s Selenopolis update is live with a...

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2024/11/13

When a studio says its MMO getting a “mammoth-sized update,” we pay attention, and that’s exactly what KingsIsle Entertainment has done today with its family-friendly MMORPG Wizard101. The Selenopolis update, which is live today, promises to “[modernize] the look and feel of the Egyptian-inspired realm, Krokotopia,” along with the addition of new quests, tutorial content, […]

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