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Grand Theft Auto Online previews December’s garment...

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2024/11/03

While mention of a garment factory typically doesn’t generate a lot of enthusiasm, Grand Theft Auto Online bets that it can do just that with its preview of December’s content drop. The online crime sim has great plans to turn the Darnell Bros. Garment Factory into “a hive for clandestine infiltration operations” for players to […]

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Stars Reach moves its pre-alpha testing from single...

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2024/11/02

The first thing to note is that Stars Reach, if you hadn’t know this, takes place in space. The second thing to note once you finish noting that first thing is that technically every game takes place in space because that’s how space work. The third thing to note is that everyone knows when you […]

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Pantheon extends pre-early access testing through...

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2024/11/02

With under two months to go until Pantheon launches into early access, you would think that studio Visionary Realms would be going all-out with details and promotion. And while that may still be coming, the November newsletter is oddly demure in its offering. The big news here is that the current testing cycle for all […]

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The Stream Team: The Hallowed Nights of Don’t Starve...

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2024/11/02

Massively OP’s MJ has been wanting to get back into the crazy survival-ness that is Don’t Starve Together, and Halloween has given her a good reason to. Its Hallowed Nights holiday event has returned, bringing candy and cosmetic to collect around The Constant (and a cool animated short to watch starring the slobbering storage solution, […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: How should LOTRO handle ‘the...

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2024/11/02

Legacy of Morgoth comes out next week for Lord of the Rings Online, and I’m generally excited for it. I wasn’t initially, since desert zones aren’t my thing, but after seeing some of these area previews, I’ve come around on that. And it’s always a welcome day when I can continue my long-running character’s journey through Middle-earth. […]

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World of Warcraft’s Patch 11.0.7 may be coming sooner...

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2024/11/02

With World of Warcraft’s Patch 11.0.7 and its Siren Isle in testing, there’s a lot of speculation and curiosity over when Blizzard is scheduling this content drop. Blizzard fan site Icy Veins may have the right of it by claiming that the patch should land on or before December 17th of this year. That’s because […]

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WRUP: Deciding on the serious version from now on...

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2024/11/02

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about.CANDY!

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The Daily Grind: Do you play at the pace of your MMO...

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2024/11/02

The other day I was listening to a podcast and the host said that he tried to “play at the pace of the game,” which I thought was a lovely turn of phrase. This isn’t always the de facto standard approach to gaming in our genre because people like to speed run things, be first, […]

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The Stream Team: Gorses, goonicorns, and more...

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2024/11/01

Massively OP’s MJ already loves AQ3D’s Mogloween (with the exception of how many fish she has to catch!), and the event just gets better every year. Now, there are even housing items to horde and gorses and goonicorns to gander at and gather! What? You haven’t had the privilege of peeking at gorses and goonicorns? […]

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Betawatch: Path of Exile 2 delays its early access...

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2024/11/01

Look, I have to ask: Does Path of Exile 2 have a whole lot of demons in it? I haven’t really played the game, but given its obvious inspiration, my assumption had always been that the game tries to be light on demons just in case anyone wants to make unflattering comparisons. But it clearly […]

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Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is...

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2024/11/01

Heads-up, folks who mod in ancient emulators: The Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is cracking down on mods, though hopefully not the mods you actually use. “To keep our server fair and enjoyable for everyone, we are implementing some important changes starting January 1st, 2025,” the devs wrote earlier this week. “These changes […]

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Polish survival game Tomorrow: MMO Nuclear Quest...

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2024/11/01

Looking for a Fallout-like experience on mobile with a modicum of MMO design to it? Polish studio Rage Quit Games just launched Tomorrow: MMO Nuclear Quest on iOS and Android to satisfy this gaming hunger. “This real-time survival game will take you on a journey to an uncertain future,” the studio said. “The year is […]

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New books about EVE Online, Second Life, and...

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2024/11/01

You’ve played the game, now read the story. Or read the story out of curiosity about a game you would otherwise never play. Or collect game-related books that you’ll never read but they look good on a shelf. Whatever your reason, three new books about some of the major titles in the MMORPG world are […]

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Farm Together 2 has pumped out over 50 updates since...

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2024/11/01

Way back in May, we covered the launch of cozy multiplayer farming game Farm Together 2, the sequel to – you guessed it – Farm Together. Milkstone Studios rolled out buy-to-play early access for said sequel back in May, and I myself broke my “no early access” rule and got it, largely based on how […]

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Shroud of the Avatar revamps player dungeon rooms and...

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2024/11/01

We’re literally just one day removed from Halloween, which means the Great Retail Calendar declares that it’s Christmas now (Thanksgiving never existed unless you’re in a grocer). That’s sort of what’s happening in Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 131, which put the Halloween spooks into moth balls and readied for Krampus’ return this week. Technically […]

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The Stream Team: Soaring into the open beta test of...

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2024/11/01

At long last, MOP’s Chris is finally in Monster Hunter Wilds! He’s been waiting for this day for a long time, and even if it’s just a small piece of the wider game, he’s going to take in as much of this one as possible. Join him for the hunt today at 2:00 p.m. EDT! […]

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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Wizard’s Wrath and A...

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2024/11/01

When I first saw mention of A Wizard’s World on Reddit this morning, I immediately confused it with another wizardy Kickstarter MMO, Wizard’s Wrath. Figuring other people might do the same – if they’d heard of them at all – I thought we’d take a minute to disambiguate these games in our MMOs You’ve Never […]

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War Thunder marks 12 years with a new cinematic...

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2024/11/01

Today, November 1st, marks the 12th anniversary for War Thunder, which means Gaijin Entertainment is ready to celebrate big time with some events, a spicy new trailer, and of course, plenty of freebies for players to gather ups. The in-game events are all about handing players the keys to a pair of tanks (or whatever […]

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NetEase’s Destiny Rising officially enters closed...

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2024/11/01

If you are among those Destiny players who really wanted a Destiny game on your phone, then your moment is fast approaching, as NetEase has officially kicked off the Destiny Rising closed alpha test as of this morning, specifically for US and Canadian gamers. Players will be testing the campaign prologue, 11 lightbearers, Haven (the […]

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Design Mockument: Exploring alternatives to the...

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2024/11/01

Here’s a fun thing for you: I swear that way, way back before the game launched, there were documents from the Guild Wars 2 design team that explained how the game was going to have a trinity that was different from the modern tank-DPS-healer trinity, but I have not been able to find it for […]

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