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Skull & Bones arrives on Steam today as Season 3 Into...

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2024/08/22

Ubisoft is full-speed ahead with Skull and Bones’ third season, which is officially live as of this afternoon. Dubbed Into the Dragon’s Wake, the East Asian-themed season sets players to face off against enemy fleets and work their way through the new smuggler pass. “From the formidable Li Tian Ning and Commander Zhang to a […]

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SkyVerse is a new Bohemia-pubbed Minecraft-esque...

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2024/08/22

Of everything that’s been newly announced during Gamescom so far, Bohemia Interactive’s SkyVerse caught my attention quickest as a the type of cute voxelbox trying to push the Minecraft subgenre forward into the future. Developed by Enjoy Studio and published through Bohemia, the game is meant to be a “novel take on the RPG and […]

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Blizzard is running a WoW-themed Escape from Dalaran...

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2024/08/22

Using the term “4-D thrill ride” to describe something likely conjures forth the presumption of commercial hype-up word salad that can only come from the deepest crevasses of a marketing department mind, which kind of tracks with a setup put together by Blizzard at Gamescom this year that’s drawing attention to World of Warcraft: The […]

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Vague Patch Notes: The problem with numbers in MMORPGs

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2024/08/22

I recently saw a post on the official World of Warcraft forums noting that if not for the game’s almost infamous level squish, players would be at level 150 at this point. That in and of itself doesn’t really mean anything, but people did point out that the main reason for the original item squish […]

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World of Warcraft invites you to view your...

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2024/08/22

After 20 years of operation, World of Warcraft characters have probably seen some things at this point. Would you like to take a tour through those stories? That’s the focus behind the new Warcraft Stories site, which allows you to enter your character name and realm to get a custom-generated little trailer showing off your […]

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Marvel Rivals reveals Cap and Winter Soldier, Wakanda...

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2024/08/22

NetEase really did bring its A-game to Gamescom this year with a ton of new games on deck – including its new team shooter Marvel Rivals. In fact, the company announced a launch date at the con: December 6th. “NetEase Games and Marvel Games announced that Marvel Rivals, the new Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter […]

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Literally Diablo arrives to haunt Diablo Immortal...

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2024/08/22

Diablo IV may have eaten up the bulk of the Blizzard presentation during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, but it’s not even the only Diablo game the company brought to the con, let alone the only game. Indeed, Diablo Immortal also took the opportunity to preview its own next chapter thanks to a new roadmap. “The […]

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Lord of the Rings Online continues testing on its...

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2024/08/22

A second round of testing is underway for Lord of the Rings Online’s “The Dragon and the Storm” special dungeon. If you’re interested in checking out this Umbar-related instance, you have until Friday afternoon to hop onto the Bullroarer server and see what there is to see. SSG said that while the solo and duo […]

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Soulframe releases a flashy gameplay teaser trailer...

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2024/08/22

Soulframe is currently in its “preludes” phase – the five-dollar term Digital Extremes uses to refer to a test build – and it looks as if those tests are mighty pretty indeed as evidenced by its latest gameplay trailer, which was delivered during Tencent’s Level Infinite showcase yesterday. The video itself doesn’t really provide too […]

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Funcom-published co-op sandbox Aloft targets a fall...

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2024/08/22

The well of creativity for survival sandboxes hasn’t dried up yet, for better or for worse, and Funcom is determined to get in on that action before player interest moves elsewhere. Well, it does have Conan Exiles. And Dune Awakening. So maybe this is more the studio’s wheelhouse these days. In any case, right now […]

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Palia sets Elderwood zone for 2025, says that over 1M...

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2024/08/11

Palia seems to have gotten its second wind (or second chance) following the Daybreak buyout earlier this summer – and Singularity 6 has been taking advantage of this increased attention, too, with dev blogs on the beta mini-MMO’s near and far future. And speaking of the far future, the studio revealed something pretty big coming […]

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Pearl Abyss America CEO steps down for ‘a new career...

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2024/08/10

The very tippy top of the organizational structure at Black Desert and EVE Online company Pearl Abyss America is changing: Jeonghee “JJ” Jin, who has led Pearl Abyss’ American office for six years as its CEO, has announced that she has stepped down in order to “to take on a new career challenge.” “In February […]

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Anthem taught BioWare to focus on what it’s good at...

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2024/08/10

Would you like to play a looter shooter that has all the multiplayer shootin’ and lootin’ you could want along with an expertly crafted story? You would? Well, BioWare tried to deliver that with Anthem. You can, of course, raise many questions about whether or not the game did indeed have an expertly crafted story […]

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The Stream Team: After-mission power planning in ICARUS

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2024/08/10

Massively OP’s MJ has wrapped up her first mission, but now’s not the time to rest on her laurels. She’s ready to flex her new skills. The question is, will she jump into a new mission and continue to earn levels this way, or will she return to her homestead planet and prepare to create […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: How can LOTRO keep legendary...

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2024/08/10

As I write this, it’s been a full week since Lord of the Rings Online activated its most recent pair of legendary worlds, Angmar and Mordor. And what a week it’s been! There was the initial flood of players in the beginner zones, excited discussions in world chat, several people speed-leveling to 50 in what […]

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World of Warcraft aims a round of class balance...

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2024/08/10

It’s time once again to hem and haw about classes in World of Warcraft. A patch full of balance tweaks is on the way on Tuesday, August 13th, but Blizzard has posted the patch notes ahead of time in order to give players time to digest what’s coming. The majority of these adjustments appear to […]

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WRUP: This entry is in cat edition

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2024/08/10

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

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The Daily Grind: What’s something new you’ve done in...

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2024/08/10

It’s quite easy to fall into ruts and routines in MMOs, especially after you’ve been playing one for years. Sure, you could wait until the developers introduce fresh content to give you something different to do, but you could also take the initiative to get outside your routine and try something new. Maybe this is […]

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The Stream Team: Avoiding a fashion cat-astropy with...

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2024/08/09

Even with so many super cool cosmetic pieces in AdventureQuest 3D, Massively OP’s MJ gets stuck in a rut wearing the same favorite thing for months/years on end. Well, now there is the purrfect new outfit to change into! In honor of International Cat Day, AQ3D has introduced cat onesies along with a number of […]

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Betawatch: Corepunk’s fourth alpha is here (and...

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2024/08/09

Well here we are again, Corepunk, it’s good to see you as your fourth alpha test has commenced. Now, if you’ve been reading this column for a while you have probably noticed the fact that this is a game with a somewhat troubled history when it comes to tests, but at this point having to […]

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