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Old School RuneScape brings back slayer partners...

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2024/08/02

It’s been four years since Old School RuneScape offered a feature called “slayer partners” that lets duos of players team up to grind out tasks for progress and rewards. While this was taken out due to exploits, the studio’s reintroducing it after a rework. “In June 2020, we removed Slayer Partners due to a number […]

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Design Mockument: How to make housing work in World...

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2024/08/02

Since the launch of World of Warcraft, players have been waiting for and longing to have housing. It still has not happened. The reasons given range from being adjacent to plausible to just feeling outright silly, but the details don’t particularly matter in context; what matters is that we’re still sitting here without housing in […]

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Project Gorgon buffs Necromancers, preps mount...

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2024/08/02

Indie MMORPG Project Gorgon dropped a fresh content-and-QOL patch this week in what devs characterized as a “nice well-rounded update” with a little bit of everything. For starters, Elder Game has tweaked the way area-of-effect attacks work against mobs. The devs explain that because AOE against mobs saw a reduction in direct damage but not […]

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World of Warcraft offers a free weekend as the...

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2024/08/02

The good news for World of Warcraft fans – or perhaps we should say lapsed fans – is that if you’re curious about how the run-up to The War Within is going, you can actually find out for yourself. Players can log into the game for free through August 4th if you have a prior […]

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Star Citizen takes a look at the space stations,...

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2024/08/02

Star Citizen’s weekly video series is now starting to look past alpha 3.24 and towards alpha 4.0, especially the addition of the game’s second star system, Pyro. And while this week’s episode doesn’t provide any release timing yet, what it does offer is a look at some of the unique places and activities Pyro is […]

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Diablo IV shares patch notes and discusses gameplay...

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2024/08/02

Diablo IV is practically gushing with information ahead of its upcoming Season 5 launch on August 6th, with Blizzard offering up a developer livestream and the complete patch notes for the new season’s patch, both of which are extensive indeed. As one might expect, the livestream provided more details about the Infernal Hordes activity that […]

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The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO you wish had never...

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2024/08/02

Before I dig into today’s Daily Grind, I want to make clear that I don’t seriously wish any MMOs had never been made, not that it would have any impact on anything if I did. Consider this an academic question, then, if you’re with me in not feeling up to being flamingly mean. And while […]

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The Stream Team: The last DDO Feywild quest, The...

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2024/08/01

Massively OP’s MJ finished the story of the Fables of the Feywild saga in DDO last week, but she can’t claim the reward until she finishes the 13th step, which is a side adventure. Sneaky! So the last quest she’ll run is The Legend of the Lost Locket. Kelpies in the Fallmire swamp stole a […]

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Massively Overthinking: Has Discord helped or hurt MMOs?

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2024/08/01

MOP reader Josiah recently pitched us a rather relevant question about the impact of social media on MMORPGs and their communities – specifically, the idea that “Discord has ruined the social experience of MMOs due to the accessibility of the app,” leading to a reduction in the use of in-game communications. “You see it everywhere,” […]

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Solarpunk’s July progress report showcases additions...

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2024/08/01

Solarpunk is a survival crafting sandbox, so obviously building is going to be a major part of its core gameplay loop, but that feature has gotten a few significant additions according to the latest update post from developer Cyberwave, with new mechanical updates for this most important of functions. First off, building pieces have changed […]

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Nexon’s The First Descendant adds Luna and Ultimate...

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2024/08/01

Nexon is full-steam ahead on development for looter-shooter The First Descendant, as this week it’s released its promised first post-launch patch, complete with a new trailer. At the heart of the update are two new playable Descendants: Luna and the upgraded Ultimate Valby. “After a long wandering performance, Luna returns to Albion,” Nexon says. “Using […]

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ARK: Genesis Part 2 circulates onto the Nintendo Switch

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2024/08/01

Just because you’re rocking a Nintendo Switch instead of a PlayBox 360 doesn’t mean you’re left out of the dino-tastic fun of ARK: Survival Evolved. The prehistoric-themed sandbox released the free Genesis Part 2 update for Switch players this week. “This massive free expansion map lets Survivors explore a vast new world teeming with strange […]

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B2P survival MMO Myth of Empires is free-to-play on...

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2024/08/01

If Myth of Empires always whispered to you but you’ve not wanted to shell out 30 bucks to try it, this weekend’s free-play event is for you: Angel Game is opening the game up to all comers from today through August 5th – or at least the base game. “The Free Weekend offers survival game […]

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Throne & Liberty testers murdered almost 30M NPCs...

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2024/08/01

If you wanted to kill someone in PvP during Throne & Liberty’s open beta test, you were using a dagger. The most common builds used to kill someone in PvP are all builds that use a dagger as a secondary and either a longbow, a crossbow, or a greatsword. Thus, if you see someone with […]

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Dark and Darker Mobile begins its global beta test

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2024/08/01

Do you have PvPvE dungeons on your phone? Well you do now, assuming you’re among the people who were excited to begin Dark and Darker Mobile’s global beta test, which started this week for iOS and Android users in South Korea, the United States, Japan, and Türkiye. As we reported previously, this new build of […]

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Tower of Fantasy promises more MMO content in the...

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2024/08/01

The shared world RPG Tower of Fantasy is going to be celebrating two years of operation this month, which means that players can expect plenty of goodies to mark the milestone, but the celebration began on a rather interesting note with a Q&A session with the devs. The answer that brings the most interest to […]

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Final Fantasy XIV brings the Moonfire Faire around...

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2024/08/01

Yo dawg, we heard you like summer celebrations, so we put a summer celebration in your summer vacation in Final Fantasy XIV so you can go through traditional Japanese summer celebrations while also eating tacos afterwards. Well… traditional to an extent, as very few Japanese celebrations involve talking catfish wearing bells or cat-people. The giant […]

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Dauntless deep-dives weapon infusion and talent...

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2024/08/01

Dauntless has once again put forth a deep dish dev blog about its Shattered Isles patch, continuing its sporadic yet in-depth looks at the Shattered Isles update that was first announced last year. The subject for this month’s post from Phoenix Labs is about weapon infusion and talent crafting, which readers might remember were generally […]

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Hands-on with Arc Games’ Fellowship, a new game...

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2024/08/01

For many folks, one of the more entertaining aspects of playing an MMORPG is running through its dungeons (though of course that varies from game to game and PUG to PUG). For that kind of player, the leveling experience to get to those tasty morsels during standard progression and at endgame are nothing more than […]

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Tarisland adds damage and defense bonuses for...

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2024/08/01

Tarisland has been surprisingly quiet since its launch here in the west last month, with Tencent having focused on launch promotion and influencer showdowns. But now, the team has regrouped for a patch coming tomorrow on August 2nd, though it’s certainly not the biggest. The team has a range of class spec adjustments for the […]

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