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Betawatch: Throne & Liberty preps for open beta on...

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2024/07/12

After significant delays, Throne & Liberty is heading into open beta on July 18th, and there’s a whole rundown of how players can take part. The good news is that you can pre-download on July 16th, progress will be accelerated so players can more easily reach the cap during the test, and voiceovers will be […]

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Legend of Ares, a PvP MMO from the mid-2000s, will...

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2024/07/12

Legend of Ares probably isn’t an MMORPG that any of you remember. It was a PvP-centric MMO from the mid-2000s that failed to gain much traction in the global scene. The game only ran from 2006 to 2009, at which point all but its Korean version was shuttered. It did get a brief revival in […]

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Destiny 2 shares content arriving in Echoes Act 2,...

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2024/07/12

Earlier this week a developer stream from Bungie showcased what was coming up in the near future for Destiny 2, but if you don’t have the time to watch a 30 minute-long video, then you’ll likely be pleased to know that the salient points are summarized in this week’s newsletter. Yes, this meeting could literally […]

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Multiplayer dungeon crawler Dungeonborne launches...

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2024/07/12

We want to welcome to the site another new title today, Dungeonborne, as it sits on the cusp of its early access launch next week. This first-person PvPvE extraction dungeon crawler claimed to be “the most played demo during February’s Steam Next Fest” and will be coming out on July 18th. “Dungeonborne is a first-person […]

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Did you know that World of Warcraft is adding an...

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2024/07/12

We totally understand that spiders aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, especially if they’re in your tea, perhaps doing a backstroke while looking up at you with impunity. For those who experience dread of spiders — the technical name for it is “EW KILL IT KILL IT!” — encountering them in MMORPGs may be the low […]

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The Division 2 decides to reel back its seasonal...

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2024/07/12

Back in June, The Division 2 outlined plans for its sixth year of content updates, including “Seasons 2.0,” which would require players to roll seasonal characters in order to engage with the planned seasonal content. The reveal was met with wide disdain from players, and despite a follow-up FAQ that tried to further explain seasonal […]

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The Stream Team: Taking a second swing at The First...

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2024/07/12

Last time MOP’s Chris was set to try out The First Descendant, the game was lights out for some extended maintenance. Ideally, that won’t be happening today and he’ll get some play time in this looter shooter. Or perhaps it will be another podcast episode. In either case, it should be a good time, so […]

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‘The era of the big raid has returned,’ superhero...

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2024/07/12

If you’re tuning into Ship of Heroes for the raiding scene, Heroic Games aims to support your playstyle, as it’s made abundantly clear in this week’s dev blog for the Kickstarted superhero MMORPG. “Joining raids should be fun,” the studio says. “Different raids should be accessible throughout the game, not just as end-game content, and […]

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Dual Universe has finished producing its physical...

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2024/07/12

If you’ve been waiting for your physical Kickstarter rewards from Dual Universe, it may feel as though you’ve been waiting for half of forever, but the time is now! Or very soon, at least. The development team is happy to announce that the physical rewards are fully manufactured and ready to be shipped out, complete […]

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Bitcraft explains the precise mechanics of starting...

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2024/07/12

A SCENE UNFOLDING IN BITCRAFT POST-LAUNCH: Exemplar: “Good people of this settlement, I am Exemplar, your emperor!” Costello: “Well I didn’t vote for you.” Exemplar: “I – you don’t vote for the emperor!” Costello: “Well then how’d you get the job?” Exemplar: “Now see here, I simply paid for the founding of this empire using […]

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World of Warcraft launches the pre-patch for The War...

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2024/07/12

On July 23rd, World of Warcraft will be patched with the prelude to the upcoming The War Within expansion, and players will immediately experience something odd and unusual. For the first time in ages, you will not need to re-learn your character from base principles! You will not have deprecated borrowed power to get rid […]

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Pax Dei devs talk communication, transparency,...

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2024/07/12

Mainframe Industries has released a long post on both social media and Discord explaining to Pax Dei fans just what’s going on with the newly early access MMORPG. The devs begin by explaining that while they value communication and transparency, sometimes they’re not talking for a reason. “[S]ometimes, we need to stay quiet because we […]

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WoW Factor: Blizzard started listening to World of...

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2024/07/12

I have a few different conflicting thoughts when it comes to the most recent interview with World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I can think of a few different readings of the words that are actually on the page. One of those readings is […]

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Funcom says Conan Exiles’ dev cadence isn’t impacted...

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2024/07/12

Last month saw Conan Exiles do something that seems to be anathema for most MMOs and multiplyer titles: It decided to stop making battle passes starting with its next Age and confirmed plans to reel back its content cadence in the interest of making higher quality releases. Naturally, this brought up several questions from the […]

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Dungeons and Dragons Online delays Magic of Myth...

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2024/07/12

Standing Stone Games has a bit of bad news for Dungeons and Dragons Online players: Its Magic of Myth Drannor expansion has been delayed a few more weeks. Or maybe it’s good news, since it means more development time. You decide. Readers will recall that livestreams and the original expansion page had set the planned […]

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Star Citizen showcases alpha 3.24’s Blockade Runner...

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2024/07/12

Star Citizen looks to be spooling up its hype drives for the sci-fi sandbox’s next alpha build, starting off with this week’s Inside Star Citizen that zeroes in on two of the patch’s upcoming main gameplay features: the promised arrival of cargo elevators and freight gameplay, along with a new in-game event. The video opens […]

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Corepunk coming to early access on November 26th,...

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2024/07/12

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen isn’t the only MMO that surprised us this week with an early access release announcement. After years of troubled production and delays, Corepunk should come out by the end of the year. Artificial Core announced that it will be releasing Corepunk into early access on November 26th, with pre-orders opening […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are best at letting you...

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2024/07/12

It was MOP’s Eliot who put the ol’ canard about bringing the player not the class in my head again recently, thanks to his Stormlight Archive joke in the comments of the post on Stormforge a while back. Not every MMORPG is good at paying off the “bring the player, not the class” philosophy, mind […]

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The Stream Team: Fighting Fey with Fey in Dungeons &...

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2024/07/11

With Hyrsam’s needle — and therefore his immortality — in hand, Massively OP’s MJ is ready to confront the Archefey to retrieve the Codex pages in DDO. But it seems Hyrsam is likely to go into hiding in a flying palace. So what is MJ to do? How about, fight Fey with Fey! She’ll see […]

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Massively Overthinking: How often do you play human...

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2024/07/11

I’ve been thinking about this question a bit lately, partly owing to Stars Reach and partly to Project Gorgon. Playable Worlds says Stars Reach will have only humanoid characters, specifically to make cosmetics and wearables easy to rig. Makes sense, though part of me is a little bit sad not to have some out-there races […]

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