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Co-op roguelike Rabbit and Steel throws you right...

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2024/05/03

Have you ever thought to yourself, “Man, I love me some solid MMO-style raiding, but I just wish I didn’t have to engage with all of the leveling, character growth, crafting, socialization, stories, and adventures to get there?” If that’s you — and we wonder who hurt you if so — then we’ve got a […]

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WoW Factor: There’s probably never going to be a...

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2024/05/03

As I always do when discussing World of Warcraft (and anything else, really), I am putting my cards on the table here: I am really tired of hearing WoW Classic fans talk about “Classic Plus” as a concept. But there’s a reason for that beyond being just cantankerous. Now, I’ve made my assessment of what […]

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Star Citizen runs down alpha 3.23’s feature set...

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2024/05/03

Cloud Imperium continues to promise that Star Citizen’s alpha 3.23 is right around the corner, which is a similar refrain provided in this week’s Inside Star Citizen video, as it condenses all of the updates due with the next alpha build into one package. Obviously those who have been following along won’t be surprised by […]

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Legends of Aria Classic is running a ‘surprise open...

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2024/05/03

In the middle of April, pretty much everyone in the MMORPG was surprised to learn that Legends of Aria is getting a revival. Aria, of course, was originally Kickstarted as player-server-friendly Shards Online but didn’t quite make a splash at launch, leading developer Citadel Studios to sell it to a blockchain/crypto outfit back in 2021. […]

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Pokemon Go co-developer Very Very Spaceship has been...

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2024/05/03

Pokemon Go’s staff – and outlook – just got a little smaller as this week one of its development studios was hit with major layoffs. We’re talking here about Very Very Spaceship, which co-developed Pokemon Go under Niantic (and was until last year’s cancelations was working on Transformers Heavy Metal). According to Linkedin reports from […]

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Diablo IV’s upcoming loot patch will ‘fundamentally...

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2024/05/03

Promising “the biggest update to Diablo IV since its launch,” Blizzard said that Season 4: Loot Reborn will deliver many “evergreen” improvements to core systems in its online ARPG when it arrives on May 14th. In last night’s preview video and developer livestream, the studio covered why loot is going to feel a lot better […]

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The Daily Grind: Are you a map completionist in MMOs?

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2024/05/03

A few weeks ago, my husband was playing Guild Wars 2, and suddenly he sat back and declared that he’d finally, after all these long years, hit 100% map completion on the original game on his day-one Elementalist. Yes, I know this is not a novel accomplishment, nor does it really take that long for […]

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The Stream Team: Frolicking in DDO’s Feywild with...

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2024/05/02

As much as Massively OP’s MJ like the quests and atmosphere in DDO’s Ravenloft, she’s ready to dispel the gloom. And what better way to do that than to go visit the Feywilds? Thanks to the anniversary gifts, MJ can obtain the Feywild expansion and start on the adventures in a much brighter, greener space. […]

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Massively Overthinking: The loss of ArcheAge

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2024/05/02

Last week’s admission from Kakao that XLGAMES is pulling the plug on ArcheAge really hit me, and I’m still trying to process why because it was not one of my pet MMORPGs. It had the misfortune of launching in the west in the same couple of months that my daughter was born and I moved […]

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New World players have a better than 90% clear rate...

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2024/05/02

One of the headline features of New World’s latest season is the hard-to-say-10-times-fast Winter Rune Forge raid, which Amazon is toasting this week with both a Q&A and some of the studio’s infamous heatmaps. In her Q&A, Amazon senior producer Katy Kaszynski explains that the Winter Rune Forge ties into the overall winter theme of […]

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Final Fantasy XI outlines its bonus anniversary...

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2024/05/02

This month marks the 22nd anniversary of Final Fantasy XI, which means that if you’re feeling like we just celebrated this a year ago… you’re right! We did! That’s how time works. Now, obviously this year’s celebration is not going to be as elaborate as the 20th anniversary celebration, but the game is still kicking […]

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World of Tanks shares its calendar of events for May...

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2024/05/02

If you thought World of Tanks clapping hands with Star Trek for an event was weird, have a look at the other things that are happening in the month of May for the military vehicle battler. There’s a contest where players can win a pizza oven. That’s real. Of course there’s more than just oddness […]

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SMITE 2’s first alpha event kicks off today through...

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2024/05/02

If you’ve been itching to try out SMITE’s sequel, your time has come… assuming you got into the alpha or bought a founder pack, anyhow. Hi-Rez’s Titan Forge Games has kicked off SMITE 2’s first alpha weekend as of today, running through May 5th. “The event will let players choose amongst 14 Gods: Anhur, Anubis, Athena, […]

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Albion Online adds new language channels, randomized...

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2024/05/02

It might be hard to remember it at this point, but launching Albion Online’s European fresh start server wasn’t the only thing that Sandbox Interactive did for the game last month. It also released its big quarterly update, Foundations. And now, with the Alby Europe hoopla finally behind it, the team has moved on to […]

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V Rising stirs up hype for its 1.0 launch with new...

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2024/05/02

V Rising continues to make sure people are extremely aware that it’s leaving early access on Wednesday, May 8th, and it’s doing so with a a splashy new launch trailer and some words of thanks to those who helped Stunlock Studios through its nearly two years of early access. The post offers plenty of appreciation […]

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Lineage II debuts a commemorative anniversary trailer...

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2024/05/02

A milestone like 20 years of operation is the perfect reason to celebrate in big style, and that’s just what Lineage II is looking to do as the giant celebration that we covered earlier went live, encompassing two decades and three versions of the MMORPG. The event was reason enough to debut a new trailer […]

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Why I Play: Stardew Valley is still something special

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2024/05/02

I’d been saving this for myself for weeks now. It was late Saturday when I finally decided it was time to stop waiting and play something that I had been looking forward to before it launched and had known I would enjoy immensely. Oh, sure, it wouldn’t win game of the year anywhere, or even […]

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Star Wars The Old Republic celebrates May the Fourth...

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2024/05/02

Last night, the Star Wars The Old Republic team dropped a massive preview of its 7.5 update, which includes everything from a farming system on Dantooine to new solo challenge content. But tucked away in the stream was mention of the annual May the Fourth Star Wars celebration, which as always includes freebies for players. […]

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Into the Super-Verse: A toast to City of Heroes’ 20th...

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2024/05/02

How does you mark your first true MMO experience? Anarchy Online technically was the first MMO I ever played, although I was on dial-up, clueless, and lost for the couple months I tried it. World of Warcraft was the first title that became “the complete package” as MMOs fully clicked with me. But between those […]

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Skyforge is celebrating its ninth anniversary with...

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2024/05/02

Here’s some happy news for your Thursday: Skyforge has made it to nine years of life here in North America, or close enough as makes no difference, as Aelion Day has arrived. Now, technically Skyforge launched July 16th, 2015, after a series of betas and early access periods that ran throughout the year. I used […]

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