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We actually bought the Jollibee x FFXIV collab food,...

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2026/04/23

If someone had told me back in March that Jollibee, a fast-food chain from the Philippines, was collaborating with Final Fantasy XIV, I would have confidently said, “I’ll eat my hat if that ever happens!” Lucky for me I didn’t make that bet because that’s exactly what’s happening in the U.S. and Canada right now. What […]

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Raven2 tosses 16 guilds into new PvP tournament...

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2026/04/23

Six months into its official lifespan, the dark fantasy MMO Raven2 is amping up the intensity of its world by creating a new PvP mode that’s far more epic than what’s come before. This is Clash, a new mode where 16 guilds enter into a tournament and work their way toward the center of a […]

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Once Human rolls out RaidZone, custom server updates,...

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2026/04/23

Once Human has once again got another new update online, and if you play on custom servers or RaidZone servers, you’re pretty much the primary target for this patch. As for everyone else, well… there’s a gen AI screenshot filter now. And cash shop things. Yaaaay? As expected, the previously detailed RaidZone and custom server features are […]

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Neverwinter begins testing Module 33 and its new...

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2026/04/23

Yesterday, MOP’s Eliot delivered a massive interview with Cryptic all about Neverwinter, along with the game’s immediate roadmap and free toon promotion. And now, the first content of that roadmap, Module 33, is on the way. As in today. It’s on the patch servers today after maintenance, only on PC. Cryptic tells players to expect […]

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Temtem Pioneers details multiplayer, biomes, and...

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2026/04/23

Generally speaking, fossils aren’t actually alive; they’re the preserved remains of creatures that were alive a long, long time ago. However, thanks to the crowdfunding efforts of eager gamers who haven’t paid attention to Crema’s priors, the upcoming multiplayer survival sandbox Temtem Pioneers will feature Fossil Tems as crittsers to find in the Downbelow. There will be three […]

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Where Winds Meet ties down April 30 release date for...

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2026/04/23

Fans of Where Winds Meet have already know for some time now that the game’s big chonky Hexi expansion was going to be broken up into three release servings, but they haven’t known when the final course of the content feast was arriving. Well, seat yourselves at the dinner table and sort out which one is […]

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Vague Patch Notes: The bad data problem with MMOs

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2026/04/23

Do you want to know how many monthly active players Guild Wars 2 has? If so, I’ve got a math exercise for you. (If not, pretend you do for the moment.) First, look up the most recent NCsoft financial report and take that number. Then, look at the follower count Guild Wars 2 has on Facebook. […]

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Funcom and Nightingale devs rebrand and refurb Conan...

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2026/04/23

When Funcom released Conan Exiles’ R15 update earlier this month, it was coming after a long silence and chiefly included character transfers to facilitate merges of console servers coming in May. But the studio also said the update was “part of a significant backend overhaul.” We certainly didn’t expect that overhaul to come so soon, […]

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Star’s Reach pauses new tester invites owing to...

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2026/04/23

When I think of an “exciting phase” in MMO development, I generally think of big patches, a push toward launch, and most of all, a bigger test pool that lets more people in to have a looksee. But in this week’s Stars Reach blog post, Playable Worlds says its accelerated development requires a “pause” in […]

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Elite Dangerous delays dungeon-like operations to...

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2026/04/23

It’s a case of good news, bad news, for fans of Elite: Dangerous this week, as Frontier Developments has made an announcement that confirms its dungeon-like instanced operations feature is being pushed back, but its next new internet spaceship will be available immediately for in-game credits. Operations are now scheduled to arrive sometime in June after “careful […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: The weirdest things about Lord of...

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2026/04/12

I’ve long ago realized that every single person in the world is deeply weird in some way, just that some are better at hiding their particular quirks than others. So it makes sense that a sprawling video game made by multiple people also would harbor some oddities. So for today’s column, I wanted to expose […]

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Buyback for Star Citizen packages with Squadron 42...

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2026/04/12

Back in 2016 (so, like, a century ago), CIG announced that pledges for Star Citizen would no longer automatically include a copy of the single-player Squadron 42. That’s fine, considering backers were given advance notice. There’s also the expectation that if they reclaim or “melt” a package, they can buy it back. These two things go together in this story, […]

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One Shots: Reflecting on a job well done

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2026/04/12

I’m not exactly sure why Vincent is so chuffed in Final Fantasy XIV, but knowing how MMO grinds go, I’m betting it’s something that took a bazillion days and another stroke of sanity to finish. “Sometimes you have to take a step back and just admire all that your good work has accomplished!” “In Baldur’s […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG makes you feel the...

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2026/04/12

Look, you can insist that you do not want to follow a meta pick and how you resent the very idea that anyone should be able to tell you how to play your character, but at some point in every MMORPG if you want to actually accomplish tasks, you have to have a build. You […]

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Make My MMO: AQWI’s $2M Kickstarter haul, Camelot...

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2026/04/12

Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and older games long past their fundraising! AdventureQuest Worlds Infinity‘s Kickstarter closed out this weekend with over $2M for Artix, making it one of the biggest MMORPG Kickstarters in many years. And […]

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Elder Scrolls Online previews its PvP rewards track,...

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2026/04/11

Elder Scrolls Online is preparing to get Update 50 into players’ hot little hands on June 8th, but it’s also already plotting things for Season One. That’s what’s been showcased during the MMORPG’s most recent livestream, which calls attention to new features and quality-of-life updates due soon. We’ll start with Update 50’s new PvP-specific progression […]

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28-year-old Ultima Online begins testing a brand-new...

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2026/04/11

Spritelight is not the light that emanates from deep within your 2-liter of clear pop. It’s actually the name of a new holiday event that 28-year-old MMORPG Ultima Online is introducing with publish 123 later this spring. Turns out you can teach an old MMO new events! “Spritelight is a new seasonal event where players […]

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Ashes of Creation’s alleged expense ledger has been...

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2026/04/11

Over the course of the implosion of Intrepid Studios and the ensuing court cases, one of the primary claims lodged against Ashes of Creation studio head Steven Sharif is that he is irresponsible with money, accusations first leveraged by Intrepid investor Jason Caramanis and shared by YouTuber NefasQS. Well, Nefas is back yet again with […]

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The Stream Team: Portal hopping in Planet Crafter

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2026/04/11

Now that Massively OP’s MJ has finally tasted portal hopping in Planet Crafter, she can’t get enough! Why on not-earth did she put it off for so long?! Not only are the areas she jumps to incredibly cool but they also have wrecks jam-packed with loot. We’re talking lots of loot! MJ gets to simultaneously […]

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EverQuest Legends briefs players on its multiclassing...

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2026/04/11

One of the defining features of Game Jawn’s upcoming EverQuest Legends that differentiates it as its own thing instead of just a progression server is the fact that player characters can multiclass, combining three classes into one amalgam of combat. So naturally, the second episode in the MMORPG’s new weekly video series is going to offer a closer […]

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