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Mabinogi’s February update brings QOL life...

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2026/02/22

February is a time for lovers, a time for cuddling, and of course a time for Mabinogi players to take stock of their wings and whether or not they are enchanted optimally. That last one might not feel like it is quite traditional, but the quality-of-life patch that the game has just dropped adds a number of […]

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The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s Chimerans start...

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2026/02/22

Star Trek Online’s Chimerans prove to be more adaptive foes after this past week’s patch: “You will now see them gaining resistance to all damage types, once per damage type they receive.” Yeah, good luck with that you non-adapting space captains! And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a […]

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Zombie MMO Persist Online introduces player-claimable...

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2026/02/22

It’s time once more for us to do our semi-sporadic peek into Persist Online, the PvPvE zombie-filled shooter MMO in pre-alpha development by Tibia studio CipSoft. And this time around we cast our eyes to the game thanks to its most recent major update, which introduces a new resource capturing mechanic known as nodes. In summary, nodes […]

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Carpark Hero is a new… battle royale game? Kinda?

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2026/02/22

Have you ever had that moment when you and another car are racing to get the last parking spot near a store? Have you thought to yourself that this would make for a great video game if it also featured rockets and collisions and the mechanics of musical chairs? If so, well, maybe you are […]

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RuneScape announces the removal of auras and a shift...

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2026/02/22

RuneScape is once again continuing to outline its series of overhauls and updates that are couched in its Road to Restoration efforts, and this time it’s talking about auras. Or more specifically, the elimination of them in the MMORPG’s next update. According to feedback from players, auras create more problems than they’re worth, imposing time pressure […]

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One Shots: Poetry slam at the bear café

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2026/02/22

Maybe a poetry recitation is a pretty dull affair if you stumble into one at a coffeehouse in real life, but in Project Gorgon, it’s the social event of the week that draws all the partiers — and giant glowing green bears — to slam down some lyrics and boost some skills. There once was […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the login music you...

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2026/02/22

So despite the fact that I am a devout City of Heroes person on this site, I have something of a minority opinion in that I have never liked the original login music for the game. No, really. I think the replacement tune used for when the game went free-to-play sounds much better, and I will die on […]

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VR MMORPG Ilysia adds new areas and level cap as...

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2026/02/22

This past August, we reported on the VR MMORPG Ilysia, which transitioned to a free-to-play business model while still maintaining its early access development. It’s been a few months since that update went live, so it’s time to provide a quick check in. In terms of updates, those have kept on coming, even if sporadically, with a primary […]

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen eyes its February patch...

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2026/02/21

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has been using several weeks to post blogs, lore, and design previews of its update due in February, but none of them provided a release date beyond… well, February. As of the MMORPG’s most recent post, we now have a release window of sometime next week as it goes through internal testing, […]

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Final Fantasy XI’s Doll Festival returns along with...

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2026/02/21

For many years now, we (or one of our writers, if we’re being honest) have noted that Final Fantasy XI has been mostly treating its annual holidays by turning on familiar events and letting players enjoy them. This is true, as the game is mature and has plenty of events as it is. But the Doll […]

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The Stream Team: Groundskeeping in No Man’s Sky’s...

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2026/02/21

Thinking about No Man’s Sky beings images of flight, space, and starships. So when Massively OP’s MJ learned that the new expedition was based on the ground — and only the ground — she was intrigued. It turns out that for this one, the task is to clean up a planet. Now that’s something MJ […]

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Casually Classic: WoW Classic is all about the chill,...

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2026/02/21

In the Venn diagram comparing WoW Classic and Lord of the Rings Online, there’s a large overlapping section that simply says “chill gameplay.” And that’s probably why I appreciate both titles: because they feed that need I have to slow down, drink in the game world, and focus on a long leveling journey with no […]

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Star Wars Galaxies rogue server Restoration preps new...

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2026/02/21

Yes, we’ve got news from a Star Wars Galaxies emulator that isn’t SWGL for you all today. This time we’re highlighting Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III, the mashup CU/NGE variant that had a 1.0 release in 2022, which is preparing to launch its new Shatterpoint major content update for the classsic sandbox. “Shatterpoint introduces unique content and mechanics, turning […]

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WRUP: Increasingly desperate Twin Peaks fan theories...

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2026/02/21

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about movies you've somehow never seen...

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The Daily Grind: Have you ever played a 2-D MMO?

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2026/02/21

If someone was keeping track of MMORPG gaming achievements that encompassed all of your online career, would you have earned that special award that said that you — yes you — had tried and played a 2-D MMO at some point in your life? There aren’t a lot of them out there, but it’s not […]

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Betawatch: Star Wrath enters closed beta, Time Takers...

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2026/02/21

Boy, people in space get angry, huh? That’s the takeaway from Star Wrath, a new game in close beta that hits that good old-fashioned PvPvE extraction drum for appeal. If you want to extract from space but you are also extremely angry about it for various reasons, maybe it is exactly what you’re looking for. Meanwhile, Time […]

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Skull and Bones marks its second year by inviting...

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2026/02/21

Would you like to have your design skills immortalized in Skull and Bones? Then you’re in luck because that opportunity is available during an official second anniversary contest, which will grant creative fans of the piratical playground the chance for their custom sail and emblem to be a part of the game. From now until March 8th, […]

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Fans and game devs debate Diablo II Resurrected’s...

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2026/02/20

You would think that adding an all-new class to an old game like Diablo II: Resurrected would be a happy event, but then you also likely have never experienced ARPG players in public forums and subreddits, who primarily appear to be the angriest of human calculators. That appears to be the case among players of the game, […]

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Final Fantasy XIV will bring back Little Ladies’ Day...

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2026/02/20

Once every year, Final Fantasy XIV celebrates Little Ladies’ Day, which in practical terms absolutely means people getting glowsticks to cheer for idols putting on a concert. Yes, it is a bit of a walk to get from “a holiday for young women” to that endpoint, but it happened. The latest outing is planned for Thursday, […]

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MMO Business Roundup: Microsoft Xbox’s regime change,...

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2026/02/20

Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! We’ve got quite a bit to cover today, so let’s not waste too much time with a preamble and hop right into this list of headlines. Regime change at Microsoft Gaming and Xbox: According to reporting at IGN this afternoon, Microsoft Gaming CEO […]

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