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Final Fantasy XIV highlights Fruity Snacks, a player...

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2024/04/21

There’s more to Final Fantasy XIV than just emotionally charged fights against birds with depression, and there’s more to the behind-the-scenes elements of the game than just making it. The most recent entry on the game’s official blog shows off just that by having the community team interview Fruity Snacks, a veteran player whose gameplay […]

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Whatever happened to Wildcard’s pirate-themed sandbox...

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2024/04/20

It might be by design that we’ve collectively forgotten about Atlas, the piratical survival sandbox MMO by Wildcard substudio Grapeshot Games that was at one point meant to offer 40,000-person servers: The last major news that came out of the title was from last June, when it confirmed Season 13’s release. So whatever happened to […]

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Space exploration sandbox Starship Simulator...

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2024/04/20

Getting to command, tinker, fix, explore, decorate, and control your own detailed virtual spaceship looks even more promising with the recent news that FleetYard Studios’ Starship Simulator successfully funded on Kickstarter. The campaign, which concluded this past Friday, raised $497,338 from 5,761 backers to help push it across the finish line. Thanks to the project […]

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The Stream Team: A first foray into Planet Crafter...

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2024/04/20

Massively OP’s MJ definitely loves sandbox games where she can terraform the land somewhat. But what about when the entire premise of a game is terraforming? Of course, she cannot resist! Planet Crafter has added multiplayer functionality, and she can’t wait to test it all out. Tune in live at 2:00 p.m. as Massively OP’s […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back and ahead at LOTRO’s...

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2024/04/20

At the start of Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins famously celebrates his 111th birthday (alongside Frodo’s own 33rd birthday). He looks back at a life well lived but also one that’s developed a terminal case of stagnation and restlessness, largely because of the effects of the One Ring. His farewell birthday party is meant […]

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Tarisland opens a dedicated pre-registration website...

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2024/04/20

Do you wish to pre-order Tarisland on the Windows? No, we’re not making a joke or a typo, that’s what the official dedicated pre-registration website says. It asks you to pre-order on the Windows. So someone skipped a proofreading step, but if you want to pre-register the game for Windows or for mobile devices, that […]

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WRUP: Come to Botulism Dave’s, your one-stop shop for...

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2024/04/20

Hey there, fine folks of What Are You Playing! Do you need shipping containers? Then come on down to Botulism Dave’s, where we’ve got all the shipping containers you could possibly need! Everything from hard-shelled plastic shipping containers to soft paper. We’ve got differently shaped containers for custom goods, we’ve got package fill, we’ve got […]

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The Daily Grind: How important is music to your MMO...

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2024/04/20

It’s hard for me to fathom going anywhere or doing anything without music as part of the background of my life. That’s certainly true for my MMO gaming experiences, where I either pump up that in-game soundtrack or play some of my own tunes while I grind mobs and check off those quest objectives. I […]

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The Stream Team: Answering A Plea from the Woods in...

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2024/04/19

Earth Day is all about focusing on helping the world, and for Massively OP’s MJ, that includes the land of Lore! It’s especially important when giant trees have sentience and can swat her for any negligence. The Voice of the Forest, an ancient tree in Heartwood Forest, has sent out a plea for aid as […]

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Betawatch: World of Warcraft heads for another...

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2024/04/19

Like Oscar Isaac folding his arms and lowering his head with an exasperated sigh, we must report to you that somehow, World of Warcraft testing has returned. If you consider testing for the next expansion to be the equivalent to full beta tests for new games, which I don’t, but it does mean that there […]

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Warframe’s time-bending Protea Prime lands on all...

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2024/04/19

The prime access Frame that’s on offer in Warframe is about to cycle once again: The time-manipulating, gadget-flinging character Protea is confirmed to be the next Prime Frame up for grabs on Wednesday, May 1st, for every platform the multiplayer shooter is playable on. Like other characters of its kind, Protea Prime will be obtainable […]

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Past Fate projects early access launch sometime in...

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2024/04/19

Currently, the sandbox MMORPG Past Fate is in a closed alpha state (except for when it deigns to run open alpha tests). It would appear that developer Icy North is ready to move to its next step if its roadmap projections are hit, as it plans to move towards an early access release near the […]

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Zenith is now on the PSVR2 store with both Zenith...

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2024/04/19

If you are still waiting on a non-VR PC port of Zenith The Last City (something studio RamenVR did promise Kickstarter backers many moons ago), you can probably just let go of that wait. If you were waiting for the game to be available on the PlayStation, on the other hand, you’re getting that. The […]

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Final Fantasy XIV promises an updated Dawntrail...

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2024/04/19

While lots of players were very happy to have the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail benchmark this past Sunday, there was some discontent. Odd lighting issues in character creation led to some weird traits, some textures were visibly lower quality, and so forth. And you should take heart that if you were one of the people […]

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Pokemon Go players are not happy with their new avatars

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2024/04/19

As we mentioned in our monthly Pokemon Go event round-up for April, the game recently introduced new avatars on April 17th, despite lots of negative feedback during the testing phase on live servers in select parts of the world. Complaints included major clipping issues, models having long arms with huge hands, chunky unfeminine models, only having […]

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Planet Crafter is a new multiplayer survival sandbox...

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2024/04/19

Last week, multiplayer survival sandbox were treated to yet another entry in the field: Planet Crafter, a game I’ve had on my own wishlist for ages – and it’s now fully out of early access and into the world of launch. Studio Miju Games characterizes it as a “space survival open world terraforming crafting game, […]

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The Stream Team: The starting steps of a Necromancer...

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2024/04/19

MOP’s Chris likes tanking. He likes cats. He likes magic. He likes large weapons. And lucky for him, The Elder Scrolls Online lets him have all four of these things with the Necromancer class. This is absolutely what’s happening, today at 2:00 p.m. EDT! What: The Elder Scrolls Online Who: Chris Neal When: 2:00 p.m. […]

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My Little Pony fan MMO Legends of Equestria is...

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2024/04/19

Last year, we did a Daily Grind asking about interest in a My Little Pony MMORPG, and y’all reminded me that we actually have one: Legends of Equestria, a fan-run MMO that has managed to exist for many long years (over 12 years!) in spite of Hasbro being Hasbro. But we have some sad news […]

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Albion Online shares its full schedules for Season 23...

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2024/04/19

For those of you who long to begin the blood-drenched path to mastery with Albion Online’s Season 23, you should know that the path has already begun. All right, we’re exaggerating a little; the path technically doesn’t begin until April 20th for the game’s American and Asian servers. (European servers start up two weeks later […]

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Overwatch 2 ties its mythic skin shop to monetization...

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2024/04/19

When Overwatch 2 launched its 10th season, one of the big ticket features was a mythic skin shop, but it decided not to divulge just how that worked until shortly after the update released. Now we perhaps know why, because it’s all tied to the premium battle pass and its cash shop. The mythic skin […]

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