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Cozy MMO Palia handwaves its bizarre beta obfuscation...

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2024/03/28

Yesterday, we recapped the ongoing drama with Singularity 6’s cozy mini-MMO, Palia. The short version is that the game hit beta last summer and has been launching on different platforms ever since, all while weirdly obfuscating the fact that it’s still in beta. For example, as we noted, the game’s Steam launch early this week […]

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Microsoft’s Phil Spencer admits massive layoffs were...

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2024/03/28

Ever since Microsoft announced a wave of layoffs that would affect 1,900 people – over 800 of whom work for Activision-Blizzard – the officially stated reason for why has changed a couple of times. An interview from Polygon has now brought a third excuse out of Microsoft, as CEO Phil Spencer now says that layoffs […]

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Dune Awakening discusses MMO size, PvP and PvE, the...

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2024/03/28

Funcom’s Joel Bylos was among those in attendance at this year’s GDC, which is the stage where he answered questions about the upcoming Dune: Awakening that involved the game’s population size, its activities for PvP and PvE players, and its plans for release as chronicled by Wccftech. We’ll jump to that release timing question first, […]

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RIFT hosts a server load test party this evening with...

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2024/03/28

Have we said how utterly bizarre it is to see RIFT pop up in our feeds this much recently? Not that we’re complaining, mind you; we root for this underdog fantasy MMO to defy the odds and forge a future. And part of that future is making sure that the servers is work properly. To […]

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Hostile NCsoft shareholder meeting reveals ArenaNet...

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2024/03/28

The topic of Guild Wars 3 has been a common one over the last few years; when I dredged our articles, the first one I found specifically about Guild Wars 3 went all the way back to 2017 as MMO players speculated about the future of the franchise between expansions. But now Korean press have reported […]

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The Daily Grind: How long can you do the same thing...

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2024/03/28

I have, it must be said, a high tolerance for grinding and repetition. I can handle a very long stretch of doing the exact same thing, over and over, with little to no variation. In fact, I would go so far as to say that I can subsist on the exact same weekly routine with […]

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The Stream Team: A spring (festival) fling in LOTRO

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2024/03/27

It’s been a while since Massively OP’s MJ muddled about in Middle-earth, and she has missed it. With the Spring Festival in full force, it’s the perfect time for her to hop right in. (And not just to enjoy spring and flowers, as opposed to the snow still present outside her window.) Join us live […]

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Trove’s spring update adds a gearcrafting skill and...

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2024/03/27

Gamigo’s Trove is continuing to get love regardless of what’s going on with the rest of the company’s MMORPG catalogue, and for the blocky sandbox, that comes in the form of yet another update called, cutely, the Gear Up!date. “With the new spring update, players can master the latest new profession, Gearcrafting, enjoy dynamic loot, […]

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‘Realtime action-based MMORPG’ Quest Master’s Realm...

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2024/03/27

Over the past year or so we’ve been keeping eyes on Quest Master’s Realm, an indie “realtime action-based MMORPG […] aboard the shell of a giant turtle” that has some sky-high ambitions and has been moving through testing phases. The game’s next major phase is soon to happen, as developer Blue Lightning Software has announced […]

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Enshrouded opens the reward-filled Hollow Halls...

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2024/03/27

The survival sandbox world of early access title Enshrouded has gotten that much bigger this week with the launch of the Hollow Halls update, which introduces a wide assortment of new challenges for players to face and new goodies to discover and unlock. The tentpole attraction for the patch are the titular Hollow Halls, a […]

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The Stream Team: Running roulettes and discussing...

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2024/03/24

This Eorzea Sunday, MOP’s Chris and his friends have plenty to talk about! Now that the Dawntrail expansion has its launch date, among other dates, there will be lots of anticipation to be had as they run through the daily roulettes. Join them today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for the conversation! What: Final Fantasy XIV […]

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Last Epoch writes a postmortem about its bumpy online...

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2024/03/24

Things may have leveled off for the online multiplayer experience in Last Epoch, but that certainly wasn’t the case in the OARPG’s first week, which saw its move from early access to full product marred by several server issues. Now that the dust has settled, Eleventh Hour’s engineers have put together a postmortem that tries […]

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Lost Skies’ latest dev blog looks at exploding ship...

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2024/03/24

We’ll start by pointing out that, no, Bossa Studios’ developing PvE survivalbox Lost Skies still has no timeline for testing or release. What it does have instead is another progress report dev blog that grants players a look at the self-described pre-alpha state of the game. The post opens by addressing that earlier referenced elephant […]

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One Shots: One corgi to rule them all

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2024/03/24

Deep in the fires of Mt. Doom, a terrible and mighty creation is being forged. One that if, left unchecked and unpetted, could spell the end of Middle-earth itself. LOOK UPON ITS CUTENESS AND DESPAIRRR “Most things in Lord of the Rings Online are not fireproof: Player characters, orcs, magic rings, ancient mutated proto-hobbits, even […]

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The Daily Grind: Do you prefer risky or reliable...

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2024/03/24

Back when I cut my teeth on MMORPG play in Final Fantasy XI, there were accepted strategies for gaining levels via normal leveling. You got a tank, a healer, someone to pull, a damage dealer, and so on. Ultimately you were pulling single enemies who were, let’s face it, basically incapable of harming a moderately […]

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Soulframe talks expanding testing access and shows...

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2024/03/24

Digital Extremes’ second game Soulframe is currently in what it’s calling “pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha,” which suggests that its pool of testers is pretty small. That notion appears to be changing moving forward, as creative director Geoff Crookes took to the PAX East stage to talk about a widening of testing over the course of this year. Crookes […]

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Pax Dei elaborates on alpha two’s focus on combat and...

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2024/03/23

Pax Dei developer Mainframe Industries is looking to keep the conversation going about its April 23rd second alpha test, which leads us to its latest dev blog on the subject that zeroes in on combat-focused updates. One of the primary things that players can expect in alpha two is an overhaul of the RPG’s stats […]

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Warframe debuts new previews for its Dante Unbound,...

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2024/03/23

The devstream from Warframe at this year’s PAX East had a lot to show off to fans. That’s generally nothing new if you consider how info-loaded these presentations tend to be, but this one had reveals for three different updates, so you might be able to appreciate why we italicized the word “lot” this time […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: My 11 favorite zones in LOTRO

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2024/03/23

This week I put my chin on my fists and thought super-hard about the following question: What column could I write that would be both fluffy and controversial? The answer came to me in a fit of extremely mild inspiration: I was going to give a definitive list of my personal favorite zones in Lord […]

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Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail expansion is launching...

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2024/03/23

Final Fantasy XIV has announced the launch date for the game’s next expansion, Dawntrail, after it was actually avoided during this year’s fan festival reveals. Dawntrail will release for early access on June 28th, and the full release will happen on July 2nd. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida joked at PAX East today that originally […]

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