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RIFT holds a server load test as part of new data...

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2024/03/22

This week marks another bit of odd activity in RIFT, which appears to be associated with earlier server merging and server transfers: Gamigo is encouraging players to join in a server load test in order to kick the tires of the MMORPG’s migration to new data centers. Between now and March 29th, NA and EU […]

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The Stream Team: Roaming further into an astrolabe...

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2024/03/22

MOP’s Chris was last seen taking his first exploratory sojourns into an astrolabe forest in Nightingale for Choose My Adventure, and today he’ll be following the Will of the Polls and continuing his journey. Join him live today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for another round of CMA Live! What: Nightingale Who: Chris Neal When: 2:00 […]

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The cast list for Wildcard’s surprise ARK Animated...

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2024/03/22

I don’t know who asked for this, but I’m also not upset about it as this might be the most amusing thing the ARK Survival Evolved/Ascended franchise has produced in years: This week, Studio Wildcard surprise-launched an animated series on Paramount+, in conjunction with an in-game spectacle. “Studio Wildcard today announced the Bob’s ‘Dear Jane’ […]

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Massively on the Go: 10 Mega Pokemon Legends Z-A...

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2024/03/22

We have very little information about Pokemon Legends: Z-A, but one thing for sure is that it can make a big impact on Pokemon Go, especially when it comes to the Mega Evolution teaser. Mega Evolution was incredibly poorly implemented at first but is now bloated with bonuses that are hard to ignore, for good or […]

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Star Citizen outlines the features and functions of...

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2024/03/22

As a space trucker myself, I can tell you having the ability to have my own hangar definitely appeals to me, so the newest video digest all about the feature’s arrival to Star Citizen certainly had my attention, and it likely will for other interstellar cargo haulers out there as well. As the name suggests, […]

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Massively Overthinking: What’s the most polarizing...

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2024/03/22

I was playing Lord of the Rings Online last weekend when my server naturally veered off into one of its favorite discussions: whether Moria sucks. (Honestly, any conversation is better than whether Rings of Power sucks, so I’ll take Moria any day.) The interesting bit is that there never seem to be that many people […]

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NCsoft’s Throne & Liberty has been out in Korea for...

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2024/03/22

Yesterday’s Battle Crush announcement from NCsoft reminded me that we still don’t have any fresh news on the state of Throne and Liberty’s western push, which was at one point supposed to happen a year ago under Amazon’s watch but has been delayed times beyond counting. It hasn’t factored at PAX East, either. The last […]

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WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Plunderstorm is...

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2024/03/22

It would be an exaggeration of the highest order to say that no one was even a little interested when World of Warcraft unveiled its whole Plunderstorm spinoff. Not the fun hyperbolic exaggeration-for-effect sort but just the… inaccurate sort. But it was also definitely not a reveal that had the WoW community doing backflips of […]

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EVE Vanguard’s latest playtest adds a mining laser,...

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2024/03/22

Playtesting for the EVE Vanguard module within EVE Online is continuing once more this weekend, and it’s bringing several new feature updates for those who join in on this next run of the shooter’s mostly public playtest (i.e., this still is only for EVE subscribers). This current build of Vanguard introduces a new combat exosuit […]

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Wandering Wraeclast: Create your own graveyard with...

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2024/03/22

You’ve heard all about Path of Exile 2’s news during Grinding Gear Games’ big development update livestream last night, so now it’s time to dig into Path of Exile’s new league. And dig we will, throughout the entire league! Introducing Necropolis, where you fill a morgue with your conquests, transfer bodies to your special graveyard, […]

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Neople’s global Dungeon Fighter Online turns nine...

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2024/03/22

There was once a time when I’d look at an MMORPG turning nine years old and think, “Dang, that’s a long time!” Well, it is a long time, even if the years are stacking up behind us faster than ever, so it’s in that spirit that we celebrate Dungeon Fighter Online’s ninth trip ’round the […]

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Elder Scrolls Online crosses $2B in customer...

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2024/03/22

When you look at the high risk of making and running MMORPG, a reasonable question arises: Why would any studio undertake such a project? Elder Scrolls Online has a good answer for this, as ZeniMax’s game has generated literally billions of dollars in its lifetime. This news comes from GDC, where ZOS Game Director Matt […]

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The Daily Grind: What’s your most-used consumable in...

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2024/03/22

I’ve been thinking a lot of about economy problems lately – economy problems in MMORPGs, that is. It’s a confluence of discussions, really: my gnawing belief that stagflation is hurting Star Wars Galaxies Legends, combined with Justin’s rant about the state of LOTRO’s economy, combined with prices falling in City of Heroes Homecoming as the […]

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The Stream Team: Hunting for the helm of Bruenor...

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2024/03/21

There are some names in the Forgotten Realms that elicit strong emotions and memories for Massively OP’s MJ, and Bruenor Battlehammer is one of them! Now, she gets to search out his helm in the Neverwinter epic campaign adventure, The Dwarven King. She’s siding with Bruenor’s trusted (and super spiky!) guard-turned-vampire, Pwent, recover that magic […]

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Fractured’s latest early access patch boosts orb...

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2024/03/21

Now this is a long shot, so bear with me, but does anyone out there like buffs? Oh, everyone? Actually everyone likes buffs? Well then, you’ll be pleased to know that’s (mostly) what Dynamight Studios is offering Fractured players with its latest update. The sandbox MMORPG, currently in its second round of early access, boosted […]

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Marvel Snap’s big feature patch adds graveyards,...

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2024/03/21

Marvel Snap’s first big feature drop of 2024 is here, bringing with it several much-requested quality-of-life improvements to the multiplayer card battler. Second Dinner released the patch on March 12th with new visual and sound effects for certain cards and plenty of expected balance updates. But it was a trio of features that caught the […]

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Wandering Wraeclast: Path of Exile 2 showcases the...

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2024/03/21

The wheels of Grinding Gear Games’ Path of Exile 2 info machine are moving, and we are here for it! Earlier this week, I met with devs to preview the big development update livestream that aired today as well as ask a few questions to glean more tidbits about the games. First up: Path of […]

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EverQuest II brings GU125 to the beta server on March 26

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2024/03/21

Did you know that if all of EverQuest II’s game updates were chicken eggs, this latest one would be the 125th egg? That’s a lot of eggs! It’s also totally irrelevant, as the new update has nothing to do with eggs as a theme. It does sport new quests, new dungeons, and a new raids, […]

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Black Desert removes boss scrolls on PC, tweaks...

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2024/03/21

While this week’s patch content across all three editions of Black Desert might not be as ground-shaking as adding a new class or celebrating an anniversary, there’s still quite a few notable things going on for BDO players on PC, console, and mobile, so we’re once more digging in for you. This week on PC […]

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Pax Dei announces a week-long NDA-free second alpha...

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2024/03/21

Pax Dei has been teasing the features of its wilderness over the past few weeks, but soon a lucky number of fans will get to see this wilderness for itself when the sandbox’s second alpha test begins on Tuesday, April 23rd. This new test is scheduled to last for a week and seeks to draw […]

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