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Final Fantasy XI’s developers talk about the process...

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2024/03/14

The Voracious Resurgence was already the post-coda story content for Final Fantasy XI. After the game had already received its last story update, we were getting more additional story after all. So how did it come about? What was the goal? A new interview with the team behind the addition gives some insight into how […]

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Genshin Impact collabs with Discovery Channel to...

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2024/03/14

It’s important to appreciate nature now and again, and even more important to protect it considering the forces that are in the world today. That brings us to a unique collaboration that’s happening between Discovery Channel and the multiplayer RPG Genshin Impact, which sees the unlikely duo team up for several events as part of […]

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Palia has racked up 3 million players since hitting...

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2024/03/14

It’s not every day that we get cold hard numbers from a games studio, but Singularity 6 is providing a very large one today: Palia has apparently hit 3M players total while it’s been in open beta – and that’s without Steam, where it’ll debut later this month. “Singularity 6 is thrilled to announce that […]

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Gameloft unveils co-op Dungeons & Dragons survival...

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2024/03/14

Are you ready for a new game that smooshes together survival games, life sims, action RPGs, and the Dungeons & Dragons IP? Then your very specific tastes are being catered to in a new announcement from Hasbro, which has taken the wraps off of plans to publish an unnamed new cooperative game from Gameloft Montreal, […]

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The Gigantic revival reveals two new maps coming with...

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2024/03/14

You already knew that Gearbox is reviving Motiga’s sunsetted MOBA Gigantic, and you already knew that it’s coming on April 9th. You knew these things because you read our article in which Chris squealed with delight in getting to reveal them to you. And if you read his piece closely, you might have noticed that […]

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MapleStory prepares players for an intense combat…...

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2024/03/14

If there’s one thing that MMORPGs have taught me, it’s that any time a quest sends you to have a meal or picnic with someone, it’s going to end in a bloodbath. I mean, what else is going to happen, someone passes the jam aggressively? You glare at each other over the last scone? That’s […]

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Vague Patch Notes: You might be the reason you no...

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2024/03/14

Despite its ubiquity in sitcoms throughout the ’90s, I have never had a single relationship end with the other person saying, “It’s not you, it’s me.” This is a bit disappointing because I can think of situations when it was definitely not me, but that’s neither here nor there. The stereotype of that kind of […]

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Mortal Online 2 releases a new dungeon, combat...

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2024/03/14

The feature set for the latest patch to Mortal Online 2 might sound like an odd stew since it’s trying to marry riding bears as mounts with dismembering enemies, but that’s just what Star Vault has put out this week. And besides, this is the stuff that was put in the public test realm earlier, […]

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Tribes 3 Rivals hits early access, lays out a roadmap...

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2024/03/14

Everything old is new again, or at least old enough to be a throwback while being new enough to engage FPS gamers. That’s probably the strategy of Hi-Rez’s Prophecy Games as the team vs. team shooter Tribes 3: Rivals made its way into Steam early access this week. Early access has kicked off with some […]

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Predecessor, another MOBA built from the bones of...

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2024/03/14

It appears that we can’t be rid of the ghosts of Paragon, Epic Games’ swing at the MOBA craze that was shuttered in 2018 but not before the company added the game’s assets to the Unreal Engine 4 toolkit. Readers will likely remember that this addition to the engine’s asset store saw a couple of […]

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TERA Console launches its newest battle pass,...

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2024/03/10

TERA Console is still swimming along in the wake of its closed PC sibling: The MMORPG has released another update this week that arguably manages to toe the line between maintenance mode and update in a weird and frankly uncomfortable dance. The marquee attraction for this patch is the launch of the Season 12 battle […]

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Nightingale rolls back last week’s patch after nasty...

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2024/03/10

Losing a home in an MMO hurts like hell, as our readers can attest, and unfortunately, that’s what’s been happening to Nightingale testers this weekend. On Saturday, Players across Steam, Reddit, and Discord began reporting that their realms had vanished when they left and returned. “We understand that some players have reported losing their Respite […]

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One Shots: Where are my draaaaaagons?

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2024/03/10

Despite what certain platinum blondes might tell you, nobody owns dragons. At best, you can rent one from Home Depot for some light yard work and BBQ assistance. But dragons are a limited resource and have to be shared with the whole world, even if you have aspirations of establishing a kingdom through napalm. “From […]

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The Daily Grind: Does your choice of computer...

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2024/03/10

If you have a Macintosh, your choice of MMO gaming is a bit more restrained than it is for others. It’s not nonexistent, of course, and with emulators you can even just fire up games that would otherwise be unavailable to you… but it does mean that you have to screw around with emulators first. […]

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The newly recognized Activision QA United is now the...

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2024/03/10

Yet another group of Activision-Blizzard workers under Microsoft have voted to unionize: a reported 600 Activision central QA workers in Texas, Minnesota, and California have unionized under the CWA banner, specifically as Activision Quality Assurance United – CWA. Microsoft has voluntarily recognized the union, and now the sides move on to contract negotiation. Before the […]

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Broken Ranks releases community-oriented update and...

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2024/03/09

Broken Ranks sits at a strange intersection of the MMO world: It’s turn-based, it’s isometric, and it’s a grimdark title that actually impressed us when we dived in for some playtime. The game’s latest update, which rolled out this week, includes revamps to orb mechanics meant to boost their value and trading, the Heurokratos instance, […]

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Lost Ark wants your feedback on why you quit – and...

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2024/03/09

Lost Ark is in a weird position right now: It’s in the middle of merges with more on the way, a plague of unrelenting bots, friction over the content update parity between East and West, and a much-reduced population since its breakout launch two years ago (though it’s perked up a little since its low […]

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Star Wars: The Old Republic’s date night patch goes...

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2024/03/09

Don’t be deceived by the over-abundance of decimal points — Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Update 7.4.1 will be fully operational and chock-full of interesting developments for this intergalactic MMORPG. When the patch arrives on Tuesday, SWTOR is introducing date night companion missions for those who wish to romance select characters more than they have […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: Untangling LOTRO’s complicated...

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2024/03/09

Considering how absolutely huge Lord of the Rings Online’s Middle-earth has become, I’d say finding efficient ways to traverse its landscape is paramount to any adventurer. Some questlines will have you hopping around to various regions or returning to lands you long thought you had finished, and figuring out the best way to get there […]

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Final Fantasy XIV plans a 14-hour stream to wrap up...

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2024/03/09

It’s fair to point out that the 10-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV’s relaunch took place back in August of last year, but the team behind the game is going to keep celebrating for a while longer, and that includes one last stream to celebrate. And it’s going to be another big one, with the […]

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