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Closed beta begins for Star Wrath, a new Gaijin...

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2026/02/19

Who’s ready for another PvPvE extraction title? Because that’s the new thing that Gaijin Entertainment and developer Targem Games is offering in the form of Star Wrath, which puts players into spaceships to harvest resources and… the DNA of slain enemies. Ew. “In Star Wrath, players build and customize modular spacecraft, head out on high‑risk raids, battle in PvE […]

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The Stream Team: I wanna be a cow in Project Gorgon

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2026/02/19

The irony of returning to Project Gorgon’s tutorial isle is that the story is based on returning to said isle after already completing and leaving — which is exactly what Massively OP’s MJ did in the past! How Inception-esque is that? Now she’s determined to work her way off (again) and experience the rich new […]

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EverQuest II plans a beta test for GU131 Gerion’s...

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2026/02/19

Remember back in January when EverQuest franchise players were miffed that Daybreak had decided to skip a roadmap for EverQuest and EverQuest II in 2026, out of a stated desire to avoid “redundancy”? At the time, Daybreak’s Jenn Chan said that the studio would still be putting out its traditional two game updates and an […]

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NCsoft’s ‘time survival’ shooter Time Takers opens NA...

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2026/02/19

Hey, remember Time Takers? Probably not, so here’s a recap: NCsoft announced it’d be publishing a “time survival” shooter back at the end of 2024, and last summer at Gamescom, it revealed the game as Time Takers. It sort of got overshadowed because NCsoft announced Cinder City (an actual MMO shooter) at the same show, […]

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World of Warcraft hypes up next week’s Midnight early...

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2026/02/19

There’s a lot to wrap your head around in regard to World of Warcraft’s upcoming Midnight expansion, including what’s the deal with its new allied race and Prey system. Fortunately for us, Blizzard posted a couple of informative overviews of both of these features in case you’re a little behind the curve. The Haranir allied […]

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First Impressions: Witchspire has charming visuals...

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2026/02/19

The moment I first saw Witchspire was a thing, I knew the exact people in my life for whom the title alone was an alluring promise. I’m not exaggerating with that; there are people who mean the world to me who are here precisely for big witch hats, witch cottages, and everything that goes along with endless […]

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Horse mystery MMO Equinox Homecoming opens a free...

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2026/02/19

Unless you’re on Instagram, you may have missed the news that Equinox Homecoming has launched a demo on Steam – we sure had, anyhow, before a reader tipped us off and we found the announcement buried on Reels, rather than on Steam itself or other social media. Perhaps by the time this post is live […]

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MMO Hype Train: ArcheAge Chronicles, Chrono Odyssey,...

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2026/02/19

We’ve all been there. You’re dragging yourself through another so-so gaming year, playing the same old titles, all while telling yourself that it’s about to get a lot more interesting, because a game you’ve been eyeing should come out before too long. And almost as if you jinxed a cosmic trickster, the next day you […]

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Bungie delays Destiny 2’s next major update to June 9...

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2026/02/19

If your first thought when hearing about Marathon’s March 5th release date was how that would immediately clash with Destiny 2’s plans for a major update for Renegades on March 3rd, well good news! It’s not going to get in the way anymore because Bungie is delaying that update for nearly four months. Wait, no, that’s the opposite of […]

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First Impressions: A guided preview of Fellowship’s...

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2026/02/19

I’ll admit, it’s been a while since I’ve fired up Fellowship. It’s not really out of any sort of avarice or disinterest to the game; it’s usually how I operate with early access games in that I wait for it to cook a bit and then come back after a few big updates. That may very […]

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SpaceMolt is a new AI-driven space MMO where players...

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2026/02/15

If you are already tired of hearing about MMORPGs that play your character for you, then just click X in your browser window right now because you’re not going to like this article at all: Apparently, there’s a new “vibe-coded” gen AI MMO that doesn’t even really need you. It just plays itself. Entirely. We […]

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Foxhole’s Airborne content update lifts the war MMO’s...

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2026/02/14

It would seem that last week’s Airborne content update for Foxhole did more than lift players into the skies with the introduction of airplanes and related mechanics; it also uplifted the war MMO’s numbers as well, bringing player concurrency on Steam to some new highs as well. And yes, these puns are all intended as well as […]

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Discord is reportedly conducting an age verification...

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2026/02/14

If you were already despising the idea that Discord is requiring everyone to share sensitive documents to verify their age on the platform, then get ready for a likely fresh layer of disgust because users in the UK are already being required to provide their data to a company that’s primarily funded by Palantir owner Peter […]

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Fractured Conquest opens early alpha signups for its...

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2026/02/14

It does look as if Happy Cauldron Games is fully committed to the version of Fractured Conquest it’s building on the foundation of MMORPG sandbox Fractured, and now it’s moving toward its next steps: actually getting players in to test its current stage. “We are looking for players that understand our game is in early […]

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Ashes of Creation investor accuses Intrepid’s Steven...

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2026/02/14

Assuming the insider reporting provided to a YouTube channel is accurate, then the controversy that’s led to the shutdown of Ashes of Creation’s development studio goes much deeper than gamers might suspect. YouTuber NefasQS has released a spicy video featuring information reportedly provided by primary investor Jason Caramanis of Ya Ya Legacy Trust, who Nefas says […]

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WRUP: Everything is still bad for me please send me...

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2026/02/14

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our favorite relatives (oh no)

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Stars Reach’s Raph Koster confirms layoffs but...

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2026/02/14

Whether this is another unfortunate sign of the games industry times or a worrying portent of things to come we’ll leave up to you fine readers, but the fact is that Playable Worlds CEO Raph Koster has confirmed that layoffs have hit the developer of the sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach. A specific number of the affected […]

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The Daily Grind: Should more MMOs adopt a...

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2026/02/14

Dungeons and Dragons Online has a feature that I don’t think I’ve ever seen in any other MMORPGs. Higher-level players may elect to reincarnate their character at any time, effectively resetting their progress back to the start in exchange for more build points and extra feats. So you go back to the start, but now […]

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The Stream Team: Enjoying a Valentine’s Slay Dark...

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2026/02/14

What’s better than Friday? Friday the 13th, of course! Massively OP’s MJ’s favorite day is here, and she’s ready for fun. Per tradition, she was already set to spend the day in AdventureQuest 3D, but this year the celebration adds something extra special. Besides Camp Gonnagetcha, Battleon is hosting a carnival. It promises thrills and […]

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Betawatch: Vaultbreakers breaks open and Crimson...

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2026/02/14

Open tests are like a tidal wave driving on to the servers, drowning new games in eager players the games hope to divert. You’re the right kind of player to take part in PvPvE, a most talented slayer that the studio hopes it will see testing Vaultbreakers, in beta, open testing lasting for about a week. […]

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