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The Stream Team: Party Animals, the day after

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2024/02/29

Now that Massively OP’s Larry has been introduced to the dark and fluffy side of Party Animals, how is he holding up? Will he have a handle on things for his next round of stuffed animal pvp, or will it all just be a hazy blur? Either way, MJ may even introduce him to random […]

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Sandbox MMO Anvil Empires previews chunks of its...

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2024/02/29

The latest Anvil Empires dev blog is all about making the pointy end part of “stick ’em with the pointy end” as the Siege Camp devs discuss the in-development MMORPG’s bronze weaponry. “Up until now, the progression for tools & weapons in the Pre-Alpha has been relatively short and flat meaning that Settlements would go […]

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TerraTech Worlds is a new survivalbox for our...

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2024/02/28

It’s not a traditional MMORPG, but Payload Studios’ TerraTech Worlds is scooting right along the edge as a co-op PvE survival title that might entice you anyway. It’s notable not just because it’s a sequel to TerraTech but because it’s not the kind of survivalbox where you slowly level up by punching trees and trying […]

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World of Warcraft game designer shares the full...

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2024/02/28

While Mists of Pandaria isn’t exactly the talk of the World of Warcraft scene right now, it may be when Mists Classic is invariably announced. However, fans who are interested in the nitty gritty of game design might find a three-part essay from Blizzard Game Designer Alexander Brazie to be fascinating stuff as he talks […]

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Waven extends its tutorials and cleans up some...

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2024/02/28

Tutorials are kind of important when video games want people to actually play instead of stare blankly at the screen murmuring “so how do I make the happy chemicals happen,” so it’s a good thing that Waven is extending its tutorials. The latest patch extends those tutorials through Astrub, adds contextual explanation windows for systems […]

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Tower of Fantasy kicks off new events and casts...

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2024/02/28

Tower of Fantasy players may already have met Yanuo, the new simulacrum that was the headline of last week’s update, but that isn’t stopping Tencent’s Hotta Studio from tossing out a second highlight reel, this time with a bit less lore and more mechanics-specific details. This recent video gives players a more in-depth peek at […]

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NetEase opens LA studio Bulletfarm, working on a new...

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2024/02/28

“NetEase opens new studio” might elicit a lot of different reactions depending on whom you ask, but around here it’s news that perks up our ears considering the megacorp’s reach across our genre. So it’s naturally our duty to inform readers that that’s precisely what has happened: NetEase has opened a new studio based in […]

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The Stream Team: Taking first steps into Last Epoch

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2024/02/28

Today is the day when MOP’s Chris makes another initial sojourn in a new-to-him game! That’s right, the fully released Last Epoch stands before him, and he’ll be starting his very first adventure in this new OARPG. How well will it go? Will it confound him? How many different ways will he pronounce “epoch”? Tune […]

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Mabinogi opens a new microsite that details the MMO’s...

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2024/02/28

Unreal Engine 5 seems to be the bees knees among game devs, especially those who are looking to upgrade their existing games to the latest and shiniest engine, but we’re not sure how many people had the long-running anime MMO Mabinogi pegged for this kind of upgrade. That is indeed the case as Nexon first […]

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ASTRA Knights of Veda finally opens pre-registration...

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2024/02/28

We’ve been keeping half an eyeball on ASTRA Knights of Veda since last year, when publisher HYBE and studio FLINT introduced their 2-D “MORPG” to the western world. Yes, a morepig, but with less emm. 2-D might even be a misnomer as surely you’re immediately thinking of pixelart titles – but it’s not. It’s also […]

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Funcom’s Dune Awakening MMO is finally promising...

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2024/02/28

Throughout the length of the Dune MMORPG’s development, it’s seemed weird that Funcom and Tencent didn’t push harder to link the game more directly to the Villeneuve movies, which are critical darlings as well as financial blockbusters. But so far it’s been a lot of short Tiktok noise promoting a niche-y survivalbox for a 60-year-old […]

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Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with interesting Guinness World...

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2024/02/28

I never quite know how much stock to put in Guinness World Records. I guess it’s somewhere between “for amusement value” and “stone cold authentication.” But these awards are always interesting and can highlight achievements in different areas of life. Such as MMORPGs! Over the past few decades, several MMOs have racked up various Guinness […]

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Black Desert celebrates 55M registered players and...

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2024/02/28

It’s not every day that we get hard numbers out of MMORPG studios, but Pearl Abyss has brought some big ones for Black Desert today. “Korean developer and publisher Pearl Abyss revealed a new major milestone on Black Desert Online’s eight-year PC anniversary today, amassing more than 55 million registered online players across all platforms […]

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Casually Classic: Is it worth playing into World of...

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2024/02/28

Do you know that feeling of flipping through cable channels or endless Netflix menus only to suspect there’s nothing on that would hit the spot? I kind of feel like that in World of Warcraft lately. We’ve never had so many versions of the game than we do right now, and yet none of them […]

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Nightingale teases storage and crafting QOL plans as...

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2024/02/28

A week into its early access launch, Nightingale studio Inflexion has very briefly addressed the community on how the rollout went – and what’s next for the game. “As you may have seen us discuss recently, we have several big and small updates that we’re working on right now. The most significant of which is the […]

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LOTRO goes into a fourth round of Update 39 testing

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2024/02/28

Extensive testing of Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 39 continues, as a fourth round of the beta activated this week. The promising news is that the final dungeon, The Streets of Râhal Bakh, is now available to test after missing out on the first three rounds; it’s open through Friday, March 1st, around 3 […]

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World of Warcraft previews eight more Hero Talent Trees

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2024/02/28

If you’re eager to check out the Hero Talent Trees in World of Warcraft’s next expansion, well… you’re going to have to wait until it’s in testing, at least, but you can get an idea from the latest preview. Eight trees are up in early forms for players, including Templar Paladins, Trickster Rogues, and Elune’s […]

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Embers Adrift’s latest patch preps an unlimited free...

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2024/02/28

While Embers Adrift most definitely is not the MMORPG for lone wolf players, Stormhaven Studios made some concessions for soloers with the February patch. The update, which is now live, includes a new solo loop through the Ember Vein for those who can’t or don’t want to find a party. The studio also added behavioral […]

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The Daily Grind: Is gliding a good compromise to...

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2024/02/28

By now, we all know the pros and cons of inserting flying into MMORPGs. Such systems can offer unparalleled freedom and be a great chase reward, but they can also trivialize too much of the world’s difficulty and pull players out of immersion. But looking at games like Guild Wars 2 and Palia that offer […]

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The Stream Team: Cat chairs and Guild Wars 2’s Realm...

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2024/02/28

There’s brand-new content in Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure today! What is it about? You’ll have to read Flameseeker Chronicles if you want to be spoiled. Massively OP’s MJ hasn’t been yet; she’s just glad for the break in the rift-grinding monotony. (Don’t tell her there’s more rift grinding.) But at least there […]

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