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MMO Week in Review: A tale of two indies

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2026/02/09

Ashes of Creation news went from absolutely awful to even worse this week as workers made it known they’d been ditched without backpay (which is, y’know, not legal). Meanwhile, Project Gorgon just keeps adding servers to keep up with demand, Guild Wars 2 released its fashion wars update, Dune Awakening launched chapter 3 and a […]

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Sea of Thieves hammers the final nails into Act 3 of...

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2026/02/08

Prepare to be boarded… by fun! Dang, that’s a cheesy way to start of this piece. Arrr you ready for a Sea of Thieves update? Gah, that’s even worse, but there’s no backspace key on this keyboard. Forge ahead, Justin, forge ahead. So yeah, Sea of Thieves is keeping the four-week run of February spicy […]

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The MOP Up: Escape from Duckov quacks us up

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2026/02/08

“Wanna have a party?” With these words, Escape from Tarkov never will be the same again, because the shooter is doing a crossover event with Escape from Duckov. What is this insanity, and how can I have it injected into my veins? And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for […]

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Bitcraft slashes its pricing and plans a wipe later...

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2026/02/08

The latest patch notes for Bitcraft note that while you have questlines to obtain the Jakyl and alpha Jakyl pet, these pets cannot be traded to other players or sold on the market. And that should be obvious, because these are some good dogs. Look at their faces. Look at their tiny faces? How could you even think […]

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For Science: Annoyed at gen AI junk in games? Yep, so...

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2026/02/08

Remember Quantic Foundry’s Gamer Motivation Survey? That’s the massive research project from Dr. Nick Yee and colleagues that’s been polling gamers about what drives them to play for the last decade. We first covered the so-called Gamer Motivation Model as a possible expansion to Dr. Richard Bartle’s work way back in 2015, then we took […]

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Eterspire drops a spring 2026 roadmap with guilds,...

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2026/02/08

When we last wrote about indie MMO Eterspire at the end of January, we noted that Stonehollow Workshop had only just begun its combat overhaul and planned more MMOsy system as well as improved hack-and-slash fluidity. And now, we’ve got a more detailed look at what the year will bring as the devs have released […]

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One Shots: Another entry for her sinister collection

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2026/02/08

It starts very innocent. A casual glance across the campfire. A short walk to stretch the legs. A remark about the stars as she sits. And before you know it, you’re tangled up in a net and being dragged off into the last cave that you’ll ever see. Welcome to The Collection. “I think my […]

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The Daily Grind: How do you feel about the Ashes of...

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2026/02/08

A lot of people seemed very interested in making drama happen around Ashes of Creation, but it turns out that the real drama was… apparently waiting for the very tail end of January to smack us all in the face. The dramatic reversal of the game’s fortunes going from early access to “everyone is laid off” […]

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Make My MMO: The stove is still hot, guys

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2026/02/08

Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP’s long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and older games long past their fundraising! If you thought that maybe MMO gamers would be a little bit suspicious of an AI-driven MMO asking only $100K on Kickstarter the same week […]

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ARC Raiders’ next expedition starting February 25...

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2026/02/07

The time is soon coming for another expedition to kick off for regular players of the PvPvE extraction FPS ARC Raiders. Embark Studios has put out an announcement that confirms a start date and other details for the activity in order to help players prepare for their next series of runs with a new character. […]

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Scars of Honor confirms cosmetics, convenience items,...

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2026/02/07

Beast Burst Entertainment’s upcoming MMORPG Scars of Honor will be free-to-play when it releases, with a full-throated rejection of pay-to-win items. But just what constitutes pay-to-win in the studio’s estimation? And just how does it plan to make money anyway? Those were the topics of conversation in an influencer livestream with creative director Aleksandar “Venelin” […]

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The Stream Team: Taking a look at Techtonica

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2026/02/07

Who said a factory automation survival game is all industrial and grunge? In Techtonica, Massively OP’s MJ finds herself down in the depths of an alien planet and needs to mine her way out. But according to images shared by a friend, she’ll pass some beautiful views along the way. Tune in live at 2:00 […]

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LOTRO Legendarium: What does LOTRO’s short- and...

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2026/02/07

I’m a little tardy in talking about Lord of the Rings Online’s early 2026 roadmap and the associated letter to the players, mostly because it didn’t seem that urgent. Standing Stone Games changed its approach a year or two back such that now it talks about only what’s happening in the imminent (i.e., next six […]

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Palia players are making millions of soups in this...

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2026/02/07

Reth, the Sultan of Soup in the cozy mini-MMO Palia, is issuing a mighty challenge to its playerbase: cook bowls of soup and soup-adjacent dishes, meet communal milestones, and get goodies for doing so. That’s the thrust of the newly started Soup-erb Bowl event that’s running between now and February 18th. Their pun, not ours, […]

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WRUP: No joke edition

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2026/02/07

Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the first video game we ever beat...

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The Daily Grind: If you could yeet one NPC out of...

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2026/02/07

Oh, you naughty NPC. You know that nobody likes you, right? You’re a burr on the butt of this game, and everyone wishes that you would be deleted from the entire codebase until it was like you were never created in the first place. You bring shame to your fellow NPCs and collective groans from […]

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The Stream Team: What’s behind the waterfall in Where...

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2026/02/07

Technically, Massively OP’s MJ is supposed to be escorting a little tyke in Where Winds Meet. However, said little snot ran off so MJ has been leisurely exploring as she makes her way to… where ever it was she was supposed to go. After learning some skills from a bear and raiding some ruins, she […]

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Betawatch: The Quinfall launches, Ashes of Creation...

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2026/02/07

There’s no two ways about it, this has been quite a week in the beta sphere, starting with The Quinfall launching out of early access with one last wipe. Did you think that the game was ready for this? Because clearly the developers think it is, and that’s ultimately what appears to matter most. Recent reviews […]

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Ahead of impending March release, Sand: Raiders of...

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2026/02/06

So with Sand: Raiders of Sophie getting a slightly longer title and an early access date in March, what has been happening behind the scenes? Stuff! Oh, you wanted some details? Well, for one thing, the developers have been getting controller support in the game and working. There’s also a whole host of improvements to the […]

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Diablo Immortal adds a limited-time roguelike twist...

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2026/02/06

You know what’s great in a PvP match? When random chance affects the outcome. Am I right, digital boxers? If you happened to have answered in the affirmative, first of all, good for you, and second of all, the latest patch for Diablo Immortal has introduced a limited-time battlegrounds match that adds randomness to the […]

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