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Lord of the Rings Online begins testing Update 48’s Rivendell housing and Pahar Hatokáli zone

The spring content patch for Lord of the Rings Online is shaping up to be both cheerful and ambitious. Update 48: A Glorious Hunt went up on the Bullroarer test server this week with the new Rivendell housing zone, support for UI scaling in plugins, and the final Umbar zone, Pahar Hatokáli. Rivendell Steadings is […]
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RuneScape Dragonwilds’ Dowdun Reach is live today with new quest content and dedicated servers

As promised, RuneScape Dragonwilds’ 0.11 patch has entered the survival sandbox’s early access chat today, bearing the uncomfortable name Dowdun Reach, which either sounds like “dowdy” or reminds me of Downton Abbey every single time I see it. The patch itself is anything but dowdy, however, as players are looking at new quests, new building […]
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NCsoft America CEO on the MMORPG genre’s future: ‘Trends in any creative industry come back around’

Wccftech has a new interview up this week with NCsoft America CEO Jeonghee “JJ” Jin, who in her typical quirky way has more or less teased more MMOs en route. JJ, who readers will recall was installed at the top of NC America back in 2024 after leaving Pearl Abyss, spoke to us back then […]
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Vindictus brings a new raid boss and new equipment in its latest update

Not every raid boss that players fight in Vindictus is some horrible monster. In fact, a great number of them are actually quite pretty in some ways. So when the action MMORPG’s latest update added a cute-looking mage as its latest raid fight, you probably shouldn’t blink an eye too much. Especially when she unleashes spell hell […]
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Runes of Magic celebrates spring with returning events and boosts starting April 1

Sorry, Gameforge, but we’ve been covering this seasonal event enough that we have to ask: What the heck is going on with the villainous bunny man in your springtime event that’s back once again in Runes of Magic? Are the devs at Runewaker OK? Do they need a hug? Maybe a sandwich break? Why are you equating […]
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Destiny Rising launches new area, removes pinnacle energy, and tweaks gacha for mythic characters

The Season of Wishes has arrived to fans of the mobile shooter Destiny: Rising, and no, we don’t mean the Christmas season has arrived way too early, but one could certainly argue that it’s bringing some big presents for players both in terms of what it adds as much as what it removes. One of the major […]
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Krafton has sunsetted tac shooter PUBG Blindspot after just two months in early access

PUBG Blindspot was probably always doomed to be in MMORPG fans’ blindspot, given that it was a multiplayer tactical shooter, but you still might’ve though Krafton would be able to make it stick in the games industry with the word “PUBG” attached to it. Apparently not: Over the weekend, Krafton’s ARC Team (no relation to […]
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Champions Online sheds a pair of devs but keeps its events and sales rolling on

Ever since the whirlwind announcement of Jack Emmert coming back to helm Cryptic’s MMOs including Champions Online, news out of the superheroic MMORPG has been… well, a drip feed to say the very least. So we’ve decided to circle back through and try to find out some of the latest. First, some of the most important news […]
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Soulframe shows off its next pre-alpha build and wolf mount, Warframe dates its next prime for April 8

With everything else going on, it’s easy to have missed that PAX East was kicking off over the weekend, which is where Digital Extremes dropped some new details for its games Warframe and Soulframe during its panel at the convention’s main theater. A large number of reveals were made for Soulframe at the event, chief among them being […]
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One Shots: Presenting Sir Flufferbottom of Little Delving

Many of the bravest souls emerged from Lord of the Rings Online’s Shire — but it is less-well-known that some of the fluffiest butts also came from this pastoral paradise. Ladies and gentlemen and Free Folk of Middle-earth, presenting… Sir Flufferbottom of Little Delving! “I have my goat and my flowery outfit, time to talk […]
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Lord of the Rings Online reactivates transfers from ‘dark worlds’ and select servers

For Lord of the Rings Online players who found their characters stuck on an unwanted — or closed — server, developer SSG has some good news: You might be able to move to a better home right now. Yesterday, the studio announced that it is re-activating transfers from the old 32-bit “dark world” servers to […]
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Wizard101 has launched on Xbox and PlayStation at long last

There are plenty of MMORPGs out there, but few can match Wizard101 in being a fun all-ages romp of a thing… which is why it’s a good thing to note that at long last, the title is available on PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Now younger players (and older players who like a touch of whimsy to […]
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The Stream Team: Delving into the Dreaming Dark in Dungeons & Dragons Online

It’s the Eye of the Titan, it’s the thrill of its plight Risin’ up to the challenge of its survival And the first known Warforged wasn’t built by Cannith And we learn that by staring into the Eye of the Titan House Cannith’s claims to have created the Warforged in Dungeons & Dragons Online? Rubbish! […]
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Massively Overthinking: Is there a specific year of MMOs you’re glad you lived through?

This week’s Massively Overthinking is inspired directly by something MOP reader Zulika said last month in comments about Smed’s new MMOFPS. “More and more I am just glad past me was around to experience MMOs starting in 2000.” OK, obviously Zulika was throwing deserved shade on some of 2025’s excesses, but let’s talk about more […]
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Lord of the Rings Online’s Fall Festival returns with cobwebs and cauldrons

The door to Bilbo’s Haunted Burrow creaked back open as Lord of the Rings Online welcomed back the Harvestmath Festival on Thursday. The expansive annual event, which runs through November 3rd, includes activities in a haunted Hobbit home, a chilling maze, and even a sad story about a long-dead character that takes you through one […]
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