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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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Indie MMO Drakantos reveals its hella ambitious PvP modes ahead of May beta

Drakantos is one of the cuter indie MMORPGs we’ve been keeping an eye on over the last few years, so we’re happy to hear that it’s gearing up for yet another beta test in May. Unlike the last one, this test will focus on PvP tuning, though you don’t have to engage and can play […]
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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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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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Black Desert PC begins testing PvE buffs and preparing an esports event for next Heidel Ball

How about we move over to the other desert that Pearl Abyss makes for a little while, shall we? You know, the MMORPG one? We’re talking Black Desert on PC, obviously, which is in the headlines for some PvE-centric updates available in its Global Lab public test server. As is very often the case for Global […]
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Wisdom of Nym: Evaluating the big additions of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail thus far

One of the things that I observed ages ago about Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail expansion was that our patches were each adding one big new thing aside from what’s expected. Sure, a given patch would have the new raid (alliance or normal) and new dungeon and so forth, but in addition you get one thing. […]
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Corepunk Q&A discusses recent layoffs, future updates, and challenges with funding and perception

Last month we were all given some worrying news about Corepunk developer Artificial Core, as the studio suffered some layoffs that led players to assume the worst for the early access MMO’s prospects of crossing the finish line. And while the studio has already made sure to state that the game wasn’t abandoned, it still continued to […]
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Anime MMORPG Blue Protocol Star Resonance makes its western debut on PC and mobile

It’s been a long time coming for the erstwhile fans of Blue Protocol to get to this point. Regular readers will no doubt recall that Bandai Namco’s original anime-styled MMORPG was headed for our corner of the globe via a publishing partnership with Amazon Games, but player issues with the game and financial troubles for […]
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