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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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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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The Stream Team: Grinding those skills in Project Gorgon

Some days are just a grind. When her initial confidence in conquering the spider cave in Project Gorgon was beaten to death, Massively OP’s MJ knew she needed to get her other skills to level 10. So now she’s back in the dungeon to grind up her sword and unarmed skills just so she can […]
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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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Mobile dungeon delver Elder Scrolls Blades announces its June 30 sunset

Yes, we also forgot entirely about Elder Scrolls: Blades, the multiplayer mobile and Nintendo Switch dungeon crawler that started life back in 2019, pushed through a rocky early access period, and eventually went on to appear to right some of its initial wrongs and establish some small playerbase. The game was even marking a fourth anniversary […]
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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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Elder Scrolls Online’s partially paywalled Battle for the Writhing Wall finally begins next week

All the way back in April and long before the summer’s devastating studio layoffs, ZeniMax Online Studios revealed a major cadence shift for Elder Scrolls Online that aimed to do away with the old chapter system and introduce special seasons, including one-time FOMO-ish events. The first core event of that new system is a player-vs.-wall […]
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