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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen teases its upcoming Paladin class refresh

Where my Paladins at? You’re next up for Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s series of class refresh dev blogs, and Visionary Realms is hopeful you’ll like what you see. The new Pally is still basically a tank or healer who deals with the Wrath combat resource, and Pallies will still be able to spec into […]
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Spirit Crossing is changing friendship gems and proximity chat access in its next update

It looks as if Spirit Crossing is making its way closer and closer to its next alpha patch release, as the game’s latest post is once again focused on a feature update in 14.9. And this one is for the social butterflies in the room. First off, players will gain access to the proximity chat sooner, unlocking […]
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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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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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Cozy MMO Spirit Crossing talks about the ‘elephant in the room’ of monetization

While Spry Fox’s cute and cozy-looking MMO Spirit Crossing isn’t out yet, there’s already a pretty big concern for the title as a whole — and the studio knows it. The issue is that of turning the game into a money-making venture without selling out its soul, a topic that’s the focus of a new […]
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Never Wither is a multiplayer survival crafting ARPG where players collect and control critters

Sure, we’ve seen a couple of games that combine creature collecting and survival sandbox mechanics before, but what if that game format were more about ARPG combat and also let players directly control the companions they capture? That seems to be the elevator pitch of Never Wither, a developing multiplayer survival crafting ARPG from studio […]
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VR MMORPG Eldramoor details what’s playable in alpha as the test shifts from March to April

If the vagueness of when VR MMORPG Eldramoor’s plans of when it would begin alpha testing this month weren’t already a hint that timing would shift, we can now confirm that timing has indeed shifted: The game’s first alpha test is indeed delayed, but it also now has firm calendar dates, starting on Wednesday, April 8th, and ending […]
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Pantheon takes a deep-dive into how combat updates will affect the Warrior specifically

We’ve already been informed about how Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen will change attributes and damage mitigation with its big beefy combat update coming down the pike, but now it looks as if Visionary Realms is looking to get hyper-granular, as its latest dev blog is outlining how these changes will affect the Warrior class. “Not everything is going […]
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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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Spirit Crossing shares updates coming to its equipment progression in the next open alpha patch

Spirit Crossing, the still-developing cozy MMO from developer Spry Fox, has been kicking out a lot of dev blog jams recently, and it’s done so yet again this week, only this time around the topic is more focused on a system update due in its next alpha patch. Specifically, the game’s equipment progression will be shifted […]
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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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EverQuest Legends details monetization, class switching, races, zones, and more in new FAQ

When EverQuest Legends was announced earlier this week, fans were talking about… well, a lot of other stuff, but there were also some regular questions that were raised among the lot. As such, Game Jawn has assembled an FAQ in Discord to provide a bit more granular detail about what to expect when the new-old MMORPG launches […]
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Astroneer spinoff Starseeker sounds like a cozy multiplayer extraction game

Way back in April, Astroneer studio System Era Softworks announced a spinoff of its OG multiplayer space sandbox, but still set in the Astroneer universe. Called Starseeker, the new game sounded even more multiplayer-oriented than its predecessor. Now, System Era has gone into more detail on what to expect, courtesy of this week’s gameplay reveal […]
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Palia’s latest patch added player profiles and old-school MMO player biographies too

It floors me to realize how very long MMORPG players have been snooping each others’ profiles in games. In Ultima Online, you had to be careful because a double-click could sometimes turn into an attack and not just a way to check out someone’s paperdoll drip. In EverQuest, it was even considered impolite to check […]
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EVE Frontier partners with Sui blockchain to enable ‘object ownership, composability, and scalability’

As we like to remind people around here, EVE Frontier is a blockchain MMO despite CCP Games going on record as not wanting people to call it a blockchain MMO. Now it would seem as if the studio is deciding to shrug off this request itself, as it announced a partnership with the Sui blockchain […]
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Skate highlights the cosmetics in its first skate pass and heralds over 15M players since early access

This week saw the first season arrive to the early access mulitplayer sandbox of Skate, and like all games that run a seasonal model, this one is once again making sure that players are made aware that it has a battle pass – sorry, skate pass – that offers up cosmetic goodies to earn. The […]
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