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ArenaNet continues to work on its revamping the world vs. world experience in Guild Wars 2 as it gears up for the next world restructuring beta test. The next playtest is scheduled to run from January 12 to February 2 with a whole host of new features up for testing. The upcoming beta test will include a new team-building algorithm, [...]
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RuneScape is celebrating its 23rd anniversary, not with the traditional anniversary cape giveaway, but with a colorful birthday hat instead. The Birthday Buff Bonanza event has officially begun in the free-to-play MMORPG featuring daily buffs that you’ll need to activate to gain progress towards unlocking, not one, but two Fancy Hat headgears. “Each [buff] activation from January 8th to 21st [...]
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Vindictus is due for a big update in two weeks that will undoubtedly strike a chord with the free-to-play MMORPG’s PvP players. The said update will completely remove all forms of PvP from the game, including all PvP-related systems, mechanics, and events. According to developer Nexon, all PvP content will be terminated effective January 23. That includes siege matches, the [...]
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Mainframe Industries is now putting the final touches on Pax Dei as it prepares for the social sandbox MMO’s early access launch. That’s happening sometime this spring as the team confirmed in their latest dev blog. As with most early access releases, the studio is hoping to get continuous feedback as it works to bring their vision for the game [...]
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World of Warcraft Classic’s extremely popular Season of Discovery will soon be getting new content as Blizzard Entertainment prepares to usher in Phase 2 on February 8. Phase 2 will introduce new runes for players to track down across Azeroth, which can then be used to grant characters new skills and abilities. The next phase in the game-changing season will [...]
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Sandbox Interactive is shaking up the PvP experience in Albion Online as its Crystal Raiders update officially goes live. The update expands on the PvP sandbox MMORPG’s territory warfare system with the introduction of territory raiding in the Outlands which involve new energy collection mechanics. As previously revealed, guilds will now be able to raid other guild territories as a [...]
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In a South Korean Fair Trade Commission Report, Nexon revealed the top 10 spenders per year in the Korean version of MapleStory. This report covered randomness elements in the game, so the spending is strictly related to Cubing (rerolling bonuses on equipment). The top spender in 2022 spent a whopping $176,452. The top spender going from $27,463 in 2019 to [...]
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Today’s Diablo Immortal patch is giving packrats more space to store their growing hoard of items and gear in, assuming that they’re willing to pay for it. The said patch will add the Boon of Plenty premium perk to the cash shop which will grant players access to an additional stash tab for 30 days. If you decide to opt [...]
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A new duping exploit in ARK: Survival Ascended has forced Studio Wildcard to roll the servers back by eight hours yesterday to partially repair the damage caused by the exploit on the official server economies. “With the deployment happening now, we are conducting a service-wide rollback on our official network of approximately eight hours to reduce the damage caused by [...]
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NCSoft is already merging down Throne and Liberty servers in Korea barely a month after the game’s release in the region. It’s apparently seen a significant decline in its population over the past few weeks, leading to extremely long group-finding for world bosses, dungeons, and in-game events. In response, NCSoft is planning to merge the 18 existing servers down to [...]
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