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Deca Games’ Realm of the Mad God is that game you forget exists until someone reminds you about it, then you go “oh YEAH” and find yourself temporarily captivated by how weird it is. If you don’t recall, this is a top-down bullet hell rogue lite permadeath MMO that makes it fun to die and ..read more
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MOP’s Chris has come pretty far in his climb through Nightingale. After lots of crafting and hunting and trying to find one tree beast, he’s finally made it to an apex moment: entering the multiplayer hub known as the Watch. Join him today at 2:00 p.m. EDT as he first explores this new location! What ..read more
Destiny 2 outlines changes to character power, grouping, and legacy gear updates for The Final Shape
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An expansion’s release is generally a time to make some foundational shifts to a game, something that Destiny 2’s The Final Shape appears to be doing with aplomb, as Bungie has outlined several updates to the way power works and its effects on various related gameplay elements. In a broad strokes sense, character power (aka ..read more
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While MapleStory 2 has become a distant memory for many of us, the MapleStory franchise is still going strong in 2024. In fact, Nexon just launched a new version of the game in Korea that is quite unlike most MMORPGs on the market today. It’s called MapleStory Worlds — a new version of MapleStory that ..read more
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It’s been almost another four years since Derek Smart last talked about his efforts to resurrect the MMO shooter Line of Defense, but this time is different and more substantial, at least in terms of word count, as Smart has now elected to move the project to Unreal Engine 5. The post mostly sees Smart ..read more
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Over the past couple of days, I’ve been watching and writing about the fun little tire fire that Elite: Dangerous ignited when it announced that it would be selling pre-built ships — cash shop bundles that granted buyers a specific spacecraft outfitted for a distinct activity, with the given examples of laser mining and fighting ..read more
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While many of the reveals shared by Star Citizen for alpha 3.23 have been focused on the persistent universe portion of the game, the next update is going to be bringing new content to the isolated Arena Commander module as well, and those updates are the focus of this week’s Inside Star Citizen episode. There ..read more
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There’s a certain poetry to the fact that this year, on the 20th anniversary of City of Heroes, we can all play the game again on a licensed server. Oh, sure, the rogue servers did not pop into existence this year and in fact had been running for some time before now; that’s not the ..read more
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Battlestate Games has decided that access to a PvE mode for its otherwise PvP-centric shooter Escape from Tarkov is worth a whole lot of money. Specifically $250, as playing the mode will release only with the Unheard Edition of the game. The pricey bundle packs a bunch of other gubbins like more storage, a unique ..read more
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Back in 2021, we learned that there was not going to be a BlizzCon 2022. This did not surprise me, and I penned a whole column that included speculation that this was the beginning of the end for the convention. Indeed, at that point I felt like it was very unlikely we would ever see ..read more