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Even as Lord of the Rings Online’s 17th anniversary gets underway this week, Standing Stone Games is already laying the foundation for the MMO’s next big chapter. Last night, the studio announced that it began testing Update 40 on the Bullroarer server, primarily to see how some load balancing changes affect the performance of the ..read more
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The name of Brian Holinka will very likely be familiar to MMORPG fans, primarily for his work as lead combat designer for World of Warcraft, so naturally it stands to reason that combat design would be one of his major foci as the gameplay design director for Fantastic Pixel Castle and its developing MMO Ghost ..read more
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In one of the darker chapters of Elder Scrolls Online’s history, this past week saw the game lock down and roll back many accounts due to an issue with the PTR that spilled onto the live servers. As ZeniMax continues to unlock and restore accounts into this weekend, the studio revealed a very generous compensation ..read more
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Back in December, Guild Wars 2 boss Josh Davis told fans that “alternate servers and hardcore modes aren’t a priority for ArenaNet,” as the team believes it’s just “trend chasing” that runs the risk of “alienat[ing] the game’s existing fans” and “usually doesn’t pan out.” At the time, we opined that it was an incongruent ..read more
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Back in March, MOP reader Exarch Cathedra posted a comment to a Daily Grind about daily logins and sticky MMOs that caught my attention, and not just because it was a cute pun. “If I care enough about a game that an inducement gets me to log in it will generally prove sticky, especially if ..read more
Neverwinter runs down Adventures in Wildspace’s upcoming battle pass and its ‘spill-over XP’ feature
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Since 2021, Neverwinter has been trying to do new things with the battle pass model, and now it’s looking to try out a new layer to the whole system when the Adventures in Wildspace module releases, as the upcoming Sidereal Voyages battle pass will introduce a “spill-over XP” mechanic that adds the potential for more ..read more
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Tarisland is continuing its multi-day lineup of answers to Discord member questions, as days two and three have brought another couple of rounds of insight specifically about PvP, economic matters, and play between PC and mobile, among other things. While PvP is mostly contained to a 3v3 arena, there are plans for “big-scale PvP actions ..read more
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Many live service games would give anything to see success numbered in the tens of millions, which makes Sea of Thieves’ current accomplishment that much more special. This week, Rare announced that the pirate PvP sim has enjoyed 40 million players across all platforms since its launch in 2018. “[Forty] million players across Xbox, Windows ..read more
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Vampire survival sandbox V Rising continues its efforts to drum up hype as it seems certain to lap Valheim when it fully releases on May 8th, and the latest comes in the form of a new trailer for the game’s impending new endgame zone, Ruins of Mortium. “As the story unfolds, players discover the legendary ..read more
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After being delayed approximately four thousand times, to the point that we were even making jokes about it to the date it released, how has Ubisoft’s piratical online adventure Skull & Bones worked out? Well, it has been two months since the launch and the game is on sale for 50% off already. That is ..read more