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Myth of Empires previews Greek buildings and armor, opens Jade Era servers to help new players

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The survival MMO Myth of Empires is going Greek for its most recent previews, as Angela Game has put out a couple of sneak peeks at a few of the buildings and armor sets that will be available when the related DLC releases. Many of the buildings and building parts previewed have plenty of the expected aesthetics one would expect,...

The MOP Up: Tarisland’s Mr. D fixes the world

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Over on Discord, Tarisland continues to walk fans through the history of its world, including the war between powerful beings, including a guy named... Mr. D? Yes indeed. "At their most helpless moment, a mysterious man who called himself Mr. D appeared before them, selflessly bringing them food and clothing and teaching them the truth about the world." Or as...

The Stream Team: Chilling out with friends in the Final Fantasy XIV roulette

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MOP's Chris and his family and friends are coming together yet again for their time-honored, weekly Final Fantasy XIV pastime: the duty roulette. There are Red Mage and Sage levels to earn, there is Ninja melee to continue improving at, and there are dungeons to plumb together. What could be better? Join them today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for...

Battle Bards Episode 232: Wayfinder’s soundtrack

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A small online RPG proves to have a big musical heart with Wayfinder, as Syp, Steff, and Syl discover! These consummate professionals chew through this soundtrack and ask for seconds, only to be denied because they made such a mess along the way. Also, we are the only people in the world who dislike Baldur’s Gate 3. Battle Bards is the...

Elder Scrolls Online restores accounts following its PTS bungle, hands out a Mountain Dew wolf

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Normally a public test of a much-anticipated update for Elder Scrolls Online is a happier occasion, but as readers know that's not been the case with public testing of the Gold Road chapter and Update 42, which ended up screwing up player accounts in the live game. It looks as if ZeniMax Online Studios has worked things out and...

One Shots: …and that’s how I became hoarse

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While you may be completely freaked out when confronting an enemy six times your size, it's important not to show fear. In fact, one of the best ways to intimidate your foe in return is to loudly sing an annoying earworm and hope that the enemy becomes so distracted you can put the pointy end of your sword in...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the coziest inns?

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Look, it's time to accept and understand a fundamental truth about Star Wars: The Old Republic, perhaps the game's greatest failing. Cantinas? Not comfy. These are not comfy places to hang out and take a load off. That's a problem in a game where you are constantly darting about from planet to planet, at least in theory. The only...

Hearthstone’s latest balance patch focuses on nerfing cards that ‘remove player agency’

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If you've played a collectible card game of any stripe, you're probably familiar with card combos and deck strategies that effectively make it impossible for the opponent to play, whether they lock down moves, clear the battlefield, or allow a turn that just doesn't seem to stop. It's a playstyle that has unsurprisingly reared its head in Hearthstone and...

Make My MMO: Starship Simulator’s $500K Kickstarter, Legends of Aria’s revival

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The last few weeks have been absolutely packed for MMO crowdfunding news. To wit: Legends of Aria aka Shards Online is back! The original developer, who'd sold the game to a crypto outfit, is reviving the non-crypto game on Steam as Legends of Aria Classic. Genfanad, which originally funded on Kickstarter with $20,000, has given up on morphing into...

Don’t Starve’s Klei Entertainment pushes new co-op roguelike Rotwood into early access

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If the Don't Starve soundtrack haunts your nightmares the way it does mine, then I have bad news for you: Klei Entertainment has another co-op title in the same spirit on deck. It's called Rotwood, and it rolled into early access this week for just under 10 buckaroos. From Klei's description, Rotwood is basically a co-op roguelike in which...