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Riot Games was reportedly working on a Smash Bros-style League of Legends platform brawler

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What would happen if you blended together the platform brawling of Super Smash Bros. with the character roster of League of Legends? You would...

The Daily Grind: What non-MMO has art you wish you could steal for an MMO?

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A while back, MOP's Chris shared an ancient version of the ol' Clickhole "heartbreaking" meme. It doesn't seem to actually be from Clickhole, but...

Perfect Ten: 10 more MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed, from Elyon to Defiance

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Last year, I assembled a list of 10 former MMOs that not only have ceased to exist but have ceased to be remembered (for...
Theoretically there's a non-jerk version of this out there, but...

The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design

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League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...

Theorycraft’s Project Loki is now Supervive, a F2P neon squad-based battle royale

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Theorycraft Games is a studio name that's popped up several times over the last couple of years, largely owing to the fact that it...

Fight or Kite: Battle Crush is a snack-sized take on the mythological battle royale scene

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Imagine taking a bit of the theme from SMITE (really the only good part about SMITE in my estimation), the common battle royale grab-and-go...

The MOP Up: Among Us adds three new playable roles

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Highly sus game Among Us added three new roles with its latest update: Tracker (keep tabs on Crewmates via the minimap), Noisemaker (make noise...

LOTRO Legendarium: What will happen when Lord of the Rings Online dies?

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You know that old hypothetical of "Would you want to know when you die or would you rather be ignorant of it?" A slightly...

Summer Game Fest 2024: New World, Dune Awakening, Palworld, and more MMO reveals

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Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest - aka not-E3 - is set to begin this evening at 5 p.m. EDT, and if you've been following...

First Impressions: Corepunk’s MOBA-esque closed alpha was fun – with lots of room to grow

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I've got a pretty good poker face, especially when nobody can see my face. So I've been pretty subtle about my excitement for Corepunk...

MMO Business Roundup: Activision owned cheatmaker EngineOwning

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news! Business business business and all that. EngineOwning got owned - File this one...

The Daily Grind: What’s the worst whaling in a multiplayer game you’ve seen in the last year?

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This week, mainstream MOBA gamers flipped alllll the tables over Riot Games' gambit to sell a $450 League of Legends cosmetics bundle themed around...

Overwatch 2 is once again crowdfunding its OWCS esports prize pool with a skin bundle

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Blizzard appears to be making another attempt at crowdfunding an esports competition as it's selling a skin bundle to Overwatch 2 players in order...

Kickstarted afrofantasy MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles is sunsetting before launch

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I'm terribly sorry to report this morning that The Wagadu Chronicles is shutting down development and sunsetting. Our readers will know that Wagadu was a...

League of Legends asserts that its new anti-cheat tech isn’t bricking player PCs

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Earlier this week saw patch 14.9 roll out to League of Legends, which included the release of Vanguard, Riot's bespoke kernel-level anti-cheat program. Unfortunately,...
It's not a good game, Beavis.

‘Evergreen titles and robust content pipelines reign supreme,’ says games industry firm Newzoo

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We conveniently had a community discussion on the meaning of old-school when it comes to MMOs earlier this week, so consider that required reading...

League of Legends discusses arena mode, gameplay changes, and a PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode

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Change is a-comin' for several portions of League of Legends, as several devs from Riot Games have come together across multiple blogs and one...

MMO Business Roundup: Embracer finishes restructure, Riot settles lawsuit, Ubisoft continues layoffs

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Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business! Embracer: Embracer has been a dumpster fire of epic proportions...

Cozy MMO Palia handwaves its bizarre beta obfuscation on the grounds that it’s free-to-play

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Yesterday, we recapped the ongoing drama with Singularity 6's cozy mini-MMO, Palia. The short version is that the game hit beta last summer and...

Overwatch 2 announces nonbinary geotech hero Venture, trialing this weekend

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It surely goes without saying that Blizzard did not see Riot Games announce a non-binary character this past weekend and then decide to announce...

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