NetEase Games is bringing its wuxia-flavored MMO Sword of Justice to Western players for the first time through a North American closed beta that begins on September 26. PC and mobile users in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil can register until September 16. While the game is available on mobile too, a dedicated PC client shows that Netease [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment has filed a federal lawsuit against the operators of “Turtle WoW” today, alleging the private server enterprise infringes World of Warcraft copyrights and trademarks, circumvents anti-piracy protections, and even constitutes a racketeering enterprise. The complaint was filed August 29, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Case No. 2:25-cv-08194). Turtle WoW has long [...]
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SEGA’s free-to-play MMO Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis will kick off September with a sizeable content drop that focuses on high-level combat, new 13-star weapons, and a limited-time Urgent Quest. The details arrived during the latest NGS Headline Wave broadcast, where series director Daiki Hamazaki fielded community questions and laid out the roadmap for the coming weeks. Highlights of [...]
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In a lengthy post today Final Fantasy XIV game director Naoki Yoshida clarified the game's stance on using mods. This comes after one of the game's most popular mods "Mare Synchronos" was taken offline after a receiving a "legal inquiry". The mod was a platform of sorts that allowed users to register custom visuals and animations which were 'synced' to [...]
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Elsword Online, the long-running side-scrolling action MMO from Korean studio KOG, has expanded again. The August 27 patch introduces Atma’Ram, a spirit-filled region that slots in after the recent Serpentium content and gives veteran players two new endgame dungeons to clear. First released in 2007 and still updated on a near-monthly cadence, Elsword has stayed afloat by layering fresh zones, [...]
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Pearl Abyss has rolled out Edania – The Demon Realm, a sizeable region expansion for its long-running MMORPG Black Desert Online. The update is live on PC servers and brings a fresh storyline, end-game gear, weekly boss challenges, and a new free-for-all PvP arena. It is the studio’s most ambitious content drop since last year’s Land of the Morning Light, [...]
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Dungeons & Dragons Online has opened the gates to Lamordia in its newest expansion, The Chill of Ravenloft. The long-running MMORPG, first launched in 2006 and now operated by Standing Stone Games, revisits the gothic horror setting it last explored in 2017’s Mists of Ravenloft. Players can jump in today on PC to investigate a land locked in endless winter [...]
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Square Enix and Capcom are teaming up this autumn, bringing creatures and gear from Monster Hunter Wilds into the long-running MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online while sending Eorzean icons the other way. The collaboration was announced during Gamescom 2025’s Opening Night Live, where FFXIV producer Naoki Yoshida and Monster Hunter series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto shared a brief teaser and an [...]
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Lost Ark’s next major update goes live tomorrow on August 20, and it is a busy one. The free-to-play action MMO, co-developed by Smilegate RPG and published in the West by Amazon Games, is rolling out the Rise of the Valkyrie patch on PC. Headlining the update is the new Valkyrie class, a hybrid support-DPS option that fills a gap [...]
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Blizzard has officially announced Midnight, the second chapter in World of Warcraft’s multi-expansion Worldsoul Saga, and digital preorders are live starting today. The expansion returns players to Quel’Thalas for the first time since 2007’s The Burning Crusade, while pushing the ongoing Light-versus-Void storyline that began in the upcoming expansion, The War Within. Digital editions are priced at $49.99 (Base), $69.99 [...]
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