In this mini episode, Bree runs down Throne & Liberty's delay, New World's Aeternum beta, Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launch, the Richard Garriott Ultima Online rumor, the state of Ultima Online New Legacy, Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, the record-setting SWG Legends' SOEclipse event, and the approach of Gamescom.

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It’s been quite some time since The Repopulation was in our collective radar, but that was because development of the game was ended in January 2023 according to TGS Tech, the dev group contracted by Idea Fabrik to put the sci-fi sandbox together. Of course regular readers know that wasn’t the end of the story, […]

With the early access launch of Brighter Shores planned for this fall, one big question’s on the table for this RuneScape-inspired MMO: Will it have PvP? The answer? Yes… but not right away. Developer Andrew Gower said that PvP is being pushed off until the official release to give it more time to bake: “Yes, […]

If you were hoping for some form of revelation for Embracer Group’s slate of MMOs to come out of the company’s April-to-June investor report for 2024, you should probably temper your expectations, as most of what our readers care about appears to be dangled carrots for the investor board instead of hard plans. We’ll start […]

It’s been an interesting summer for crowdfunded MMOs. Ashes of Creation has hit August running, first with a preview of the Bard class, then with a formal announcement of its paid alpha 2 starting October 25th, which as you can imagine has gamers grumbling. Meanwhile, Star Citizen continued teasing alpha 4, Dual Universe continues its […]

Is FF14 down? If you can’t log on to FF14 or access your character, it might be due to ongoing maintenance or server issues. Before worrying about any problems with your game, you’ll want to check the FF14 server status and currently scheduled maintenance times below to see if the MMO is offline.

If you can’t log into FF14, it’s typically because of planned maintenance. The critically acclaimed MMORPG occasionally schedules downtime to implement patches, updates, and other hotfixes or to perform maintenance on the game’s servers. Developer Square Enix usually announces these well ahead of time, so be sure to read on and see when future maintenance times are planned.

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Lo, a ripple in the release date sands. Stand still a moment while we study this phenomenon. Yes, yes, it is the unmistakable rumble of a large survival MMO pondering its release date. Dune: Awakening is having a think and has decided "early 2025" is a good non-specific time period to come out in early access. That could mean January or February. Or March, I guess. April? Now don't be silly, that's spring. Not April, surely. This beast seems hungry. It will eat before then. I have foreseen it. Mostly by watching the trailer that dropped at Gamescom.

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I've been eager to play survival MMO Dune: Awakening since I first saw it back in March. It all looks pretty great so far: the crafting, building, exploring, even the mundane stuff like water gathering and rock breaking looks fun. 

It's even converted a few of us who aren't normally into this kind of thing. Wes doesn't like survival and Josh doesn't like MMOs, but even they're keen to play it. And now we know roughly when we'll get the chance—on PC, at least. 

"Funcom are thrilled to announce that Dune: Awakening, the Open World Survival MMO, will release in early 2025, with the console release planned for a later date," Funcom said today at Gamescom. That's probably not as specific as we'd like, but it's something. The announcement came along with five minutes of new gameplay footage, which you can see below.

The gameplay trailer shows how a rando dumped on Arrakis can become a spice tycoon, building a base, crafting gear and vehicles, and battling other players over spice blows deep in the desert. 

One thing we haven't seen much of yet are knives and swords, something that the Dune fiction is kinda known for. The little we have seen looks mostly like people just whacking each other over the head, rather than the elaborate martial arts we're accustomed to. An MMO probably isn't the environment for a complicated melee system, but I am expecting a little something extra considering the source material.

We'll see more from Dune: Awakening soon: more footage is set to be revealed during Gamescom this week, plus a new Dune: Awakening Direct will take place on August 29.

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If you're looking for a leveling guide for World of Warcraft's new expansion, you're in the right place. Whether you're a zoom-to-max-level MMO player or you like to stop and smell the questing, you can make your journey smoother with a bit of simple preparation.

Early access to epic-edition holders of WoW's next expansion launches on August 22, with full TWW access landing August 26. That's not a lot of time if you're just now jumping back into Azeroth, so this War Within leveling guide offers you tips for a speedy journey to level 80. Or if you're not in a hurry, there's plenty here to help make your journey to max level an easy one.

The War Within: leveling tips for speed

If speeding to level 80 is your priority, these tips will help you out. For more general, but in-depth, leveling advice, jump to the section below.  

• Don't bother killing rares unless they're literally on top of where you're already questing and you see them up. With that said, do make sure they are your level and not level 80. They only give a couple thousand experience in most cases, and can take a while to die. The exception to this are wanted poster quests, which frequently overlap with other quests and respawn very quickly.
• Don't watch cutscenes unless you want to. Unlike some previous expansions, The War Within won't make you wait the full length of the cut scene to pick up the next quest. Skip it, grab the next quest and go. You can always watch them all on your later toons.
• Don't pick up Skyriding glyphs—yet. They exist, but as of this point in the beta, they offer no XP and no Skyriding talents–so ignore those tempting pings until later.
• Don't collect outdoor world treasures. None are specific to leveling, and they don't give XP. Go back for them later.
• Set your hearth in each area. In each zone, you'll get a "tour X town" quest as part of the campaign. Go ahead and hearth with that innkeeper. You won't have to go anywhere that is a further flight until you leave the zone. At the end of the campaign, you'll get a two-way portal between Azj-Kahet and Dornogal, so you can hearth back at the capital again.
• Don't do early-zone quests without completing the campaign. Adventure Mode makes all quests everywhere give full XP; until you've unlocked it, going back to early zones when you are at a higher level means the mobs don't scale to your level and the quests give reduced XP.
• Don't forget to log into your alts to get your next character's rested XP going. Happy leveling!

The War Within leveling guide

Are you prepared?

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Any new expansion has an overwhelming amount of two things: junk and quests. You're going to want to make room for both. Empty your bags of off-spec gear, fun/flavor items or crafting materials, and hotbar everything you do carry so you don't have to search through your overly-laden bags for it.

Consider dropping rarely-used things in your Warbank, and do the questline in Tanaris for the remote-access spell, which you should also put on your bars. Don't forget your Grand Expedition Yak or Traveler's Tundra Mammoth vendor mount and your mailbox toy (Katy's Stampwhistle, Ohuna Perch) if you have them, for a quick way to dump things as you go.

That's your bags sorted, now clear out space in your bank and Warband Bank, including the Reagents tab, as a quick place to drop things as you go—you can worry about evaluating the stuff later.

Next, get rid of absolutely every quest you have. Even though the quest limit was increased to 35, you're still going to run out of room very quickly (and likely end up abandoning quests in every zone in Khaz Algar). If you've already done your pre-patch questing in Silithus, you'll pick up the new quest in Dalaran when you log in on launch day/early access day, so go ahead and log out there.

As for add-ons and the like, use what you're using now–if updated properly, it should most likely work fine in The War Within. If you don't plan on reading quests or watching cut scenes, consider mods like AutoTurnin or QuickQuest to speed up accepting quests, turning them in and choosing rewards. 

What to wear 

If you've been keeping yourself up to date in WoW and have near-maxed levels of gear, you're going to absolutely cruise through all of the zones until you hit level 76/77, and you won't get any upgrades worth mentioning. At this moment, tier sets still work until level 80 on beta, so if you have full tier and good gear, you can safely ignore every drop until level 77.

Pick one gear set to level up in and bank everything else; for trinkets, opt for things that do damage or give you continuous, passive stats rather than things that boost you temporarily, since packs die quickly and most of that power will be wasted.

For early levels, speed gear isn't a bad idea (or situational speed trinkets, like the low-level Hunger of the Pack trinket from Halls of Valor, which still works in The War Within beta). For later levels, you'll want to concentrate on power and survivability. If you choose to swap sets, put the set you'll use later at the very top of your bank, and consider changing it when the campaign ends and sends you back to Dornogal, where you'll have bank access.

Finally, if you haven't bothered to collect all the dragon glyphs, do that now. You'll want them when you're leveling, since you can fly immediately in the new zones.

What to take with you 

If you have good gear, then things are going to start living longer around level 76, and by level 78, they will actually hurt you. Prepare by packing basic consumables to boost your power/defensives: flasks (especially versatility for later levels), runes/rockets/weapon buffs, and food. For later levels, try and pick up conjured mage food from a friend or someone in Dornogal, as it'll get you back into the fray quickly if you get hurt. Save any leftover potions of power for this period, and pack a good amount of healing potions, as you won't get many as drops. 

Some items you'll use infrequently, such as invisibility potions and gunshoes (engineering crafted items that grant running speed to anyone and are still functional in TWW beta). Remember to craft extra or buy before the expansion if you need them, since you won't have easy access to crafting tables. These are only really useful when you're stuck at the back of a cave; everywhere else, you're going to use Skyriding. If you decide to have these around, toss them in your Warbank and use the Warband Bank Distance Inhibitor ability to snag them when you need them, so they don't clutter up your bags.

Two extra things you will want to keep in your bags: a cloak to take you back to your capital city in a pinch, and guild banners, both available from guild vendors if you have sufficient reputation. Guild banners provide extra experience in a generous radius, and while they trigger a short mutual cooldown when you use one and they don't stack, they don't share a long cooldown, either. This means you should buy and hotbar all three–uncommon, rare and epic quality–or use an add-on to track them. Drop one anytime you're killing things in a quest or bonus area with lots of mobs. 

Keep campaigning 

You'll need to complete the core campaign quests, which have distinctive icons on the mini map and above questgivers' heads. They're located at the top of your quest log, and must be done linearly through each of the zones in order.

You'll also want to complete at least a few side quests, particularly those that are in the same areas/overlap. (For planning, you might consider using Ennukee's simple leveling site.) I would not advise doing too many side quests as you go unless you're more-weakly geared and need quest rewards to increase your item level. If you complete the campaign, you'll unlock Adventure Mode, which allows you to do any quests anywhere for the same experience. This will give you the freedom to escape any areas that are frustrating/busy, and also unlock world quests for experience, which may overlap with normal quests you'll end up doing.

Bonus areas are worth doing if they overlap with other quests you're already on. In Isle of Dorn, where bonus areas are worth more than the other zones and poof after you hit higher levels, they're worth taking quests in the area specifically to do as you go.

If you do the main campaign quests plus a bonus area or side quest or two, you'll finish Isle of Dorn at 72, The Ringing Deeps at 74, Hallowfall at roughly 75/76 and Azj-Kahet at about 77. The end of the campaign will take you back to to the capital city of Dornogal, which is a convenient stopping point, since that gives you bank access and marks the point when monsters start getting challenging even if you were at a high gear level to start.

Other ways to get XP 

While Delves aren't the best XP, picking up the quest that goes with them (usually in a nearby quest hub) helps for the first run through. If you need better gear for leveling, or if quest areas are super-congested, Delves are a great alternative to quests. Tier 3 Delve gear, the highest that will be available at launch, is roughly equivalent to Normal-difficulty dungeon gear when you hit max level.

Dungeons are also an option if you'd like play with friends and questing is congested, though you're still going to need to complete the campaign at some point to open up full access to zones and world quests. Solo follower dungeons aren't efficient XP, sadly.

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What are the best Minecraft texture packs? These colorful and game-altering texture packs can make your world a new experience. Of course, Minecraft's low-fi charm is part of the draw, but texture packs range from subtle changes to an all-over reskin, so you can choose just how much you want to leave vanilla Minecraft behind. We've scoured and tried a bunch of different packs to be able to recommend the very best.

Just like the best Minecraft mods and shaders, texture packs can help give an entirely new feel to one of the best PC games of the last decade, and it's just one of many ways of keeping the sandbox game feeling fresh after all these years. While some mods can alter Minecraft gameplay, and shaders change the quality and style of the graphics, texture packs allow you to add a new skin to existing blocks. Included in our list of the best Minecraft texture packs are realistic blocks, cartoonish overhauls, and cute changes to the way Minecraft mobs look.

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Sales of Square Enix games have dropped compared to last year, despite the high profile release of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

According to its latest earnings report, the company's overall net sales dropped by 18.4 percent year-on-year for the most recent quarter.

This is driven in part due to a decline in sales of new games. By comparison, the same quarter in 2023 saw the release of Final Fantasy 16 and the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters.

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Before you dive into The Gauntlet, you should get ready for what’s to come.

If you need a strategy for completing the Gauntlet boss fight, then you’ll want to prepare yourself for battle. You might be parting ways with your OSRS gold to get to where you need to be, but before you go looking for OSRS gold for sale, there are other preparations that you can make. We’ll be checking out the recommended skill levels, getting to the boss, and what to expect from it during the fight itself.

Requirements

For starters, it isn’t just going to buy OSRS gold then speeding our way to the skill levels we need to be at. A requirement for taking on this challenge is having to finish Song of the Elves, which is the last quest in the Elf quest series.

As for your combat stats, you should make sure that the majority of them are at level 85 or higher. So get your attack, strength, defense, range, magic, and hitpoints up to at least 85. As for your prayer, it’s recommended that you have it up to at least 77. On the subject of prayer, it would be useful to you to have the Augury and Rigour prayers available. There’s also the Piety prayer that’s handy, which you need to have completed both King’s Ransom and Knight Waves Training Grounds. Rather than finding OSRS items for sale, you can get your cooking, fishing, mining, woodcutting, and farming skills high enough to gather resources really quickly.

Reaching The Gauntlet

We now need to get to the location of the fight. To start off with, use the eternal teleport crystal that will take you to Prifddinas. From here, go to the northwest to get to where the Gauntlet Portal is. Alternatively, you can travel to Prifddinas by charter ship, then head to the east and north to reach the portal that you need. There’s a Prifddinas teleport that will take you just south of the portal as well, or you can use a Spirit Tree to travel to the location.

The Boss Fight

In the fight itself, you’ll find that the boss is located in the middle of the room. This is divided into a 7×7 grid and is next to the room that you start in. The boss is known as the Crystalline Hunllef, which is a level 674 creature that has 600 hit points with it. You will need to beat this boss if you’re going to complete The Gauntlet in its entirety. After you do, you will find yourself in a location where you can claim your reward.

The Gauntlet Tactics

A popular method for completing this task is called the 5:1 technique. This is where you essentially get the boss’ protection prayer to switch so that you can make more of your time with DPS with the aid of tier 3 perfected crystal bow equipped. Use this for the first five attacks before switching to melee and magic. This will prevent the boss from using Protect from Missiles, meaning it is worth pursuing. To ensure that this works, you’ll need a bow and a staff with the attack styles all ready to use.

Another method alongside 5:1 is known as the redemption method. This will help to cut down any tick loss that you get from the boss battle courtesy of the Redemption prayer. To make sure that you can use this method, you need to use the relevant protection prayer to get the attack that is cast, then turn to Redemption prayer as the projectile is in flight. When it’s active, take a quick gulp of your potion then get your prayer ready. Keep in mind also that you’ll need up to eight paddlefish since you can’t rely on Redemption prayer in high-risk situations. When you do find yourself fishing for the raw paddlefish, take vials and get water from the fishing spots. Doing so will save you a few ticks towards the end, meaning that you can complete it faster.

It will be worth your time having enough OSRS GP to help prepare for this run. There are plenty of OSRS items for sale that can be used to good effect, especially when getting those levels up. If you are going to purchase gold, then there’s an element of precaution that you need to be taking.

It isn’t just a case of finding a source that can help you to get cheap OSRS gold. You will want to find the most trusted OSRS gold website as well. Keep an eye on their performance as a site seller, by taking a look at whether or not they offer customer service chat around the clock. This is usually a good indicator of legitimacy.

Have you completed The Gauntlet? Let us know in the comments below!

Elder Scrolls Online is a worthy game with unique features. With 18 million lifetime players, It’s gaining popularity as a multi-platform MMORPG worldwide. Elder Scrolls Online has updated its content for the players. They also added quests and new provinces to explore since its launch in 2014. According to the sources, In the year 2020, 3 million new users registered. New players will participate in this magnificent game in the coming times.

It’s not the newest MMORPG available, but it’s one of the most exciting games you can play in 2021. It has a unique yearly chapter system. It enables the players to explore a large portion of Tamriel. The arrival of blackwood enhanced the new user experience and brought value to the content for solo players. Besides, it’s exclusively a one-time investment and presents its user admittance to dozens of new content. You can buy new cosmetics and accessories in the game using its currency.

ESO Market has a thriving economy. Just like in the real world, you need money to make the world go round, and it’s vital to learn how to earn Eso Gold in the game. You can’t follow any shortcuts. Only proven methods can help you get money in your pockets that’ll help you in the game. There are various means of earning money in Elder Scrolls Online. Some of the relatively accessible and easy ways are given below:

Crafting

Being a freshman player, it is not extremely hard to make money in the game. It solely needs persistence and perseverance. No one starts the game being rich, but you can become wealthy. Crafting is an astounding feature available in Elder Scrolls Online. It empowers the players to earn money conveniently and quickly. A craftsman makes a lot of wealth because he is always in demand. Other players are always searching for crafters in zone chat to make armor, glyphs, and much more every hour. A master craftsman is given a bonus. Thus, he can afford to earn a nice living and even become wealthy. So, If you’re engrossed in crafting, spend your time polishing this skill, and it will help you collect ESO gold.

Stealing

Like any other way, stealing is also a proven method to earn gold in Elder Scrolls Online. With the release of the Justice System, it becomes a more suitable way to sell or fence stolen items for a reasonable and handsome amount of gold. At the start, you cannot get enough money from quests. Stealing is a good way for you if you’re desperate about money. You’re allowed to steal everything you see. It may seem illegal and immoral, but everything is fair in battle. So, if you want to start a thrilling life of crime, there are tons of articles available for you to provide guidance.

Questing

Each quest is unique and has heaps of benefits. Fighter guild, Mages Guild, Dark Brotherhood, a Thieves Guild, and the undaunted guild are five powerful guilds. It is advisable to join all of these guilds. It will render you valuable skills. It also brings opportunities to enter regular guild quests. Undaunted guild requests you to defeat the boss by entering a delve or dungeon, whereas the fighter guild sends you to defeat three dolmens in specific regions of Tamriel. After this task, you will receive a key to unlock a chest. It contains a random amount of food, gold, or weapons. When you finish this quest regularly, you’ll become wealthy.

Dungeons

Joining Dungeons is another means of gaining money in Elder Scrolls Online. It is vital to reach level 10 in this game to join. A solo player can only perform in the public Dungeons. There always needed four players at least for exploring party dungeons. There are numerous quests in the game. You can only get the reward when you kill the main threat. Whenever you complete a Dungeon, it earns you money and loot. The repetition of dungeons is daunting and can earn extra money and points. It will give you all the expensive and worthy items that you missed in the first battle. When you live in the same area where you defeated your enemies, you can earn more loot, coins, experience, and gold because you’re already well aware of the past battle and will have no problem finding them.

Helping your friends

It is possible to play elder scrolls Online solo, but playing with friends or in a group that’s just starting up can benefit you. When you gain exposure to other players, it will become easy to participate and win group Dungeons. You can also use the ESO’s group finder feature, but it’s not an excellent way to take much time. Fighting battles and quests with friends help you become rich quickly as your dungeon’s scale is pushed up to the group leader’s level. It will enable you to fight group Dungeons even if you’re within level 5, and you can pick loot and gold. It’s also a fun way to help your friends get rich.

Verdict:

You can choose the appropriate one for yourself out of several ways of making money in the game. You need to be patient and consistent to get rich and make money in Elder Scrolls Online!

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Life Is Feudal MMO is back on Steam. I don't exactly remember why it was removed from Steam, but it's back now, and it's no longer buy-to-play. Playing Life Is Feudal MMO now requires a monthly subscription fee. Is this change in the payment system a good idea? I'm not sure, especially considering that Life Is Feudal MMO was never popular to begin with..

As a buy-to-play game, Life Is Feudal MMO only peaked at around 5 thousand players in Steam and, currently, Life Is Feudal MMO is sitting on a Very Negative rating in Steam. Gamers are not happy with Life Is Feudal MMO. Was it because of the subscription based payment system?

According to Steam, I played the game for almost 15 hours. Do I remember anything I did in Life Is Feudal MMO during those 15 hours? No, I don't, but I'm sure I would remember some things about the game if I were to play it again.

Unfortunately, I have zero interest in playing Life Is Feudal MMO again right now, but I might give it another try if the game relaunched as free-to-play. Who knows, it might still happen in the future, especially if this subscription-based system doesn't work out as they planned.

Games coming back after they've 'died,' like Life Is Feudal MMO, is not necessarily a bad thing. Everyone deserves a second chance even games but, coming back with a payment model or system that only works if you are a game called World of Warcraft, is not a good idea specially if it cost $20 freaking US dollars a month.

Anyway, that's all I have for you regarding Life Is Feudal MMO. Give them your money or don't give them your money. The power is in your hands, GO GAMERS! If you have any comments, questions or reactions then please post them in the comments section below.

Throne and Liberty is a massive scale PvPvE MMORPG where players have the ability to transform into creatures that can fight across land, sea and air.

In Throne and Liberty you’ll be able to explore a vast, seamless and ever-changing world of Solsium, where the day/night cycle has a significant impact on your abilities and the gameplay. A key factor of the gameplay is your … Read More

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The Deadman Armageddon event has ended in Old School RuneScape once again, and that means it’s time to announce the winners, right? Well… no. That means it’s time for the people behind the event to take a look at the event results. Of course, the developers are thrilled to see how many people took part […]

Sometimes balancing an MMO is a matter of twisting a few different knobs and realigning certain metrics, but sometimes balance comes down to changing one specific item. That latter one is the case for Path of Exile, which is going to be making one small adjustment to one little item that could have a significant […]

Is Drakantos an MMORPG? A co-op OARPG? The answer to that question is the primary subject of Wingeon Game Studios’ June dev blog, which confirms that the title is “an MMORPG at its core,” though it’s also attempting to do things a bit differently from the standard formula of the genre. While Drakantos will have […]

If you had to run down a personal list of things that survivalbox MMORPG Pax Dei needed to work on, what would that list look like? Would it include the thought that crafting things don’t look pretty enough? Well worry not because that problem is one of those being directly addressed by Mainframe Studios for […]

For several years now, Riot Games has made noise — and more — about its desire to enter the MMO scene. And while the previous Runeterra-themed project is in a “reset” phase, the studio may be considering a different direction entirely. Behind closed doors, Riot’s been working on another game code-named Project T for at […]

How do you put 10 years’ worth of MMORPG like Final Fantasy XIV into a mobile version? We could all be seeing an answer to that question in the coming months, as there are new reports that confirm a mobile Eorzea is in the works, though it looks to be a game that’s only being […]

EVE Echoes — please remember that this still exists — offered up some balance and market adjustments along with a preview of some new corporation tech that will allow players to drill into moons. And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a roundup of other smaller MMO news stories […]

With a little bit of grinding, Massively OP’s MJ was able to make it high enough to finally enter the newest dungeons in AdventureQuest 3D. But just before she could embark on those adventures, something completely new was tossed in her way. Now she wants to investigate a surprise waiting for her in the daily […]

Cozy huts. Witchy things. Farming. The game Spellfarers seems to tick a lot of boxes for MOP’s Chris. Also, it’s free-to-play. So all told, it’s worth a quick peek! Join him today at 2:00 p.m. EDT as he peers in to this newly released early access multiplayer life sim! What: Spellfarers Who: Chris Neal When: […]

Heartless Gamer put down a whole lot of thoughts about the recent Throne and Liberty global beta, saying that while the MMO has plenty going for it, including graphics and performance, it’s not a slam-dunk by any means. “I can tell you that this beta was nothing like what I got out of New World’s […]

Brighter Shores lead developer Andrew Gower is teasing us. Not with the game’s mechanics itself – that happened last week – but with the fact that he made a piece of candy rope and then told everyone that it’s not edible. The absolute villain. All right, so technically Gower didn’t share fake candy so much […]

It’s been four years since Old School RuneScape offered a feature called “slayer partners” that lets duos of players team up to grind out tasks for progress and rewards. While this was taken out due to exploits, the studio’s reintroducing it after a rework. “In June 2020, we removed Slayer Partners due to a number […]

China has approved a number of new mobile games for release, most notably Marvel Rivals, Rainbow Six, Dynasty Warriors, and Final Fantasy 14 Mobile.

According to Niko Partners, a total of 15 games were approved yesterday (2nd August), including the still-as-yet-unconfirmed Final Fantasy 14 mobile port.

The news adds credence to a recent rumour that Final Fantasy developer Square Enix had linked up with Tencent to develop a mobile version of its fan-favourite MMO, Final Fantasy 14.

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Activision and Microsoft have reportedly approved the creation of a new "smaller" team within Blizzard Entertainment - mostly comprised of employees from Activision's mobile-focused King division - to develop new "AA" games based on existing Blizzard properties.

That's according to Windows Central's Jez Corden, whose sources say the new initiative reflects an eagerness at Microsoft to "explore and experiment" with smaller teams within the larger organisation, in response to the "monstrously ballooning costs" of AAA game development.

Corden notes Microsoft has seen success with the likes of Sea of Thieves and Grounded, both built by comparatively small teams - and, of course, 2023's Hi-Fi Rush, created by a small team within Tango Gameworks, was heralded as a "break out hit" by Microsoft after its release.

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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week we push through to get to better times in a game, which we hope are coming; we change our perception of a game after talking to the people who made it; and we find the familiar in a game that also manages to feel completely new.

What have you been playing?

Catch up with the older editions of this column in our What We've Been Playing archive.

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It barely feels like five minutes since the last one, but, somehow, Gamescom is almost upon us again. Which means publishers are starting to detail their plans for the show - and in Microsoft's case, we now know that'll include daily livestreams for those at home, plus over 50 playable games for anyone wandering the Koelnmesse's halls.

Attendees visiting Microsoft's Hall 7 Gamescom booth in person will find 50 games from Xbox Game Studios, Blizzard, Bethesda, and third-party partners, playable across 240 gaming stations. These include Age of Mythology: Retold, Ara: History Untold, Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred, Fallout 76: Milepost Zero, The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, and Towerborne.

Playable third-party games, meanwhile, include Star Wars Outlaws, Space Marine 2, and the long-awaited Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. A full list of games at the booth can be found here.

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To borrow Digital Extremes’ own words, they’ve certainly pushed the boat out with Warframe 1999. The Metal Gear Solid-inspired questline has exploding motorcycles, the game’s first-ever dating sim, and a pounding, industrial metal soundtrack that’s absolute perfection. But none of that means anything without a solid cast of characters - in this instance, The Hex, our merry, Guardians of the Galaxy-esque band of protoframe misfits. It’s a star-studded cast both in and outside of the game, with Final Fantasy 16 and Expedition 33’s Ben Starr captaining the squad as the rough-and-ready Arthur, and Cyberpunk 2077’s Alpha Takahashi causing chaos as Aoi. They’re pitted against Resident Evil’s Nick Apostolides, the seemingly harmless frontman of boy band On-Lyne who, it turns out, isn’t just a pretty face.

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What are the new Rivals codes? Nosniy Games' FPS shooter makes for exciting 1v1 and 5V5 matches, but being able to redeem extra in-game bonuses sprinkles in that extra layer of excitement. As new codes are regularly dropped by the developer, players can keep coming back for even more extras over time like weapons and cosmetics.

Visited by millions of players, this game joins a plethora of Roblox titles where you can redeem rewards, like those who use Demon Blade codes and YBA codes. In the meantime though, let's jump into all Rivals codes available right now.

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What are the new Pull a Sword codes? To wield the mighty blade, you need all the extra resources you can get - including those you can redeem right now in this guide. The adventure game by xFrozen Obbys not only lets you collect more swords with these extra advantages, but additional pets too.

Pull a Sword is a unique Roblox game where players have been able to redeem an abundance of rewards in the past. This is just like bonuses you can get using Cabin Crew Simulator codes and Meme Sea codes. For now though, let's dive into all the Pull a Sword codes available.

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Once Human has a built-in survival guide to clarify many of its varied, and sometimes confusing, mechanics. But even after reading the entry on fishing, new players might still feel unenlightened. It seems simple enough, but once you get your hands on a fishing pole, you might find that the question remains: how do you actually fish in Once Human?

Fishing in Once Human

Get yourself a fishing pole

This is the simplest step, as you’ll probably already have the mats required. Go to the Supplies Workbench, where you can craft your own fishing rod almost right away. You just need 20 Logs and 10 Copper Ingots.

Make or buy fishing bait

Hopefully, as you’ve run around Once Human's post-apocalyptic, Stardust-polluted world, you’ve picked every bit of corn you came across. At the Supplies Workbench, you can make 1 Dough Fish Bait using 1 Corn.

If you’ve made it to Meyer’s Market, the second zone in Once Human, you can also buy bait. There are docks on the south side of the settlement, where a lady named Margerie sells Bait for 50 Energy Links, as well as Formula: Bait so you can learn how to make your own at the Supplies Workbench for 3 Rubber.

During fishing events, Margerie also sells other types of bait, and you’ll find vendors with different stock as you progress further into the world. Upgrading your Cradle will also unlock better bait recipes and fishing poles.

How to catch fish

Drag your newly crafted fishing pole to the hotbar, then find yourself a body of water big enough to house fish. Hit the hotkey to equip your fishing pole and press R to open the bait menu. Every fish you hook, whether it’s successfully caught or escapes, uses one Bait, so make sure you have plenty.

Bait selected, hold down the left mouse button. Just clicking the mouse button will give you an error message that you “cannot fish here.” Some players (not me) will believe the message and run around to different water holes, trying to fish and growing increasingly frustrated. So, hold down LMB.

A green circle indicates where you’ll cast your line; it turns red if you’re over a non-fishable area. Move the circle to an ideal location and release LMB to start fishing.

Once you cast your line, two new indicators appear on the screen. The one in the bottom center represents the fishhook’s location on the water’s surface. Once it bobs downward and the icon turns blue, click and hold LMB to begin reeling in your fish. You only have five seconds to click, or the fish will get away.

The indicator on the right side of the screen shows two gauges: Escaped vs. Hooked and Break vs. Slack. You want the Escaped/Hooked bar to fill up; the Break/Slack bar will ideally remain in the middle. If this second bar empties, the fish escapes.

To successfully reel in a fish, rotate the camera in the direction opposite to the way the fish is swimming. Then hit F to take it off the line.

What to do with caught fish

Fish decays over time, like other perishable foods in Once Human. At the beginning of the game, you’ll have a basic recipe to grill it up on the Stove, but it will still go bad in 24 hours. To preserve it, you can dry it out with Salt on the Meat Drier or keep it cool in the Refrigerator once you’ve unlocked those facilities.

Other uses for fish include:

• Put one in a Fish Tank (Cradle > Building > Display Facilities)
• Use special catches as currency at certain vendors like Margerie
• Make melee weapons with certain species

Now that you know how to fish, you have a readily available food supply as you combat the Stardust pollution in Once Human and work to heal the land.

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Activision and Microsoft have reportedly approved the creation of a new "smaller" team within Blizzard Entertainment - mostly comprised of employees from Activision's mobile-focused King division - to develop new "AA" games based on existing Blizzard properties.

That's according to Windows Central's Jez Corden, whose sources say the new initiative reflects an eagerness at Microsoft to "explore and experiment" with smaller teams within the larger organisation, in response to the "monstrously ballooning costs" of AAA game development.

Corden notes Microsoft has seen success with the likes of Sea of Thieves and Grounded, both built by comparatively small teams - and, of course, 2023's Hi-Fi Rush, created by a small team within Tango Gameworks, was heralded as a "break out hit" by Microsoft after its release.

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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week we push through to get to better times in a game, which we hope are coming; we change our perception of a game after talking to the people who made it; and we find the familiar in a game that also manages to feel completely new.

What have you been playing?

Catch up with the older editions of this column in our What We've Been Playing archive.

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It barely feels like five minutes since the last one, but, somehow, Gamescom is almost upon us again. Which means publishers are starting to detail their plans for the show - and in Microsoft's case, we now know that'll include daily livestreams for those at home, plus over 50 playable games for anyone wandering the Koelnmesse's halls.

Attendees visiting Microsoft's Hall 7 Gamescom booth in person will find 50 games from Xbox Game Studios, Blizzard, Bethesda, and third-party partners, playable across 240 gaming stations. These include Age of Mythology: Retold, Ara: History Untold, Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred, Fallout 76: Milepost Zero, The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road, and Towerborne.

Playable third-party games, meanwhile, include Star Wars Outlaws, Space Marine 2, and the long-awaited Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. A full list of games at the booth can be found here.

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Today, dear reader, I found out about the accursed Nail Beast. This unassuming creature from Old School RuneScape isn't much to write home about on paper. It's a level 69 (nice), 98, or 141 critter found in the Temple Trekking minigame, and it looks like something between a mole and a panther. They're kind of cute, in a doofy, feline-looking way.

They're also goddamn loud. For some inexplicable reason, the Nail Beast has a disproportionately angry screech that seems designed to give you a migraine—sadistically, they also show up in packs of three minimum. Meaning their caterwauling will sometimes overlap to produce a noise that is, I might say, the absolute worst.

Jagex, reasonably, made the Nail Beasts' volume subject to a vote in Poll 82 (thanks, GamesRadar). Since OSRS is an ancient game with a lot of nostalgia bundled up in it, its devs like to take community temperatures on its alterations to old content. Nail Beasts, naturally, were on the docket—as the subject of the poll was minigames.

"Should we make the Nail Beasts' attack sounds quieter?" asked Jagex. Yes, said 28,676 very reasonable people. No, said 19,238 people who are less reasonable, though I like the cut of their jib far more.

You might have also noticed that these Nail Beast defenders are fewer in number—despite that, we're talking about the fact that nail beasts are still loud. That's because Jagex only enacts these changes if a significant majority—70% or more—are on board with it. The status quo endures.

"Help us understand," Jagex writes—presumably with its heads in its hands, next to a bottle of empty whisky, in a very dark room, weeping—"Do you want the Nail Beasts to be louder? Maybe a small chance to play the sound at full volume whenever you get an XP drop?" Nay, say the players. We are never full. We wish for more. "make them louder please (:" writes one player with over 79 likes and the most threatening emoji I've ever seen. "AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE" types another, loudly. "Make it ignore the mute settings," another diabolical monster chimes in.

Meanwhile, on the game's subreddit, one player suggests that Jagex make a separate poll asking players if they'd like to turn the volume up. At the time of writing, about 842 upvotes suggest at least that many people agree with them. "Thank God," writes another Nail Beast appreciator: "I was gonna quit if they made the sound quieter." User neoscooby6 just about hits the Nail Beast on the head when it comes to why things are this way: "We like to keep things a little sh*tty around here. Nice job, community."

Honestly, I respect it. I already knew Old School RuneScape players were simply built different, but the commitment to the bit here—at the cost of speakers, eardrums, and likely sanity—is admirable, in the same way that one guy who did a minigame for almost 150 hours to just to get a crime-free racoon was. Woe betide the fool who gets between an OSRS player and their self-inflicted punishment.

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World of Warcraft: The War Within looks very promising—but its pre-patch event hasn't exactly come roaring out the gate.

To summarise the issues: rewards were slim, with precious little to do in between big boss events that were over very quickly—which wasn't great, since they only popped once every 90 minutes, with an arbitrarily-lowered timer as the pre-patch event proceeded apace.

After some community outcry, Blizzard has, it seems, fixed basically every problem the players had in short order, as per an announcement on the game's forums via community manager Kaivax: "We’ve been working to address two main concerns: the wait time for the event, and the rate at which you can earn rewards."

The changes, which are now live, are as follows:

• The event rotates between three zones on an hour-long timer, but it plays in those zones indefinitely, on loop.
• Rewards from most event activities are boosted. For example, "Remembered" bosses give 1,400 memories (up from 500) while Scattered Memory events give 200 memories (up from 10).
• Across the board, the event now rewards items used to upgrade the gear you're getting—flightstones and crests.
• The weekly quest, which could be repeated across your alts, is now a daily quest, which can't be repeated across your alts. It also rewards twice as many memories for every turn-in.

That last point is an interesting one. In case you're out of the loop, WoW's new Warbands system makes several different currencies account-wide, transferred between your Warband characters via the new system. This has some strong implications for weekly quests, which would, in theory, vastly reward players who'd levelled up alts over players who stick to a main.

While WoW is becoming a vastly more alt-friendly game with The War Within, Blizzard has given itself a tricky design problem: there's a thin line between alt friendly and alt mandatory. I've actually seen the inverse of this play out in Final Fantasy 14, a game that's incredibly main friendly in that you can level every class on one character—and yet, that makes it both pointless and tedious to level an alt.

As for the event itself, I'm glad to see these changes, though part of me feels like I could've told you that a 90-minute lockout on a pre-patch event was a bad idea to begin with, especially with the kind of numbers WoW deals with—turning them into an absolute zerg rush. I'm glad to see things have been straightened out, because the pre-patch is otherwise very good—introducing a few game-changer quality of life upgrades that put the game in great standing going forward.

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Yet again, some good food. Following the news earlier this week that 241 Bethesda Games Studios staffers had formed what was at the time the biggest wall-to-wall under Microsoft, The Verge reports that over 500 World Of Warcraft developers have voted to form their own union, alongside the Communication Workers of America (CWA).

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Yet again, some good food. Following the news earlier this week that 241 Bethesda Games Studios staffers had formed what was at the time the biggest wall-to-wall under Microsoft, The Verge reports that over 500 World Of Warcraft developers have voted to form their own union, alongside the Communication Workers of America (CWA).

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The Fallout 76 of today is a far cry from the sparsely populated wasteland it was at launch. In the six years since Bethesda’s open-world multiplayer survival RPG launched to a decidedly lukewarm response, the team has worked hard to transform it into a vibrant playground for post-apocalyptic shenanigans. With the Milepost Zero update currently in testing on the PTS, PCGamesN sat down with lead producer Bill LaCoste and creative director Jon Rush to talk about how its new caravans are just the addition it needs.

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August 3, 2024 We've added two new Meme Sea codes to this list.

What are the new Meme Sea codes? When taking on an ocean of the internet's most popular memes with a One Piece-inspired anime twist, getting a bunch of free rewards will make your custom character all the tougher to beat. With a bunch of epic powers at your disposal in the game, any Roblox codes you find in this guide will give you an extra edge.

Although it's not on the list of best Roblox games, Meme Sea stands alongside plenty of other anime games offering free bonuses. For example, you can also find some in the newest Anime Champions Simulator codes or All Star Tower Defense codes. To make you ready to take on treacherous viral foes, let's dive into all Meme Sea codes available right now.

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August 3 2024: We've added one new Gym League code.

What are the new Gym League codes? If you want to get buff to unlock new bodies and gyms where you can show off your impeccable physique, chances are you're looking for a shortcut or two to get ahead of the competition. If so, then you've come to the right place. What, steroids? Of course not! That's scandalous. No, no, we're talking about free codes here.

If you’re just starting this Roblox experience, we have plenty of Gym League codes to supplement your training regime, providing you with access to potions, cash, and other power-ups. If you want to shape up in other similar games, we have Arm Wrestle Simulator codes and Strongman Simulator codes, while Roller Skate Simulator codes can help if you prefer racing on wheeled shoes.

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August 3. 2024 We've added to new Aqua Racer codes to this list.

What are the new Aqua Racer codes? Water sports competitions in Roblox games make for a pretty good time, but things get even better when there are free codes to redeem. If you want to get a competitive edge while going for the win, the rewards you can get will make each session even more of a wild ride.

The same can be said for other Roblox games, like when using Basketball Legends codes and Super League Soccer codes. In this game's case though, so you can become the true king or queen of the waters, let's dive into all of the Aqua Racer codes available right now.

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August 3, 2024 Six new Attack on Titan Revolution codes have been added.

What are the new Attack on Titan Revolution codes? There are many anime games on Roblox based on One Piece and Dragon Ball, but we rarely get anything focused on the mega-popular Attack on Titan universe. AoT Revolution aims to be a faithful action-packed adventure that takes inspiration from the aerial combat shown on the show.

This Roblox experience is unlike many anime games on the platform in how it plays, but there are certainly some similarities regarding the gacha system. Look at our Anime Last Stand codes, Fruit Seas codes, Blox Fruits codes, and Anime Defenders codes guides to find plenty of free currency and boosts to see if you can get the best characters in those games.

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August 3, 2024: We've added a three new Anime Defenders codes to our list.

What are the new Anime Defenders codes? Defending against hordes of enemies encroaching on your base is a heck of a lot easier if you have powerful allies by your side. Luckily, Anime Defenders has plenty of anime-inspired fighters to drive them back and save the day, and you can get more of them by using gems at the summoning shop.

Anime Defenders is one of many Roblox experiences with tower defense game mechanics. You can call in help from your favorite anime heroes within those experiences as well, with the help of our Anime Last Stand codes, Tower Defense X codes, and All Star Tower Defense codes, of course. As for Anime Defenders, we've got a bunch of codes to share with you, so be sure to snag the free gems while you can.

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August 3, 2024: Three Sonic Speed Simulator codes have been marked as expired.

What are the codes for Sonic Speed Simulator? Well, we’ve confirmed all working Sonic Speed Simulator codes you can redeem for essential rewards like Chaos and in-game boosts. If you love Roblox games and the blue blur, this is the game you’ll want to play using the codes in this guide.

Sonic Speed Simulator sits among fun Roblox titles which are based on popular shows and franchises, and we've got freebies similar to Solo Leveling Arise codes and Anime Dimensions codes. To make this Sonic racing experience even better, you can redeem these to unlock stat-buffing Chaos and various boosts to give you an edge over other players. To guarantee you’ll avoid disappointment when trying to redeem them, we’ve tested all of the active Sonic Speed Simulator codes below so you can earn and enjoy your new bonuses right away.

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