Myth of Empires will be opening a set of new fresh start servers later this week in response to player demand. The new servers will collectively be known as the Jade Era server group and will exclusively be available to players located in North America and Europe. All Jade Era servers will feature a noob-friendly ruleset that aims to provide a “more hospitable” environment for new players and smaller guilds. “The Jade Era server group includes 6 prefectures, which will opened gradually as needed starting on April 19,” developer Angela Game explains. “Unlike the prefectures on other server gro ..read more

The future is looking rather grim for Mad World as its developer Jandisoft announces plans to condense all of the grimdark MMORPG’s regional servers down to a single all-encompassing server later this month. The mass server merge is scheduled for April 25 and will combine all six of the existing servers across North America, Europe, and Asia into a new server called Belphegor. All created characters will be transferred to the new server and name change vouchers will be provided for duplicate character and tribe (guild) names. Stashes, in-game currency, collections, and attendance will also be ..read more

Things are heating up in ARK: Survival Ascended as players descend on the survival sandbox to blaze trails through its newly opened Scorched Earth map. In fact, the demand is so great that Studio Wildcard has decided to open temporary servers in hopes of accommodating everyone. Players on the said servers are advised to transfer their characters, items, and creatures to the regular servers before 10 a.m. PST on June 1st or risk losing them, although the team doesn’t say whether they’ll get to keep any structures they build on the temporary servers. Probably not. In other ARK: Survival Ascende ..read more

We’re still months away from the release of World of Warcraft: The War Within, but avid players can now sign-up for the upcoming beta test for a chance to get early hands-on time with the expansion. To throw your name into what will undoubtedly be a very large hat, all you have to do is opt-in for beta tests on your Battle.net account page. If you’re really determined to get in, you can pre-order The War Within Epic Edition for $89.99 to get guaranteed access to all the beta tests and a three-day head start ahead of the expansion’s launch. You’ll also get 1,000 Trader’s Tender, 30 days of fre ..read more

TERA continues to live on as the fantasy MMORPG celebrates its 6th anniversary on consoles two years after Krafton (formerly Bluehole) pulled the plug on the PC version. From now until May 29, players will get the chance to earn 6th Anniversary Coins by racking up gametime up to a maximum of 35 coins per day. Accumulated coins can then be exchanged for a variety of rewards including EXP cards, stat change stones, a special equipment box, 3 days of free Elite status, and a rare flying mount, among others. The PC version may be dead, but the console version definitely isn’t as it’s also been up ..read more

Guild Wars 2’s extremely popular Super Adventure Box event is back for another round of retro platforming fun from now until May 7. This year’s event brings a whole host of updates to the special dungeon and the test zone which now features new shops, secret caves, a coin-collecting adventure, and new achievements for players to complete. New rewards are also up for grabs, including Super Adventure Box-themed guild decorations, the new Golem Buster weapon set, new Retro-Forged set weapons, and the new Powered Shoulders armor. If you missed last year’s Powered Gloves reward, it’s also availabl ..read more

The MMO portion of Life is Feudal has returned to Steam under the Long Tale Games banner after its original developer, Bitbox, was forced to shut it down in January 2021 following a legal battle with its then-publisher Xsolla that drained its funding for the game. True to its mission of rebuilding and relaunching failed games, Long Tale brought the hardcore medieval sandbox title back to life in June 2023, fortunately without the crypto and blockchain features that the studio is also known for, and now it’s back on Steam. The relaunch version features plenty of improvements over its predecess ..read more

While Hi-Rez Studios has confirmed that SMITE 2 will be free-to-play on launch, it’s still hoping to earn a few extra bucks before the sequel’s release by dangling the alpha carrot in hopes of getting fans to purchase founder’s packs. All Founder’s Editions include guaranteed access to next month’s weekend closed alpha tests, permanent access to the third-person MOBA’s full roster of heroes, double Legacy Gem earnings forever, and the exclusive Cacodemon Ymir skin. Higher tiers will also include free Ascension Passes, cross-gen skins, and a special title, avatar, and badge. “Pre-order up a SM ..read more

It’s probably safe to say that there are a lot of Dune: Awakening fans hoping to get into the survival sandbox MMO’s next closed beta test. Unfortunately, not everyone will receive an invite and getting one boils down to whether you fit a certain demographic, hence the required survey. The survey asks questions about your gaming habits, what type of games you play, whether you’ll be playing on PC and consoles, your hardware specs, and whether you’ve read the books, watched the movies, or played any of Funcom’s games. If you haven’t filled it out yet, you can do so here. According to the newly ..read more

Ubisoft is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons after it revoked all digital licenses for The Crew following the multiplayer racing game’s closure two weeks ago. Anyone who owned the game through Ubisoft Connect will no longer be able to access it, shattering fan hopes of an unofficial revival at some point in the future. Since the open-world racer was only playable online, it had already been rendered unplayable the moment that Ubisoft pulled the plug on the servers. Apparently, they wanted to take the extra step to make sure that no one would be able to play the full game p ..read more