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There may be no admittance to Bilbo’s burrow except on party business, but the good news is that Lord of the Rings Online players are all invited to join in the festivities to come this year. Standing Stone Games posted the full 2026 event schedule for the Middle-earth MMORPG, including dates for the major in-game […]

If you want to play Hytalewith friends, the process is quick and lets you join up with others for single sessions or even set up persistent servers that keep going even after you log off. You'll need to tackle a few steps first, though, and those steps get more complicated if you decide to host a dedicated server. It's also worth bearing in mind that, since the process of inviting friends to your Hytale world includes giving out your IP address, you definitely want to make sure you're only giving out world codes to people you trust.

As our regular readers know, yesterday saw the end of operation for the sci-fi looter shooter Anthem, and its impact was marked among fans and one of the game’s former execs as the servers saw their last shutdown. Fans of the game shared their thoughts across social media, most of them offering bittersweet remarks about […]

Sky has greenlit the long-gestating Girl with the Dragon Tattoo TV series from Behind Her Eyes duo Steve Lightfoot and Angela LaManna and The Crown producer Left Bank. The big-budget adaptation comes 15 years after the movie starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, which, as with the new TV show, came from Sony Pictures Entertainment. […]

Arc Raiders recently concluded its first Expedition, this being a voluntary, narrative-led character reset achieved by hoarding and donating resources over a set period. The idea is vaguely that you’re funding a mighty caravan to the boondocks. In return, you’ll get tiered rewards such as faster progression, bonus skill points and a larger stash. Participation in Expedition is split across various stages with different completion requirements – the final leg of the first one saw players amassing non-specific items worth hundreds of thousands of coins.

Being opt-in, Expeditions are designed to be a gentler alternative to the playerbase-wide seasonal ‘prestiging’ mechanics or progression wipes of other online games. Developers Embark say just over a million people took part in the first Expedition – Arc Raiders has sold around 12 million copies to date – with "something close to about 35% or 40%” of those players bagging the full set of Expedition skill points, in the words of design director Virgil Watkins.

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