20 years of MMO history comes full circle as Old School RuneScape reveals official “community servers” that give players “full control over gameplay modifiers”

MMOs and private servers go together like peanut butter and legally questionable jelly, and few MMOs can match RuneScape, now the resurrected and retrofitted Old School RuneScape, for the sheer volume and variety of unofficial fan-made variants. These “private servers” usually boiled down to a much faster way to obtain rare items and high levels compared to the actual game, but they came in all shapes and sizes, from imbalanced PvP badlands that had worse economies than the 1930s, to serious role-playing and quest hubs that were legitimately thoughtfully designed. The most iconic RuneScape private server may be Moparscape, its 2000s-tinged black-and-white launch screen ingrained in the minds of countless OSRS players. If I shut my eyes, I can still see the car. But we may see a new server claim the throne in the years ahead, because OSRS developer Jagex has just revealed official “community servers” under the banner of Project Zanaris, which would give the MMO’s player base “full …

What time does the Black Ops 6 beta end?

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If you want to know what time the Black Ops 6 beta ends, then you’ll probably have realised that the end is nigh for the Open beta period and are working out if you can squeeze a few more matches in before the servers are taken offline. The Black Ops 6 beta ends at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST on September 9, which at the time of writing means there’s fewer than eight hours left to try out the new Omnimovement system and Training Course to get to grips with it. That also means time is slipping away to unlock the Black Ops 6 beta rewards by levelling up before the end of the Open beta, though you won’t have missed out on any Black Ops 6 Zombies as that menu option will remain grayed out until the full game launch in late October.Unlike previous betas that had a PlayStation exclusive period, BO6 is happening at the same time on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, so it will release simultaneously across PS5, Xbox Series…

How long is God of War Ragnarok?

How long to beat God of War Ragnarok? Well, depending on whether you just want to do the story or achieve 100% completion with all the sidequests, not to mention the free Valhalla DLC expansion, it could make a massive difference to Ragnarok’s time to beat. Depending on your level of investment, it might take 25 hours to beat, or it could be well over double that score. With that in mind, we’ll lay out the different timeframes you can expect, depending on your playstyle and how much of the game you want to invest in. Here’s God of War Ragnarok’s length and time to beat, laid out clearly for those looking ahead.How long to beat God of War Ragnarok? God of War Ragnarok’s length will vary entirely depending on how much you want to do. The open nature of the story, levels and activities mean depending on what you want to complete, the differences can be quite big. We’ve broken that range down as follows:Just story: If you power through just the main story, God of War Ragnarok will take 25…

All God of War Ragnarok Treasure Map locations and solutions

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God of War Ragnarok Treasure maps and buried treasure locations are a range of side quests where Kratos goes looking for rewards stuffed into the ground with clues and riddles as his only source. God of War Ragnarok has numerous treasure maps for players to go through, but some of them are very hard, and with all the realms to look through, it’s easy to feel a bit confused about where to start with some of them. If you want some help, here’s where to find every buried treasure and treasure map location in God of War Ragnarok – because why can’t Kratos also be a pirate explorer?All God of War Ragnarok Treasure Map locations The God of War Ragnarok treasure map locations number 10 in total, divided across the Nine Realms:Midgard: 2Svartalfheim: 3Alfheim: 2Vanaheim: 3Best God of War Ragnarok Armor Get the best gear with our God of War Ragnarok Best Armor list. From the best starter stuff…

Former Resident Evil developers reveal new studio, teasing PC and Nintendo Switch release of their debut game, which couldn’t look less like Resident Evil if it tried

Capcom veterans Hideaki Utsumi and Saori Utsumi are best known for their work on the Resident Evil series’ soundtracks – but they’ve now founded their own small studio and are heading a new project together.The composer couple announced new company Birdkin Studio in a recent post, describing it as “small” with only Hideaki and Saori heading development. “We have formed a new game development studio,” write the Utsumis. “This game development studio is a small studio, just Hideaki Utsumi and Saori Utsumi. Hideaki Utsumi and Saori Utsumi both originally worked for the video game company Capcom.”We have formed a new game development studio🎮This game development studio is a small studio, just Hideaki Utsumi and Saori Utsumi.Hideaki Utsumi and Saori Utsumi both originally worked for the video game company CAPCOM✨September 8, 2024A follow-up message with an attached image comes later, teasing Birdkin’s debut game. “We are currently working on releasing the game on Nintendo Swi…

10 years later, Bungie is actually doing it: famously game-breaking Exotic sniper Ice Breaker is coming to Destiny 2 in the next dungeon

Destiny 2 is bringing back one of the series’ most overpowered weapons after a decade. The Ice Breaker Exotic sniper rifle, known for regenerating ammo that became a balancing nightmare for Bungie, is coming soon. In a blog post celebrating 10 years of the Destiny franchise, Bungie teased that “as you may have already guessed thanks to our key art, a certain Exotic sniper rifle, one considered a myth by many at this point, is resurfacing in the upcoming dungeon.” To hammer it home, Bungie adds, “we hope this helped… break the ice.”We don’t have any details about how, if at all, Ice Breaker will be reworked to fit into Destiny 2. However, since Destiny’s encounter design has significantly changed over the years with more complex mechanics, it may not be as powerful as we all remember. Gjallarhorn, another famously powerful Destiny 1 Exotic, was reworked considerably for its Destiny 2 debut, but still carved out a spot near the top of the meta. But Whisper of the Worm, a heav…