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Guild Wars 2 is launching the Key of Ahdashim raid on June 11 – here’s the trailer

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Guild Wars 2 is kicking off the summer in a big way, especially for raiders: It's launching The Key of Ahdashim next week on...

Star Citizen pushed alpha 3.5.1 and ship customization to the PTU

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It's happening: Star Citizen's next iteration, alpha 3.5.1, has rolled out to the PTU. Of course, as usual, this is for the early waves...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr campaign is officially launched with its new trailer

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After two weeks of early access while PC players got to explore The Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr, roll all the cat people, and be heckled...
Ooh, it's meat time.

Star Wars: The Old Republic details gearing in Onslaught as the Dantooine Incursion launches today

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If you were otherwise engaged or didn't have better than an hour to devote to hearing how the Spoils of War system will change...

The Division 2 gets trigger-happy with the Gunner specialization

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When you're running around the post-apocalyptic streets of The Division 2's Washington D.C., do you ever find yourself feeling as if you're not doing...

Blizzard is aiming to fix Hearthstone’s messy 14.4 patch and login problems today

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It sounds as if yesterday's Hearthstone update didn't quite go to plan. Blizzard posted the 14.4 Rise of the Mech update yesterday afternoon, with...

LOTRO’s Update 24 arrives with 64-bit client, Vales of Anduin, and virtue revamp

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Lord of the Rings Online's big summer content drop is here with the release of today's Update 24: Vales of Anduin. Hobbits and other...

Destiny 2’s Season of Opulence kicks off tomorrow with the opening of the Crown of Sorrows and the Menagerie

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Magnificent riches await Guardians in the new season of Destiny 2, the Season of Opulence, which kicks off tomorrow, June 4th, with the opening...

TERA introduces the Popori Brawler and Kitten Hittin’-Mittens next week

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When I saw this image on Twitter, I knew I'd be writing this article: The Popori Brawler is trundling his way into TERA next...
Sometimes the game hates you trying to understand it.

Final Fantasy XI is making Black Mage tweaks in the June version update

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No longer will Black Mages be forced to use Merit Points in order to learn the second tier of Ancient Magic spells. That's one...
Leaf it up.

Kakao and Netmarble both bid for a controlling stake in Nexon last week

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Our days of playing the fun "who's buying Nexon this week" game are quickly coming to a middle as apparently the auction has finally...

New World’s always-on test phase comes to a close as Amazon posts alpha infographic

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A month ago, Amazon Game Studios told testers of its upcoming MMORPG survival sandbox New World that it was pulling down the always-on alpha...

Mad World debates diving into crowdfunding

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Grimdark 2-D MMORPG Mad World has had our attention for a while now with its fantastic visuals and promises of a horror-tinged fantasy land...
All right!

Square-Enix announces its own walk-and-catch Pokemon Go-style game in the form of Dragon Walk

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We don't really have a name for the genre that Pokemon Go properly belongs to (we've been going with MMOARGs), but it's certainly spawned its...

Camelot Unchained upgrades tools, works on UI and siege equipment as beta one marches on

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Just about a year ago, Camelot Unchained backers were on the edge of their seats preparing for the long-delayed launch of beta one, which...
There is actually quite a lot of this.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood in review – odds and ends

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The thing about Final Fantasy XIV is that it's big. Really, amazingly big. There's a lot of stuff, and if I wanted to go into...

Coherence is a new game platform promising studios ‘multiplayer in minutes’

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It's sort of been a longstanding truism, especially for MMOs, that you can't build a game worth playing in a short length of time....

Fight or Kite: First impressions of Nexon’s new multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena

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Nexon's new crossplatform multiplayer shooter Rocket Arena came out of nowhere last month and surprised everyone with a closed beta this past week. It's...
Plays well with others.

Rumor: More high-profile esports figures are leaving Blizzard within the next two weeks

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Remember just last week when the commissioner of Overwatch's premiere and eponymous league left his position? That alone was a bit of a surprise, but...

City of Heroes: Homecoming hit 100K players as another donation round funds

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Just in time for its 100,000th player registration, the City of Heroes rogue server Homecoming team posted up a second donation-drive, raising just under...

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