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Star Citizen kicks off a free-fly event next week, welcoming non-backers to play over Thanksgiving

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Oh yeah, you know a big holiday is coming up when every single game, even the ones deep in alpha, are cranking out demos...

Hellgate is back on Steam and buyable, but without Tokyo or multiplayer

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The Hellgate is open for business. Again. Really and truly. HanbitSoft has been milking the Hellgate London cow for the better part of a decade...

Project Gorgon now has a free demo as Elder Game previews upcoming development

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If you've ever wanted to become a cow or learn phrenology in a video game, you're going to like this post: Project Gorgon now...

Mythgard is a new digital CCG with urban fantasy flavor

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Digital CCGs are all the rage these days, from digital-only titles like Blizzard's Hearthstone and Dire Wolf Digital's Eternal to adaptations of physical games...

Sea of Thieves previews the PvP arena, the Sea Dogs trading company, and pets

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Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate is back again for another developer update video, and this week the focus is on the upcoming...

Vindictus is launching new hero Grimden in December

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Hot on the heels of its eighth anniversary celebrations last month, Nexon's hack-and-slash MMO Vindictus has announced a brand-new hero: the "warrior-turned-merciless-assassin" named Grimden....

Elite Dangerous adds two new ships, new scenarios to Beyond – Chapter Four beta server

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Frontier Developments is continuing beta testing of Elite Dangerous's upcoming Beyond - Chapter Four update, which is now entering week three, and the beta...

Take advantage of EVE Online’s double-training weekend

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Boot up those neural implants, EVE Online capsuleers: CCP Games has announced that this weekend is a double-training weekend until November 19th. Players with...

Niantic’s Harry Potter ARG Wizards Unite opens enlistment with new trailer

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Turns out that Ingress Prime wasn't the only fun thing Niantic was plotting for November: The studio best known for Pokemon Go also announced...
Even when that emotional connection is being violently severed.

World of Warcraft puts another ring on Azerite armor’s finger

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We are starting to worry that Blizzard's solution for everything wrong in World of Warcraft's latest expansion is to throw another ring on the...

Path of Exile’s revamped Hideouts make housing persistent in Betrayal

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Hands-down, the most exciting thing to me - and I suspect maybe MJ too - coming out of the Path of Exile Betrayal expansion reveal...

Hyperspace Beacon: Everything you need to know about Star Wars The Old Republic’s guild changes

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Since the launch of the game, guilds have been a real weakness for Star Wars: The Old Republic. For the longest time, I have...
hooray

Gamigo compensates ArcheAge players for merge messes and Relics of Hiram delays

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With promises about future content and revamps plus the launch of Relics of Hiram finally out the door, Gamigo is finally turning its attention...

Amazon’s New World teases blacksmithing and ‘master craftsmen’

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Look at these new New World blacksmithing screenshots. Consider it a Rorschach test. Some of you will perk up at the idea of crafting in...

LOTRO brings back Bingo, blots out bleeds

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Everybody's favorite hard-drinking, crazy-swimming Hobbit is back in Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games brought Bingo Boffin and his questline to the...
It's fine, everything is fine, this is fine.

WildStar sunsets November 28 – and it’s still dropping lore

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Salt in the wound here: Carbine, or what's left of it, has released this week another leg in WildStar's meta plot and the slow...

Defiance 2050 updates playerbase following Trion buyout, looks forward to the future

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We haven't heard specifically from the Defiance 2050 team since last month when Trion was acquired by Gamigo and the majority of its employees laid...

Social art-curation MMO Occupy White Walls hits Steam Early Access

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Modern MMOs are all too often centered around destruction, even if the things being destroyed tend to have it coming, but StikiPixels's free-to-play title...

MMO designer Raph Koster lays out the component parts of making MMORPGs

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Veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster has up a new blog post that sheds some light on the many angles of developing an MMORPG. In...
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Lost Ark addresses player questions on open beta connectivity issues

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After what seems to be forever, Lost Ark is in testing right now in South Korea. Or launch, depending on how you look at...

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