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RuneScape introduces Player Advocacy Group-led changes, OSRS adds new Slayer content

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Ah, yes, another week of RuneScape updates via the usual newsletter. Time to open it up and -- what's this? a totally new format?...
Last cast.

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is adding new Statute of Secrecy training to the game

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Need a little more pep in your step while playing Harry Potter: Wizards Unite? The new Statute of Secrecy training is there to deliver...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 279: New World in the new year

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Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW Shadowlands, Dual Universe, Legends of Aria, Elder Scrolls Online, and Torchlight III, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on lazy development and Mists of Pandaria.

PUBG breaks 70M sales ahead of 8.1 update as Steam concurrency continues to drop

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It's not every day that a video game sells 70 million copies, but PUBG is celebrating just that this week. In honor of that...

Path of Exile elaborates on changes to storage tanks and Harvest crafting descriptions coming in the next patch

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This week's patch for Path of Exile will be making a number of adjustments, but in a separate post made to the game's forums,...

Wolcen deep-dives a number of performance improvements coming with the Second Dawn update

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Lest you forget about the promised Second Dawn update arriving to Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, the devs of the ARPG have resurfaced once again...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Stonethorn DLC launches August 24 for PC, September 1 for console

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Elder Scrolls Online is apparently not wasting any time when it comes to its Stonethorn cadence. After announcing the new DLC last Thursday, it's...
Safe!

Elite: Dangerous fixes an installation issues for fleet carriers that may result in a new crew member

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Fleet carriers have some bugs in Elite: Dangerous, and the newest patch for the game arriving tomorrow is fixing one of the major bugs...

Book of Travels’ eight-week beta test this past spring won’t be its last

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If you blinked, you missed it: Might and Delight's Book of Travels closed beta began in May, and it ended just eight weeks later....

Multiplayer survival RPG Frozen Flame enters closed beta on September 15

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The self-described "action survival MMORPG" Frozen Flame is soon entering its next stage of metamorphosis. Following its initial reveal in June and its backers-only...

Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones is supposedly rebooting as a live-service title after years of delays

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The waters surrounding Ubisoft's long-delayed pirate title are starting to stir once more. After more than a year since last hearing any movement on...

Tencent now completely owns Funcom, purveyor of Conan Exiles and Secret World Legends

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Dune, Conan Exiles, Secret World Legends, Age of Conan... all of these properties and more are now directly under the thumb of China's Tencent. Funcom...
Are you, like... doing all right?

Guild Wars 2’s next episode, Jormag Rising, launches July 28 – here’s the new trailer

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As promised, ArenaNet has pushed out the trailer for Guild Wars 2's next episode, titled Jormag Rising and launching in just two weeks. "Chapter four...

EVE Online’s Zenith update begins the apex to the Triglavian invasion, adds new items and features

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Today marks the rising crescendo of the Triglavian invasion in EVE Online. The Zenith update kicks off the beginning of the sandbox's third quadrant...
Happiness is a warm car.

APB Reloaded clears out the anniversary area and event items, tunes its anti-cheat software

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Parties are fun, but when everyone has left, the unhappy job of cleaning up the mess remains. That's just what APB Reloaded has done...

Vendetta Online adds prediction monitoring to combat PvP lag and make space debris physics smoother

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Vendetta Online can predict the future. A very specific future, anyway. A future involving where dynamic debris will go and where players are going...

Shroud of the Avatar previews an adventure set in Lord British’s castle

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Lord British might be about to be busy dunking himself in the ocean, but his castle in Shroud of the Avatar is going to...

Star Citizen deep-dives the art underpinning its ship design

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It's time once again for even more ship design porn from Star Citizen. If you're the sort that adores all of the attention CIG...
No Ryan Lewis on this one.

Occupy White Walls proudly announces a big art lift with its latest update, the Heist

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The team behind Occupy White Walls is pretty proud of this art heist. It's not a real heist, of course, but the update is...

Life Beyond studio Darewise rakes in over $3 million in new seed investment funding

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Darewise, the development studio behind co-operative survival MMO Life Beyond, has gotten itself a fresh infusion of funds to the tune of €3 million...

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