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Dagrons!

See where you fall in the obscure World of Warcraft iceberg of knowledge

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Oh, you know about obscure World of Warcraft things? That's great. But do you really know about it? Sure, you might think you know lots of...
Jump in any time.

TERA launches the Awakening update on consoles June 30

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It's a big wake-up call for players in TERA on the game's console version, as both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will get...

EA Sports beefs up efforts against toxic chat in-game, PS5 confirms its new reveal event date

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The continued effort by gaming companies to clear their chat of hate has another large contributor: EA Sports. In a statement posted to Twitter, the...

Elite Dangerous’ Fleet Carriers update is live today on PC and console

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It didn't quite make its original launch time this morning, but it is nevertheless patch day for Frontier's Elite Dangerous, as the long-awaited Fleet...

Warframe’s Deadlock Protocol update is set to arrive to PC this week

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PC players of Warframe are going to have their hands full later in the week when The Deadlock Protocol arrives to the game, bringing...
Sailing, sailing,

Hearthstone is boarded by pirates while Diablo wraps up Season 20

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It's not International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but cutthroat seafarers are making the headlines over in Hearthstone with today's Patch 17.4. The update...
Again, again!

The first esports tournament in World of Warcraft: Classic is the new Summer Bowl

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Now that there's a second form of World of Warcraft out and playable, don't you want to know who's the best player in WoW...

EVE Online pirate pillages $60K worth of items from a shutdown Citadel

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Last week we reported on a new kind of thievery happening in EVE Online thanks to a recent update which causes unpowered Citadels to...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Vault cash shop is getting an upgrade to… auto-rotate what’s for sale

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Shroud of the Avatar once more has another newsletter, and once again it's about its cash shop. Specifically, it's about changes to the Vault...
Snoooooow

There are multiple heroes planned for Heroes of the Storm this year, and there’s snow falling now

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It's been a quiet first half of the year in Heroes of the Storm, but players have been promised that there are multiple new...

Path of Exile elaborates on how the Harvest League’s garden works

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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Especially in a place like Wraeclast which is an island so miserable that criminals are...

Open PvP sandbox Profane shows off its procedural map tech

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The open PvP sandbox title Profane has shared yet another development update on its official subreddit. This time, it's all about the game's procedural...

PlanetSide 2 adds new weapons and a big hecking tank to the PTS

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If you call a vehicle Colossus, you'd better deliver on the promise of size. Luckily, the Colossus tank coming to PlanetSide 2 absolutely delivers;...

Tree of Savior promises class remakes, more server stability, and more social features

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The developers of Tree of Savior have outlined a general roadmap for 2020, which will focus on several different pain points of the game...

EverQuest’s Aradune progression server reportedly begins to stabilize

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Last week we chronicled the issues of the Aradune progression server, which faced some massive queue problems at launch. About a week's worth of...

Star Wars Galaxies fans debate Legends, PvP, the economy, and more on community podcast

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When fellow Star Wars Galaxies Legends player, YouTuber, and friend of MOP Napyet asked me to join him for a podcast last week, I...
No screenshots yet, obviously.

Raph Koster will give more insight on Playable Worlds’ in-development MMO next year

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We've been wondering just what Playable Worlds, the dev studio headed by Raph Koster, has cooking for the MMORPG world. During a an "MMO...
This is someone else's problem.

English lawmakers may classify lockboxes as straight-up gambling

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Video game studios that feature lockboxes in their titles are sitting very uncomfortably this week as England decides whether or not to make their...

ArcheAge Unchained’s new Fresh Start servers roll out on June 11

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Let's be honest, if any MMO would want to hit a reset button for itself, it'd be ArcheAge Unchained. While the game's entire rocky...

SMITE suspends 5,000 accounts due to racist chat

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The chat box of an MMO was never meant to be a safe haven for racists, but with the protests across the US calling...

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