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The Black Death emerges after months of silence with details on a new update for January

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Anyone remember the grimdark medieval survival sandbox The Black Death? Yea, neither do I; the last time we heard a peep out of developer...
Low, low, low.

Players can now govern planets with Prosperous Universe’s Expanse update

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The layers of the interstellar economic management MMO Prosperous Universe already go pretty deep, but that doesn't mean that it can't get deeper. The...
Slightly higher than zero.

Population Zero plans a new playtest to go live on December 23

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Good news, Population Zero fans, a new playtest is coming! More specifically, it's coming on December 23rd. And that's all the details we have at...
To blathe.

The Elder Scrolls: Blades explains what you can do with the game’s new Guilds

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The most recent update for The Elder Scrolls: Blades has added guilds to the game, meaning that you can group up with like-minded players as...

Inferna arrives to Steam Early Access today after a technical issue

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Once more with feeling! Inferna has made its way to Steam Early Access today after an initial launch didn't pan out and a technical...
Not so much.

Runes of Magic adds the new Chassizz zone, new instance, and ‘Peak Levels’ in its latest update

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The latest patch for Runes of Magic is officially live, bringing with it the keyboard faceroll-named Chassizz zone with new challenges to face, a...

The celebration of life event for Brad McQuaid will be rebroadcast tonight for those who couldn’t attend

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If you aren't in California, you probably missed the real-world memorial for Brad McQuaid, which was held in San Diego earlier this week. Fortunately,...

Guild Wars 2 previews early 2020 plans, promises Shadow in the Ice saga episode on January 28

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If our retrospectives of Guild Wars 2's 2019 (found here and here) left you a bit unsettled about ArenaNet's future and communication, then feast...
Our own doom.

Members of Guild Wars 2’s narrative team discuss an ArenaNet narrative mentorship program

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To hear Guild Wars 2 narrative designer Novera King and associate narrative director Bobby Stein tell it, getting into video game narrative work is...
The new place.

Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.18 arrives on December 24

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Good news, Final Fantasy XIV fans, you get a present on Christmas Eve this year in the form of a patch. Admittedly, it's not a huge...

Interview: Star Citizen on the Argo MOLE and the future of mining gameplay in alpha 3.8

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It was probably easy to assume that the marquee feature of Star Citizen's alpha 3.8 was going to be blowing wind. That's not all,...

Dual Universe shows off alpha 3’s new industry features and answers numerous player questions

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Alpha 3 is on the horizon for Dual Universe, which means the questions and the feature details are still coming. The devs at Novaquark...

Gun running, Fallout 4 hacks, and a Steam delay – just another week in Fallout 76

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So. Yeah. Fallout 76. Is there any dignity left to shatter for this game? Any functional part left to break? Any spot on Bethesda's...

PSA: RIFT’s second Battle Pass season gets an end date of January 16

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Have you climbed through the 30 levels of the RIFT Battle Pass? If not, your window to do so is beginning to close. The...
Fine, whatever.

World of Warcraft patches in Visions of N’Zoth on January 14

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We knew it was coming after the new year, and now we have the date. The next major patch for World of Warcraft, Visions of...

Warframe devs address Empyrean issues, add Ivara Prime Frame

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It's all about that Railjack, baby. Warframe players are deep in the action combat title's space-based feature, but the release of it has not...
Word of the day calendar.

Path of Exile outlines the issues being addressed for Conquerors of the Atlas

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Well, Path of Exile players, it's been five days since the launch of the latest expansion, which means that you can officially declare that the...

Grab an Ironsight Trinitium Pack in honor of its free-to-play launch, courtesy of Gamigo and MOP!

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Gamigo's open beta multiplayer shooter Ironsight has passed a big milestone this week: It's live on Steam, and it's gone free-to-play to boot, meaning...

The MMOs of the Steam winter 2019 sale

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Valve's summer winter sale has arrived, bad gateways and all, along with a dopey (sorry) winter market minigame thinger. Here's everything that caught our...
HAIL

DC Universe Online introduces a progressive tax to correct money exploitation

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So here's the bad news, DC Universe Online fans - the game got hit with a pretty nasty exploit that allowed players to flood the...

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