Updates

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Torchlight III just got its last big update before its official launch

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Torchlight III testers got absolutely wiped this week - literally. PWE and Echtra Games dropped part one of what it's dubbed the "mainline" patch...

Albion Online’s Rise of Avalon is live with its unique new (and deadly!) roads network

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Albion Online's long-awaited Rise of Avalon update is live for all players today, and I promise I won't make the joke about not needing...

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch hits the test realm

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Could World of Warcraft's Patch 9.0 be arriving soon? The Shadowlands "pre-patch," as this game's strange terminology goes, just arrived on the public test...

Path of Exile plans another bug-fixing patch in the next couple of weeks

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Just because Path of Exile has started the process of working on its next League doesn't mean the bug fixes for the current game...
Balancing.

Crucible’s designers explain how the game’s balance is achieved

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So, how does balance work in Crucible? As in any competitive game, balance is important, but it's kind of a vague and nebulous concept...

Wild Terra 2 details development progress on Central City, new locations, agriculture, and bags

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What's going on with Juvty Worlds' Wild Terra 2? Quite a bit according to information we've gotten from the devs, as progress is being...
All of the lights.

Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds is live, along with WvW quality-of-life enhancements

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Guild Wars 2 is having a pretty packed summer, with the recent arrival of Jormag Rising and a special update for underwater skimmers coming...

Legends of Runeterra prepares the Call of the Mountain card set

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Riot Games' Runeterra is steaming ahead with an ambitious roadmap and a sizable content release later this month. On August 26th, the digital card...

Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 can improve underwater combat

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Way back in the lead up to Guild Wars 2’s launch in 2012, I remember the community being all abuzz about the addition of...
Fly.

Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3, Reflections in Crystal, is live today

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It's been a long wait for players (two months more than expected, even), but the latest Final Fantasy XIV patch is finally live today....

Legends of Aria’s Shifting Sands update is live with new PvE and PvP content

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Legends of Aria is marching forward with today's release of Season 4: The Shifting Sands as promised, with new dynamic PvE encounters for players...
Bring the light

Wisdom of Nym: Just before patch 5.3 for Final Fantasy XIV

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Is it too late to hope this patch ends with a bunch of NPCs from the First watching everyone walk back to the Source...

Wurm Online devs assess the Steam launch, discuss future updates in an AMA

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Several developers from Code Club AB, the team behind Wurm Online, recently took to Reddit to open up an AMA and field a variety...

Final Fantasy XIV posts complete 5.3 patch notes as players discuss a potential GM banning overreach

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If you're a regular follower of how Final Fantasy XIV does its patch notes, then you likely know the drill by now: First it's...

Mabinogi’s P.E.T. Part 2 update lets players bring pets in to dungeons on August 13

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Now that players of Mabinogi have helped their pets attain new levels of power, MMO logic dictates that power gets unleashed on some dungeon...

The MOP Up: Sims Online’s rogue server goes sunbathing

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FreeSO, the rogue server for the late Sims Online, is getting into the spirit of the season with a whole bunch of beach- and...

Shadow Arena introduces a limited-time battle pass full of in-game rewards and contest entries

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Ah, the battle pass. It sure does seem to be the new microtransaction hotness, doesn't it? And now this latest trend in multiplayer gaming...
Still running.

TERA Battle Arena walks you through how this MOBA works

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Yeah, so, we are still trying to wrap our heads around the weirdness that is TERA's surprising announcement last month that it is going...

Destiny 2’s Solstice of Heroes late summer event returns next week

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If you're still sulking because Bungie delayed Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion from September to November, well, there's a little something you can do...

OrbusVR uncaps Explore the Realm event totals, is adding long-term missions and temporary bracers

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Virtual reality MMO OrbusVR is introducing a couple of new things to the game world according to a rcent newsletter. Most recently, the Explore...

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