Yearly Archives: 2016

This is the way the world ends.

International eGames Committee discusses e-sports championships and the Olympics

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If you're looking for e-sports at the Summer Olympics, you have your wish... sort of. The International eGames Committee is hosting the 2016 eGames...

Hyperspace Beacon: The five sins of roleplay in Star Wars The Old Republic (or any MMORPG)

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I know that I have complained quite a bit about what Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn’t have, but I still play the game....

Of Kings and Men hosts short combat beta today

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The persistent medieval war simulator Of Kings and Men is hosting a short-duration combat beta this week prior to the game moving into early...
Up.

No Man’s Sky’s procedurally generated rods, tools, and junk

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One of the things that always drives me nuts (pun intended) about user-created content in video games is the automatic assumption people have that...

WildStar’s Sim-Chase event returns this weekend

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Carbine has resurrected WildStar's Sim-Chase event. First run back in January, the event challenges players to complete Adventures on both sides of the factional divide...

Overwatch stares down the barrel of buffs, nerfs, and competitive play changes

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Buffs and nerfs. Nerfs and buffs. They're a fact of life in any online game, but when it comes to competitive environments, even a...

Pokemon Go: Michigan couple sues over game’s impact on private property

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Pokemon Go is the subject of yet another lawsuit: A Michigan couple is suing Niantic, Nintendo, and the Pokemon Company in federal court. The...
Holiday road.

Dual Universe explains its server technology in a new video

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There will be only one shard for Dual Universe players when the game finally launches, and it's going to be big. Heck, it's going...

The Daily Grind: Should MMORPGs have special areas for paying players?

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I was poking around in the Guild Wars 2 cash shop this weekend when I realized that ArenaNet is selling teleports to Noble's Folly....

The Stream Team: Marvel Heroes’ story gets level scaling

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One of the saddest things for MassivelyOP's MJ in Marvel Heroes was the fact that friends of different levels couldn't really join her on...

LawBreakers returns to development following alpha

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Boss Key's CliffyB and Rohan Rivas star in a new dev vlog today rounding up the results of LawBreakers' recent alpha playtest and offering...
Legacy, indeed.

Destiny: The Collection announced, provides legacy consoles an upgrade path

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If you've been holding off on grabbing Destiny until you could grab a more substantial portion of the game for one price, you'll be...
Also, let's just put this out there, how about more robots?

Check out some classic bloopers from City of Heroes’ business model swap

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The people behind City of Heroes were not actors, but Paragon Studios staff was very forward-facing and open with players. So when the team...

Shroud of the Avatar revamps Port Graff, launches Twitch channel

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One of the big tentpole features for Shroud of the Avatar's Release 33 on August 25th is a major revamp of the town of...
Mechanics include not having fangs to break.

Neverwinter details the boss encounters of Fangbreaker Island

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Dungeons are defined in part by their mechanics, and a good chunk of that is usually the boss fights. The next high-end dungeon in...

Skyforge preps the Inghar Test Area for its next update

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Skyforge is not short on challenges for its deities-in-training -- but more is always better, right? With its next release, Relentless Onslaught, the sci-fi...
Holiday road.

Dual Universe: How many players can fit in one universe?

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Dual Universe's server-tech teaser trailer out this afternoon poses one simple question: How many players can fit in one universe? If you're tired of...
Bah, it was just a bird.

Pokemon Go: Corporate espionage, bots, and Uranium

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There are a lot of unofficial Pokemon games out there on the internet, including MMOs, games that filled the gap Nintendo left. One such...
This sounded good until you started attacking my toolkit for some reason.

Black Desert promises Awakening weapons ‘quite soon after GamesCom’

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In response to a player requesting hints about when Black Desert's Awakening weapon systems might drop, Kakao has dutifully produced a teaser. "Not next week,...

The Stream Team: Exploring Evolve

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MassivelyOP's MJ reveled in the chance to play the boss mob in Evolve Stage 2. And there have been quite a few updates --...

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