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Betawatch: Camelot Unchained has to delay that beta (July 6, 2018)

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It's important to note that however frustrated you might be about the fact that Camelot Unchained had to delay its long-awaited beta, the developers...
This is not a doll.

Final Fantasy XI adds new tiers of gear with an all-mount login campaign

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The latest patch for Final Fantasy XI has gear you might not be able to wear yet. That might sound surprising, what with the...
BEAST

Hearthstone is altering minion types for lore and deck consistency

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Minion types in Hearthstone don't always matter, until they matter a whole lot. That's the motivation behind the new minion types being added to...
They have a lot of hairspray in these woods.

Crowfall shows off a time-lapse wood elf painting

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So yes, we're all sad that Crowfall is being delayed a little bit longer, but on the plus side one of the reasons for...

Women In Games report suggests strategies to promote gender diversity in e-sports

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The subject of gender imbalance in gaming, especially in professional e-sports, and how to rectify it has been a matter of debate within gaming...

Todd Howard says ‘Elder Scrolls Online is one of the biggest online games in the world’ as Ubisoft and Bethsoft weigh in on games as a service

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Are you all in on games as a service? Are single player-games over, replaced by much more profitable eternally online (and lockbox-ridden) titles? Bethsoft's...
Ash, magic Ash.

Warframe invites players to get a free Ash Prime for watching TennoCon

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Looking forward to the future of Warframe? You should be happy that TennoCon is this weekend, but if you can't make your way there...

Pokemon Go’s second anniversary report card sees high marks for content and innovation

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Today is Pokemon Go's second-year anniversary. Last year's report card had to grapple with things like the game's rapid rise and fall as a fad,...
Here we go now.

Headstart begins today for Defiance 2050

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The time has come for Defiance 2050 to enter the wild... in a limited sense. Head start access begins today, although the general "anyone...
Moth fight.

Choose My Adventure: Final Fantasy XI in review and choosing our next MMO

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Here's the weird part about this week's column: I'm going to tell you, in short, that Final Fantasy XI is still a good game...
Go away.

Twitch is cracking down on high-profile streamers using inappropriate language

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Twitch is working overtime by going after big-name streamers who use inappropriate language in chat. The platform's community policies have landed popular streamer Destiny...
Oh gosh why.

The Daily Grind: How early should an MMORPG’s hype cycle begin?

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GIbiz put out an interesting piece this week looking 10 years into the past to see where the buzz was in the game industry...

ArenaNet has let go two Guild Wars 2 devs following a heated Twitter confrontation

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Please note that this article has been heavily updated over the last week as this story has continued developing. New additions are at the...
'You can't romance those hunks of metal' says the absolute coward.

Check out the full E3 demo for BioWare’s Anthem

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There's a lot we still don't know about the upcoming multiplayer-but-not-completely shooter from BioWare, Anthem. There's also a lot we do know, some of...
It's still the same game, Beavis.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds patches Sanhok to be more pretty and less exploitable

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A new patch is available for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on the test server, and it does exactly what the headline says. It makes the Sanhok...
No, you can't be quite this evil.

It’s starting to look like Valve is trying to murder SteamSpy on purpose

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Back in April, Valve announced new supposedly privacy-oriented changes for Steam that had what everyone assumed to be an unintended (and unannounced) side-effect: It...
A prison of your own making.

Fortnite players download a hack and wind up hacked themselves

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It turns out that when you download third-party hacks designed to help you cheat in a game, the people you are downloading them from...

Former Star Citizen dev refutes fake Glassdoor review made by troll on his behalf

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The battle of the trolls in the Star Citizen community reached new lows this week as someone apparently impersonated a former dev on Glassdoor...

Richard Garriott rejects idea that Shroud of the Avatar is a ‘flop’, says the game will run ‘forever’

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Shroud of the Avatar has long been an odd bird in the MMORPG crowdfunding space. Driven by the eccentric Richard Garriott, it raised large...
You can see the pain in the lines of her smile.

Black Desert offers new swimwear for players in its latest patch

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Based on geography and weather patterns, it is probably hot where you live right now if you live in the United States. Quite possibly...