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Revelation Online invites you to battle for glory in its new colosseum

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It was teased, but now it's truly here. Revelation Online is introducing the colosseum, and its world will never be the same. Specifically, it...
Go punkin' when you get the blues

Fortnite brings out a newer, better 50v50 battle mode

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People liked the 50v50 mode in Fortnite, but it had some issues. Fortunately, it was only a limited-time mode, so the developers could take...
lol, valve

Dutch Gaming Authority calls out four games as violating its lootbox policies

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If you had expected the Netherlands to be leading the fight against lootboxes, you may be more clairvoyant than the rest of the population....
Actually call it a comeback.

WoW Factor: Speculative classes for the future of WoW

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If Allied Races show us anything, it's that World of Warcraft is really in no danger of running out of new races to throw...

Hey Alexa, where’s Blind Mary? Activision and Amazon put game advice on personal assistants

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Among hardcore MMORPG players, particularly vets of a certain age, there's a longstanding grudge against the shift toward being able to look up every...
Help friends.

Battle Bards Episode 119: Skyforge

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Believe it or not, it’s the Battle Bards’ fifth anniversary! From its weirdly humble beginnings back in 2013 to our arrogant ramblings here in...
Saw it coming, indeed.

Star Trek Online opens up its expansion bundle packages for Victory is Life

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If you've been through prior expansion launches for Star Trek Online, you know that the expansion launch is almost always accompanied by big packs...
SIR

Monster Hunter World is patching in a new hunt against Kulve Taroth

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Most games could not get away with a patch that adds literally one monster. "That isn't enough of a patch," players would say. But...
Let the gods fall, etc.

TERA delivers impressive new character abilities with the Godsfall patch

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The latest update for TERA on PC brings characters to new heights of power. Not just because you're acquiring all sorts of commendations and...
GIRLS

Radical Heights teases female characters and jumping through windows

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There's still plenty of stuff going on in the development of Radical Heights, and Cliff Bleszinski is showing it off on Twitter. What sort...

Hyperspace Beacon: Five things Star Wars The Old Republic still does well

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I have been harping on so many things that BioWare is doing wrong with Star Wars: The Old Republic that some have wondered why...
Factionalized!

Bless Online details the origin and reasons behind its faction conflict

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There are two factions in Bless Online, so you can be sure that both factions want to make sure that the other faction no...

EVE Online’s ‘million dollar battle’ set a Guinness World Record for PvP battle concurrency

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Last January's much-hyped "million dollar battle" in EVE Online may have been a $3300 bust in terms of the value of the ships destroyed...
Ah, that's a fine looking desert town in the middle of nowhere.

Villagers & Heroes adds in new village options with the Wellspring expansion on May 14

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The heart of gameplay in cross-platform MMORPG Villagers & Heroes is all about villages, so anything that expands your options for villages is going to...
FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN

MechWarrior Online adds the Solaris arena with its newest patch

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Unlike the usual battles in MechWarrior Online that are part of savage and cruel wars, the battles in the newly added Solaris arena are...
Barnum figured people would lose interest long before the point of two million, but hey.

Star Citizen promises shirts for its two million backer milestone

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Back in 2015, Star Citizen passed a million registered users. At this point, the game has passed two million. Three years later, it's doubled....

The Daily Grind: What could MMO taverns do to get you to stick around?

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I have vague memories of ArenaNet talking about Guild Wars 2 taverns prior to its launch and how these spaces would be more than...
You aren't going anywhere for a while, right?

Hearthstone’s newest expansion has a new card that’s causing balance issues… with animations

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When a new expansion arrives in Hearthstone, there will be balance issues. That's almost inevitable; you know it's going to happen, it's part of...
This looks nice enough.

Closers invites players to take part in new challenges at the planar gate

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If you've got a need for some new challenges in Closers, possibly of the planar variety, you'll get plenty out of the new Planar...
All is well.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds adds map changes and red zone shrinkage

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Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene does not have kind words for people who dislike the red zone in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. In his own words, people who...