Events

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Dungeon Fighter Online celebrates its birthday by making you overpowered

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You may have never paid attention to Dungeon Fighter Online before, but perhaps you should: It's one of the biggest games in the world,...

Das Tal players logged 4000 kills during its clan alpha weekend

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Das Tal has kicked off Monday with a recap of its first March Madness weekend, during which it brought in new alpha testers and guilds...
hooray sorta

GDC 2016: Diablo’s UI was designed to pass the ‘mom test’

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David Brevik, one of the original co-founders of Blizzard North and probably best known to MMO players for his long tenure at the helm...

Neverwinter’s Portobello’s Campaign game-within-a-game launches March 31

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If you enjoyed last year's Acquisitions, Inc. live D&D event from PAX Prime 2015, then you're going to love Cryptic's latest stunt. It's called Portobello's...

Das Tal’s ‘March Mayhem’ alpha event kicks off today

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Das Tal has implemented a big patch just in time for its long-planned March Mayhem test event. The patch focuses on resource distribution intended to...
This is what happens when you give guns to plants.

Guild Wars 2 team streams ‘Building Online Spaces for a Massive Community’ panel from SXSW

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If you're not at GDC or SXSW this week, then you might be feeling a bit left out of the video game industry hoopla,...

The Stream Team: EverQuest anniversary adventures

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What does St. Patrick's Day plus EverQuest's 17th anniversary equal? Drunken Gnome racing, that's what! And MassivelyOP's MJ is ready to explore her Gnomish...

Get Daredevil for free in Marvel Heroes this weekend

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To celebrate the second season of Daredevil coming out on Netflix this month, Marvel Heroes is giving away the hero this weekend to anyone...
The ice is thin, come on, dive in.

WildStar opens up the Hoverboard zPrix Invitational

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The iconic vehicle of WildStar is the hoverboard because it's like a skateboard but it's a hoverboard. So how would you like to take...
This sounded good until you started attacking my toolkit for some reason.

Black Desert Online is hosting a Saint Patrick’s Day event

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There aren't a large number of MMOs that celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, probably because it's easier to come up with vague lore-appropriate reasons to...

Go drunken gnome racing in EverQuest’s 17th anniversary events

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Another year has come and gone for EverQuest, and there are two new events to help players get in on the festivities. Starting at...
Perhaps not such good value for bat-men, but they have enough money.

DC Universe Online announces a tournament for Batman vs. Superman

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There's not much time left before the latest DC Comics movie makes the old geek argument of "who would win in a fight, Batman...

Paradox and Obsidian are plotting something big at GDC

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Update: The new game is called Tyranny, and it's not VtM-themed -- full update and PR/trailer at the end of the post. Paradox Interactive is...

ARK: Survival Evolved is splitting in two with a F2P version

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See below for the update. Strange things are afoot at ARK: Survival Evolved, my friends. The site posted a partial picture of a metallic dinosaur...
It's a jumping-off point!

Final Fantasy XIV’s Hatching-Tide brings new barding, new hats, and new music sheets

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Most reliable scholars of Eorzea agree that the second Calamity was ushered in on March 15th, when Hatching-Tide started in Final Fantasy XIV once...

Xsyon kicks off a season full of events, including a mutant rodeo

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Just because the world's been ruined doesn't mean that Xsyon players can't have a good time, eh? A new season of fun events starts this...

SMITE and Paladins tournaments coming to Dreamhack

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Dreamhack 2016 is set to be one of the biggest competitive gaming events of the year, with a 10,000-seat LAN party crammed into the Elmia...
I expected blacker.

Black Desert’s western launch arrives with new trailer

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Welcome to Black Desert's official North American and European launch day! The servers are down right now for maintenance before the big rush, but we've...
Everybody's a friend.

Star Trek Online plans an Admirality campaign for the Romulan Republic

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The Romulan Republic has been in the background for a bit in Star Trek Online. Obviously the faction is still important, considering that it's...

RuneScape’s DarkScape will sunset in March

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Jagex is retiring RuneScape's DarkScape "experiment" at the end of March. "DarkScape offered an intriguing twist on the traditional RuneScape gameplay, and the experimental mode...