Events

Get caught up on convention happenings and major events in your favorite MMO. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Happy birthday, SMITE

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Hi-Rez's MOBA SMITE turns one year old today. Confetti! Balloons! Free stuff! Yes, the devs are running a giant sale on gems, god packs,...

Final Fantasy XI welcomes spring with this week’s update

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It's terribly hard to believe that it's already spring, particularly if you're watching a glacier slowly envelop your neighborhood in the northern hemisphere. Fortunately,...
IT'S THE FINAL COUNT DOWN

Frontier turns Elite bug into community event

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Frontier has turned an Elite: Dangerous bug into a canonical community event that is still ongoing through March 26th. A player purportedly fired on...
EVE Online

Big changes are in the works for EVE structures

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CCP has released a giant dev blog that covers EVE Online's new structure system. Much of it is "highly theoretical," and the company says...
I get the temptation, but you are not actually a captain.

Star Trek Online adds new five-player queue, R&D event

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Star Trek Online's website has updated with a couple of blurbs that may interest you for the weekend. First up is a bonus R&D...

EVE Fanfest 2015: Project Legion may be in development limbo

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At last year's EVE Online Fanfest, developer CCP Games announced Project Legion, a complete reimagining of failed console MMOFPS DUST 514 for the PC....

The Secret World begins #IAMTSW contest series

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The Secret World's forum game is finally upon us, and as promised, it looks to be a doozy. Funcom will be running several weeks...

EVE Fanfest 2015: CCP opens VR Labs, unveils four new side projects

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The story of how virtual reality dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie was born is a great indicator of shifts within the games industry. While the big...

Guild Wars 2 starts second PvP ladder test season tomorrow

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When we were kids, playing on ladders was a good way to get a scolding or a trip to the E.R. Now, they're the...

EVE Fanfest 2015: EVE is getting customisable structures and player-built stargates

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It's often said that EVE Online is ultimately built by its players and that the developer's job is to produce the tools for players...

EverQuesting: Celebrating EQ’s 16th year

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Happy birthday, sweet sixteen! That's the song going through the air this week as EverQuest celebrates its latest claim to fame: membership in an...
EVE Valkyrie

CCP releases new EVE: Valkyrie trailer at Fanfest

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Space combat fans, you'll want to have a look at the new Valkyrie trailer released at EVE Fanfest 2015 this week. It was captured...

EVE Fanfest 2015 begins, promises new VR tech and huge EVE reveal

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It's the time of year again when EVE Online fans and developers from around the world make the annual pilgrimage to a frozen volcanic...
Fan Faire

Project Fan Faire needs your support

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Remember that time when Daybreak bought out SOE, fired a bunch of people, and cancelled Fan Faire? Yeah that sucked, but a few fans...

An Ingress convention could happen in 2015

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Augmented reality MMO Ingress could be heading for its own official convention this year, thanks to the mobile game's popularity and growth. Google's Niantic Labs...
Star Citizen

Star Citizen’s SXSW trailer features the social module

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Did you miss last weekend's SXSW Star Citizen presentation? If so, you also missed a first look at the title's social module, which debuted...

EverQuest kicks off 16th anniversary with player-designed missions today

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It was 16 years ago today that EverQuest welcomed players into its 3-D world and in so doing helped to propel MMOs to greater...

The Secret World begins its epic forum game with a plea for help

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A new forum game is afoot over at The Secret World, as one of the in-game characters, the Stationmaster, posted a cry for help...

EVE Fanfest will be cold; EVE gets a new artbook

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EVE Fanfest 2015 is coming in a little less than a week, and if you can't attend in person, you do have the option...

BlizzCon 2015 is coming this November 6 and 7

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Any uncertainty over whether Blizzard was going to throw a convention this year is now over, as the studio announced that BlizzCon 2015 will...