Events

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E3 2015: Blizzard on Heroes of the Storm’s Eternal Conflict

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While Heroes of the Storm just released, Blizzard is not resting on its laurels. The Eternal Conflict is coming, first on the public test...

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward starts early access, welcomes back players

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Just a heads-up: If you have friends who play Final Fantasy XIV, you may not be seeing them at all today. That's because early...

The Daily Grind: What was the MMO highlight of E3?

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The last few years around convention time, I took a moment in The Daily Grind to ponder whether E3 had become irrelevant for MMO...

E3 2015: H1Z1 streamlines base building with construction boxes

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The dust hasn't even settled from H1Z1's recent base-building update, and already Producer Steve George has revealed to us at E3 2015 another great...

E3 2015: Cory Jones discusses HEX, lawsuits, and cake

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I first saw MMOTCG HEX at E3 2013 at the same time the Kickstarter was revealed to the public, which was actually after it had...

Protector’s Jubilee begins in all versions of Neverwinter

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Protector's Jubilee starts anew in Neverwinter today to celebrate the game's two-year anniversary. The returning festival gives players new quests and skirmishes to conquer...

Hall drops Ion hints, says he worked on DayZ ‘longer than [he] intended’

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What exactly is Ion, the new sci-fi sandbox being developed by Dean Hall in collaboration with virtual world firm Improbable? We still don't really...

E3 2015: Hands-on with Sword Coast Legends

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I'm more an MMORPG player than a Dungeons & Dragons tabletop gamer, but I'm familiar enough with D&D to be intrigued by the addition of...

E3 2015: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns prepurchase is live; we get the scoop on guild halls

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By now you are no doubt familiar with the guild halls arriving in Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion. What you probably didn't expect is that...

Ascent’s first election will determine the President of the Galaxy

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Ascent: The Space Game is holding its first major election. This isn't just any player election, mind you, but it's one that will determine...
Taken for tacos, maybe.

E3 2015: Destiny’s The Taken King arrives Sept. 15; here’s the trailer

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So, hey, remember that rumor about Destiny launching The Taken King on September 15th of this year? There's a new trailer out from the...

E3 2015: Rare’s Sea of Thieves might be sort of an MMO thing, maybe?

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Rare announced a new piratey thing called Sea of Thieves at today's Microsoft E3 event. It's an Xbox One exclusive and Windows 10 title...
THIS IS CHARITABLE

E3 2015: Elite is now previewable on Xbox One, Close Quarter Combat coming soon

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Frontier CEO David Braben has announced that Elite: Dangerous will be one of the first "early access" games available via the Xbox One's Game...
Oh, good, spiders and mushrooms.

E3 2015: The Elder Scrolls’ TCG; ESO’s Orsinium, Imperial City

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The downside of E3 pre-conferences coming earlier and earlier is that the event just gets longer and longer, but the upside is that you...

Cryptic introduces the Neverwinter Combat League

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Neverwinter's getting serious about its competitive game, as the title is launching new PvP seasons for player rewards and glory. The Neverwinter Combat League challenges...

E3 2015: SWTOR’s next expansion is Knights of the Fallen Empire

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EA has just announced its E3 lineup, and MMO fans are going to like the part where the company casually reveals the name and...

RIFT’s Summerfest starts today

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School's out for RIFT -- and Summerfest is in full swing! The fantasy title's summer event starts today and continues through July 1st, offering...

WildStar’s mystery event befuddles players

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Yesterday evening Carbine Studios encouraged players to attend a WildStar mystery event on the Entity server, not spilling any other details as to what...

Guild Wars 2 showing off its guild halls at E3

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In all of the Heart of Thorns hoopla and specializations diaries, did you forget that guild halls will also be arriving in Guild Wars...

Angel joins Marvel Heroes as a team-up

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One of the core members of the X-Men will be swooping into Marvel Heroes at last -- but only as a team-up character (for...