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Diablo III Season 22 introduces shadow clones and a fourth Kanai’s Cube slot on November 20

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The seasons keep rolling on in Diablo III, with the ARPG's 22nd season, Shades of the Nephalem, confirmed for Friday, November 20th. As the...

Star Citizen shows off item interaction, more homestead progress, and refinery deck exteriors

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Things interacting with other things. That's part of the focus for Star Citizen's latest video. That sounds pretty rudimentary, but is part of a...

Legends of Aria deep-dives The Outlands’ Necromancer class

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Legends of Aria has a fresh dev vlog out this week previewing its upcoming Outlands release, both its locations and its planned Necromancer class. "The...

Phoenix Labs CEO announces future update plans and next-gen console launch for Dauntless

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A letter from Phoenix Labs CEO and co-founder Jesse Houston has got plenty to say regarding the future of Dauntless, including plans for the...

Star Citizen’s October report notes progress on Orison, job-specific armors, and new weapons and ships

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The beginning of November means a wrap-up of October's developments for Star Citizen, which once more offers a few peeks at some of the...

Warframe is launching on PlayStation 5 this year with cross-gen play and upgraded visuals

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Big news for Digital Extremes' Warframe today: The company is pushing the game to next-gen consoles a release on PlayStation 5 "this year" and...

NBA 2K21 dips its toes into MMO territory with its City gameplay mode

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Alright, who here had "NBA 2K21 decides to go MMO" on their 2020 bingo cards? Anyone? Anyone? Yeah, me neither, but here we are...

ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained announce Rise of Nehliya for November 12

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If you caught Gamigo's teases earlier this week on Twitter, you might have wondered what ArcheAge was up to. Wonder no more: The company...

Guild Wars 2 teases November 17 ‘Truce’ living world content chapter with brand-new trailer

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As promised, Guild Wars 2 has dropped the new trailer for its next chapter, The Icebrood Saga: Champions, Chapter 1: Truce. Is it possible...

The Repopulation talks up its new inventory system and plans to remove character model bones

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The Repopulation closed out its October updates with talk of containers and bones, which seems thematically appropriate, except the containers in question are related...
Heard of it?

Ashes of Creation offers a close look at the alpha one Cleric as it preps for an Extra Life charity stream

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You want a healer? Ashes of Creation has got your healer right here. Or it will once alpha one kicks off, and it's that...

Path of Exile is adding stash tab folders and sorting in what will hopefully be today’s patch

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Grinding Gear Games is apparently stepping back from explaining its new cadence and the delay of Path of Exile 3.13 and focusing on what's...
ha ha ship go brrrrr

EVE buffs up the Encounter Surveillance System to encourage player fighting even after taking out PvE bounties

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The upcoming new Dynamic Bounty System for EVE Online gives players a reason to fight PvE pirates and earn bounties, with the game's multiplier...
Boom.

MechWarrior Online’s CM promises more community input and a ‘rough outline of a plan’ for updates

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Another news story about MechWarrior Online roughly two weeks since our last report? Yes, believe it or not, the lines of communication appear to...

World of Warcraft: Free BlizzCon, dev swap, and Revendreth preview

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Blizzard President J. Allen Brack posted an interesting "fireside chat" yesterday to talk about what's going on with the studio and its games in...
I blew things up!

Apex Legends has already planned as many as 12 seasons, aspires to be ‘more than just a battle royale game’

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An interview with game director Chad Grenier has unveiled some interesting designs for the future of Apex Legends, not the least of which being...

Genshin Impact brings new stories, characters, and a city reputation system on November 11

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Genshin Impact is bringing some new things for players to chase after with its update 1.1, which is set to arrive on Wednesday, November...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts and Richard Tyrer talk about plans for character death in a video

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We haven't seen a whole lot of Chris Roberts in video form for quite a while (save for that brief cameo in the latest...
Not a great plan.

Camelot Unchained offers looks at new UI, the Dreadcaller class, and more Dragon’s Web details

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Camelot Unchained has offered up another round of check-ins for the playerbase to cap off the weekend playtest. We start with the most recent...

World of Warships adds sci-fi LTM, War Thunder announces battlecruisers and battleships

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Both of the big military vehicle battlers are getting some unique updates, so we'll go ahead and bundle up the latest news from War...

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