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World of Warcraft’s Celestalon moves over to Hearthstone team

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He's giving a sad goodbye to World of Warcraft but a happy hello to Hearthstone, as Game Designer Chadd "Celestalon" Nervig has switched teams over...

EVE Evolved: Calling time on EVE Online’s five-year vision

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When Andie "CCP Seagull" Nordgren walked onto the stage at EVE Fanfest 2013 and delivered her long-term vision for the future of EVE Online,...
Nope.

Betawatch: There’s factions in them there hills of Wild West Online (December 8, 2017)

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Let's start with something that you probably already ascertained: Wild West Online is being delayed. It delayed its early access alpha, and that delay...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

PUBG makes Aussie players geocache for lootcrates this weekend

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Dammit Australia. As if buying lockboxes in video games isn't bad enough, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds means to make you chase them in real life. Apparently, Xbox...

Ask Mo: Counting the hits and misses of our 2017 predictions

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As we do every year, today we’re going to peer back into the depths of last year's staff predictions for the genre and the games...

Leaderboard: How should MMORPG studios communicate to players?

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The most peculiar comment thread erupted in MJ's recent post about Secret World Legends' Krampusnacht. In response to the casual note that the holiday...
Man-dope.

Amazon stops selling digital cards for Star Wars: The Old Republic

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You can no longer purchase digital time cards or Cartel Coins for Star Wars: The Old Republic through Amazon. This is clearly a sign...

H1Z1 will be called King of Survival when Tencent ports it to China

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This week's rumor that Tencent may be porting Daybreak's H1Z1 eastward has proven true, as the Chinese megacorp and Daybreak announced late last night...

Overwatch snags two Game Awards while Destiny 2 is honored by six nominations

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Did you catch last night's Game Awards from LA? If not, you probably didn't miss anything super-groundbreaking, although Overwatch did quite well for itself...
All errors should have been ingored

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about Destiny 2 six weeks post-launch?

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Destiny 2's Curse of Osiris has already been out a few days and... it's not exactly lighting the world on fire. Core fanboys aren't...
Move it move it.

Here’s a quick peek into the two ‘MMOs’ Pearl Abyss is working on

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Back in September during Pearl Abyss' IPO press conference, the South Korean company reps let loose with a ton of information about the state...
Look in my eyes, what do you see? Creative bankruptcy.

Tencent may be bringing H1Z1 to China

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The easiest way to ensure that no one is really fighting over who gets to be at the top of the battle royale genre...

Hawaii state rep Chris Lee urges gamers to contact their local governments about lockboxes

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Say you were a legislator concerned about the lootbox/lockbox gambling issues in gaming. How would you actually go about drafting a law that targets...

Crowfall studio ArtCraft just raised another $6M from investors to launch the game

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Lest you be dispirited by the fact that Crowfall's soft launch isn't going to make 2017 as promised (after also not making 2016), ArtCraft...
Oh look.

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2017

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As Counting Crows told us, it's been a long December, although the fact that it has also only just started being December speaks to...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds teases its desert map, eyes post-launch cosmetics

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Still find yourself dizzy with disbelief about how the most awkwardly titled video game ever became 2017's biggest hit? Check out Polygon's rundown of...
Just fight the thing.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 147: Daybreak but not that one

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Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Star Citizen, Guild Wars 2, Skyforge, and the cost of making games, with a lengthy mailbag-inspired discussion on minimaps.
Expectations.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is holding a Thursday livestream with author Timothy Zahn

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Timothy Zahn is kind of a big deal for Star Wars fiction. Yes, he helped develop the most recent bit of Star Wars: The...

EA patches Star Wars Battlefront 2 as petition asking Lucasfilm to drop EA reaches 120K sigs

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How hard is EA trying to salvage its rep hit from the Star Wars Battlefront 2 drama? It's hard to judge right now. This...
A win, sort of.

Fortnite settles one of its anti-cheater lawsuits out of court

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If you'd forgotten, Fortnite wound up bringing a lawsuit against two people for cheating software being used in the game. One such suit hit...

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