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City of Heroes Homecoming asks players what they want from a licensed server

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Now this is an interesting development, and very possibly a hint at things to come, though there's no official confirmation of legitimacy one way...

Rogue Company is a team-based multiplayer shooter coming from Hi-Rez Studios in 2020

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Publisher Hi-Rez Studios is cracking out another team-based shooter, but this one looks to be a bit more... edgy, I guess is the word...

Borderlands 3 releases its launch trailer, dreams of having an anime and a theme park

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With four days left before Borderlands 3 arrives to PC, PS4, and Xbox One on September 13th, Gearbox Software is looking to drum up...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen discusses crafting in its August developer roundtable

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The one thing I like most about sandbox MMOs -- and the one thing that I'll probably end up doing if I find one...

Fight or Kite: Crowfall’s new Infected content is the best thing added to the pre-alpha

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This past week has been the best week I’ve had in Crowfall all year. First, ArtCraft dropped a weekend-long event that really turned heads,...
Oh, boo-hoo.

EVE Online offers grief counseling for ship losses and celebrates exploration record

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What's the hardest part of EVE Online for new players? It looks like CCP Games is betting that it's the sting when your first ship...

Cube World developer Wollay explains why the game has seen repeated delays

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With Cube World once again in the spotlight thanks to a promised launch on Steam this fall, many are perhaps looking for an explanation...

EA’s infamous ‘sense of pride and accomplishment’ post now holds a Guinness record – for Reddit downvotes

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By now, we're all familiar with the 2017 comment by EA about how lootboxes provide "a sense of pride and accomplishment." The remark was...

World of Warcraft perseveres under weekend DDoS attacks, WoW Classic fixes layering exploits

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It was a pretty annoying weekend to be playing some of Blizzard's titles -- in particular, World of Warcraft Classic. Players noticed significant disruptions,...

MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 looks ahead, WoW Classic looks back

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Guild Wars 2 was buzzing all week in the wake of its contentious saga announcement as ArenaNet suggested it hadn't ruled out another expansion...

The MOP Up: Catching up with Runes of Magic

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It's been a while since we've checked in with Runes of Magic! So what's going on with this fantasy MMO these days? For starters,...
Bless this hot mess.

EVE Online improves star and wormhole textures along with several UI improvements

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If you're still using lower shader quality on EVE Online (perhaps you're running the game on extremely outdated hardware as a form of protest), stars...

Guild Wars 2 submits a list of potential WvW-centered balance adjustments

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It's time for the PvPers of Guild Wars 2 to maybe get worried and very possibly get upset to the point they make angry...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s alpha 3.6.2 is live, but some features have been postponed

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen finally pushed out alpha 3.6.2 after a bit of delay - and that's not all that's being...
Rebuild. Rise.

City of Titans has slimmed down its costuming program, bringing it closer to a test state

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Costumes in a superhero game are a big deal, something the City of Titans team is well aware of. But system resources are also a big deal,...

Star Citizen explains the roadmap reassignment of salvage, security, and bounty hunter armor

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When Star Citizen announced its plans to tweak its development process last week, it also noted that features on the game's roadmap were going...

Astellia Online offers $10 subscription as an alternative to buy-to-play

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With Astellia Online coming out in a few weeks on September 27th, two questions sit on the table. Will you be playing? And how...
Shooooooot

For Science: Another longitudinal study demonstrates no link between video games and aggression

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Back in July, we covered a Stetson University paper for a study that examined over 3000 Singaporean primary and secondary school students over the...
My authority as principal is total.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is no longer stuck on your character

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Don't you hate when you're just walking along and find out you've got some other character stuck to you? No, probably not, for much...

Destiny 2 previews October Crucible adjustments and Shadowkeep subclass ability tweaks

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The drums of change continue to boom out over Destiny 2. The weekly report from Bungie provided a deeper look at how things are...

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