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Blizzard wants to know why you’re not playing Hearthstone anymore

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It seems that Blizzard's free(ish)-to-play digital TCG Hearthstone has hit a bit of a rough patch recently. According to PC Gamer, Blizzard COO Coddy...

The Division 2 has plenty to keep you occupied at endgame

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With open beta right around the corner, The Division 2 is hoping to make a strong impression on the gaming community and make inroads...

MMO industry veteran Bill Roper has departed SpatialOS company Improbable

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If you've been around in MMOs a while, you surely know Bill Roper and his pedigree. He's a former Blizzard developer who went on to helm...
If you come to San Francisco...

Final Fantasy XIV prepares for Little Ladies’ Day while Naoki Yoshida talks about the design of Blue Mage

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The latest edition of Final Fantasy XIV's annual Little Ladies' Day event will get you properly equipped for a trip to San Francisco, as you'll...

Now confirmed: Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet is suffering heavy layoffs, but the game will continue

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Update: The layoffs have now been confirmed, and ArenaNet has now issued a statement. We're continuing to update this article at the end. Kotaku is...
Oh, yeah, this is fine. It's fine. It's fine! This is fine.

Tencent introduces strict rules for streamers playing its games

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Good news for Chinese streamers, as gaming giant Tencent has introduced a new set of rules about what streamers can and cannot do while...
Time is on my side, after a fashion.

The Elder Scrolls Online previews the upcoming Eld Angvar battleground

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Eld Angvar is a locale in the Ayleid world between worlds, a space where boundaries of space break down and you can easily teleport...
The price isn't nice, though.

China puts a freeze on new game approval (again)

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You might recall that 2018 proved to be a mess for studios trying to get their new games approved for the always-lucrative Chinese market....
I'm on a mount!

Dark and Light drops its price as it promises it’s moving toward a full release

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Gosh, we really hope you didn't buy Dark and Light last week because the title's price has just been dropped to $17.99. The announcement of...
Kapwing!

Bless Unleashed previews the archer class, re-confirms 2019 Xbox One launch

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Hey, so Bless Unleashed is still happening. Bandai Namco sent 'round a brand-new trailer for the game today, introducing the Ranger class, which it...

Leaderboard: How worried are you for PlanetSide Arena and Daybreak right now?

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Daybreak's Friday-night revelation that it is delaying PlanetSide Arena to summer made me worried. Actually, the revelation that the company would be refunding everyone...

Mobile MMO AxE: Alliance vs Empire launches today

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There's a new trend in reveal-to-launch-time ratio, and we can't say that's a bad thing: Having less wait between learning of a game and...

Black Desert’s PC version rolls out the new Central Market as Xbox One edition mops up beta bugs

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Economy fiends, it's your week to shine in Black Desert. That's because the game's trading system has received a major new implementation in the...

Darkfall Rise of Agon has officially soft-launched its hybrid free-to-play ‘freemium’ model

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Remember back when free-to-play was still a pretty rare thing, and we used to run polls on which MMOs would go free-to-play next? And...
Yarr, cut out all carbs, got much lighter.

Atlas takes aim at offline raiding and land ownership while delaying its next major patch

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The bad news for Atlas fans is that the game's next major patch will be delayed until mid-March or late March. The good news is...

Pirate TV: Ubisoft is making a Skull and Bones series

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While it may be late to the pirate party, Skull and Bones is going to haul more than treasure and fire more than cannons...

Epic Games yanks Fortnite ads from YouTube over super gross child exploitation expose

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Welp, if there's anything that might finally convince Google to overhaul its horrible, awful, no-good YouTube video algorithms that somehow start you with puppy...

Red Dead Online’s next update includes multiple new PvP events and… fishing challenges

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Don't you forget about me, Red Dead Redemption 2 belts out into the void where Anthem, Division 2, Apex Legends, and Fortnite are currently...

TERA partners with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds for bizarre crossover event

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Well, we suppose it was bound to happen eventually: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and TERA are crossing over. Sure, it seems like an odd combination, and...

Patch 0.1 brings a new map and new class to Breach

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In what's being described as the online shooter's first major monthly patch of its early access, Breach's latest update is introducing a variety of...

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