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Polish retailer is the latest to make Fallout 76 a gift-with-purchase as duping clean-up is deemed a success

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Today in who's giving Fallout 76 away for free, we have Polish retailer X-Kom, which was reportedly bundling the game with $5 PlayStation 4 thumbsticks to sell...
This big reveal worked out super great.

Leaderboard: Is E3 no longer relevant to gaming?

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CNet had an interview out last week with Sony's Shawn Layden discussing a number of aspects of the company's business plans that, while potentially...
Yarr, cut out all carbs, got much lighter.

Pirate MMO Atlas makes things lighter with its most recent patch

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The latest Atlas patch deployed on Saturday turned everything lighter. Yes, everything. Gold weighs less. Everything weighs less. Animals weigh less. Bears have less...

Indie superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes releases fresh batch of custom city screenshots

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I'd be willing to bet that most fans of City of Heroes would point to things like flight and super jump - especially super...

Check out the brand-new look for Camelot Unchained’s ability system UI

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Camelot Unchained's latest dev blog runs down everything going on in the game's open beta this week, but it's the new ability builder UI...

Warframe details 6th anniversary Weekend Wars and teases upcoming content in-game

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Warframe is six years old, and there's no better way to celebrate the fact than by shooting and slicing enemies! To mark the milestone,...

Black Desert Online explains the intent of the Adventure Log and Dark Rift

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Jae-hee Kim, executive producer for Black Desert Online, has penned a letter to provide some context for the recent additions of Bartali's Adventure Log...

The Pokemon Go trespassing lawsuit’s proposed settlement terms are absurdly reasonable

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Remember back in 2016 when Pokemon Go news was bonkers? We covered multiple lawsuits revolving around the game, including one lodged against Nintendo and...

CIG summarizes development progress for Squadron 42

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Considering the perceptual glacial pace of development for Squadron 42, it's pretty easy to assume that the folks at CIG are sitting on their...
The krogan, forever charging.

Apex Legends: 16k bans, content cadence, mode leaks, and Apex Construct’s not-so-lucky break

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EA's surprise hit Apex Legends hasn't slowed down since its stealth launch earlier this month, in spite of worth contenders in the field -...

The Daily Grind: Are you concerned about the future of World of Warcraft?

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Given the week that Activision-Blizzard just had - capping off a record financial year by haphazardly firing 800 employees, literally provoking union groups to...

MMO Week in Review: The week when EA looked like the good guy

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Activision-Blizzard had a rough week of its own making, as it announced record-high revenue for the year and in the same moment began laying...

The MOP Up: TERA and PUBG combine unholy forces

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TERA sent out a press release this week confirming the end of the world: "Finally, the dream collaboration between TERA and PUBG is real!...

Crowfall’s Raph Koster has some advice for community managers

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Community management may be one potential path to making inroads at a development studio, but before you take that job, you'd best heed the...

Earthrise’s reboot is still in limbo (but it isn’t canceled)

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With just about a year under its belt before it was canned in 2011, Earthrise was one of those MMOs that died too soon....

Blade & Soul loses Producer Jonathan Lien

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Rabbit Man is sad today because Rabbit Man heard the news that Jonathan Lien is leaving his post as producer for Blade and Soul. "I...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard of: Tales of Wind, Era of Legends, and Darksburg

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Welcome back to another run-down of MMOs and other online games you've probably never heard of. We love doing these! Here's some stuff to...

Here’s how players will do science in sandbox Population Zero

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Still keeping an eye on survival MMO Population Zero? There's yet another dev blog out this week, this one on science and technology in...

The Elder Scrolls Online’s Wrathstone DLC goes live on PC on February 25, console March 12

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Have you been waiting anxiously to find out when you'll be able to delve into the mysteries and adventurers of The Elder Scrolls Online's...
Nice and apolitical, huh?

Betawatch: The Division 2 barrels toward open beta

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It's almost time for everyone to do the hip new dance that's sweeping the nation with the arrival of The Division 2. Assuming, of course,...

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