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Latest Sea of Thieves developer update video details arena development progress, teases future updates

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Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate is back again with the weekly development update video, and this week, he's here to talk a...

Elder Scrolls Legends will launch the Isle of Madness expansion January 24

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Elder Scrolls Legends has officially revealed Isle of Madness today after its teasing earlier this week. It's the game's next big story expansion and the...

Improbable clarifies timeline and petitions Unity for ‘clarity’ as the SpatialOS drama continues

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Yesterday, news of the tiff between SpatialOS company Improbable and Unity spread like wildfire over the internet, with multiple involved parties adding kindling throughout...
I'm alive! I promise.

Guild Wars 2 Game Director Crystin Cox has departed ArenaNet

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During research on an entirely unrelated article, we noticed that ArenaNet Game Director Crystin Cox has apparently moved on from her role on popular...
There's some vintage updates here, you know.

Path of Exile’s team is back at work with the first Betrayal League patch of the year

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It's good to know that the team behind Path of Exile took some time off for the holiday, since all outward indications are that this...

Amazon is reportedly developing a game-streaming platform that could release as early as next year

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It's certainly no secret that Amazon has been making numerous inroads into the gaming industry, from its Lumberyard game engine to its in-development MMO...

For Science: The psychology of online gaming toxicity, fanpersonism, and gamer identity

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Over the holidays, I bumped into some great video material from author and YouTuber Caleb Ross that seems useful for online gamers in particular....

Blizzard and Netease will be cranking out games together at least until 2023

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Chinese gaming giant Netease has popped up in the news over and over this past year. It poured money into SpatialOS and is building...
lol so randum

World of Warcraft smacks Monks, Shamans, and Druids with PvP nerfs

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To help bring some fairness and balance to the relentless, never-ending warfare of World of Warcraft, the folks at Blizzard have recently made some...

Star Citizen: Procedural layout tools, alpha 3.4.2, and a sweet Stanton system planetary map

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Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week is helmed by CIG's Sean Tracy and Eric Kieron Davis and has a lot more meat to...

MapleStory 2’s Skybound part 2 launches as Nexon bans exploiters and shuffles the classic team

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MapleStory 2 got another big content infusion this week in the form of the second part of its Skybound expansion. "The update introduces the Fortress...

Latest Black Desert Online class adds Archer Rabam skills, kicks off Moonlit Memory event

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The latest patch for Black Desert Online has gone live, bringing with it the powerful Rabam skills for the Archer class, a new event,...

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is holding an open beta this weekend – here’s how to play

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If you missed out on Ashes of Creation Apocalypse while it was live back in December, you're getting another crack at it this weekend....

More MMOs you’ve never heard of: PlaneShift, Stendhal, Ashen Empires, Zezenia, and Project Diaspora

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Think you've seen it all and played it all in regards to MMORPGs? There's always a lot of smaller and lesser-known games out there,...

Rumored Perfect World console remaster combat footage leaks

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It's not uncommon these days for classic (or cult classic) games to receive remakes and remasters some years after their initial release, and rumor...
But it worked all of the time before!

Activision is transferring Destiny publishing rights back to Bungie

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Still more big changes are afoot at Activision: Bungie just announced that Activision is transferring publishing rights for Destiny back to Bungie. "We have enjoyed...

Hearthstone takes a wrench to the guts of Rumble Run

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There's nothing wrong with playing by yourself, you lonely soul you. There must be quite a few like minds, because Hearthstone continues to pour...

What Destiny 2 could’ve learned about community puzzle gating… from Star Wars Galaxies

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Say you're the developer of an online shooter, but you really want to add something that challenges the players in a world where they...
Blade and Soul, thoughts are all like butterflies, yeah.

Blade & Soul outlines how to earn its Cutting Edge cosmetics for the three-year anniversary

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To celebrate the third year of Blade & Soul in the west, players are getting the chance to getting some far futuristic-looking costumes and weapons....
Powerful!

Crowfall details upcoming changes to campaign scoring in latest Q&A video

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Last month, Crowfall kicked off the first of its test campaigns, allowing players to play for keeps, as it were, in a game mode...

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