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Valiance Online recaps progress on environments and icons, promises a ‘long read’ on the way

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Remember earlier in November when Valiance Online company Silverhelm Studios promised it would increase its communication with its community with biweekly updates on the...
Because the franchise is being brought back from the dead, you see.

Diablo’s David Brevik lambastes Blizzard over elimination of employee profit sharing

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With the Diablo franchise taking heat from players over its mobile ambitions, Diablo II creator David Brevik decided to add more fuel to the...
Shimmy-shimmy-shimmy to the left.

Warframe hits the Switch tomorrow – here’s the tea on migration, Fort2na, and Baruuk

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One of the reasons I'm excited that my family's getting a Switch for Christmas (don't tell my kids!) is that Warframe is gonna be...
Theft.

Digital card game Artifact hurries to address player consternation over its business model

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You may remember Artifact as Valve's entry into the digital card game market, with plans to have no moderation and no way of obtaining...
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds declares the successful end to the ‘FIX PUBG’ campaign

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Good news, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fans, the "FIX PUBG" campaign is over and was successful! Sure, that doesn't mean that PUBG has actually been fixed,...
Who Mourns For Self-Declared Adonis?

Cliff Bleszinski states he’s never making another game

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If you had been hoping to see what Cliff Bleszinski (Cliffy B to those who don't like typing out surnames) was going to do...
Sorry!

Elite: Dangerous guild adopts sea cow, presumably plans to take it to space

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The manatee, commonly known as a sea cow, are herbivorous marine animals known mainly for being so ugly that they're cute, coming into conflict...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts: ‘No one is attempting to do what we are doing’

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As we noted on Saturday, Star Citizen hit $200 million in crowdfunding - and that prompted a letter from the chairman penned by Chris...
This is where you end with your games that require mods. Forever recall this.

Fallout 76 is working on a bigger stash size, game stability, and push-to-talk

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Fallout 76's multiplayer adventure hasn't been the end of the world for the franchise, but neither has it been an unparalleled success. Numerous bugs...

MMO Week in Review: Final Fantasy XIV knows how to throw a fan event

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Let's just stipulate right here that Final Fantasy XIV knows how to freaking throw down a fan festival. Patch info, expansion info, juicy teases,...

Anthem previews character customization in latest developer livestream

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As many MMO fans will attest, extensive character customization can be a big draw for a game. After all, what gamers don't love making...
Doooo not care

The MOP Up: Free Overwatch this Thanksgiving

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Don't have Thanksgiving plans past gorging on dead bird carcasses and mashed-up roots? Blizzard has just the thing for you: Free Overwatch! "From November 20th...

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Q&A with Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida

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The question and answer portion of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival actually came before the Letter from the Producer, and as a result it...
Vendi ad me frat

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Naoki Yoshida explains patch 4.5 and Blue Mage in the newest live letter

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After Friday's keynote, Naoki Yoshida made it fairly clear that Final Fantasy XIV fans would not hear anything further about the contents planned for the...
Faires past

The Daily Grind: What are your reactions to this year’s Final Fantasy XIV Fanfest?

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Game-specific conventions are always a wild ride. Square-Enix didn't have to spend the past few days wowing people who had no idea about what...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen hits $200M in crowdfunds, Reddit drama ensues

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen officially broke the $200 million barrier for total funding collected from the proverbial crowd. That's a...
oh nooooo

H1Z1’s esports league is basically toast, ESPN reports

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It looks like H1Z1's Pro League isn't gonna make it. ESPN is reporting this evening that the esports league teams received a letter from Jace...

Whatever happened to Empyrion Galactic Survival?

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Anybody remember Empyrion Online aka Empyrion Galactic Survival? It's one of those space sandbox multiplayer survival games that went for a Kickstarter back in...
(Not nearly) 'nuff said!

Champions Online pays tribute to Stan Lee with new in-game cosmetic

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Champions Online was just one of the many superhero MMOs that came out to pay their respects to comics legend Stan Lee after news...
Wreckage.

FFXIV Fan Festival 2018: Details from the press conference with Naoki Yoshida

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In contrast to the high-octane trailer that had opened the day, the final event for the first day of the Final Fantasy XIV fan festival...

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