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This must be a definition of the word instant I was not previously acquainted with.

Guild Wars 2 is overhauling runes and sigils and making them salvageable in next week’s patch

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If you're one of those weirdos who loves having an inventory overflowing with crap (hi MJ!), then I'm sorry to report that ArenaNet is...

Black Desert Online cracking down on private servers to community’s dismay

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The folks at Kakao Games and Pearl Abyss have announced via an official forum post from GM Rhotaaz that they're cracking down on Black...

ARK: Extinction launches today with a free week of Survival Evolved

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With the lack of fanfare leading up to today, you might have thought that Studio WildCard delayed the launch of ARK's third expansion, Extinction....

Gamigo finally confirms that Trove development will continue after Trion’s firesale

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ArcheAge players can breathe a little easier now that they know XL Games is committed to working with Gamigo on keeping the game in...
There! A thing!

Albion Online’s Nimue update launches November 21

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The Lady of the Lake is coming to Albion Online this month: Nimue launches on November 21st, mostly notably with its new 5v5 guild-vs.-guild...

Worlds Adrift posts Stairway to Haven tutorial video, opens community council nominations

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There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is yours, and she's ganking you now on your sky ship. Hey don't look at me. It's...

Warcraft III: Reforged will support original’s custom games, allow crossplay between both versions

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One of the biggest announcements out of BlizzCon 2018 for old-school RTS fans was certainly the news of Warcraft III: Reforged, a from-the-ground-up remake...

World of Warcraft’s Alex Afrasiabi on the possibility of faction unification

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During BlizzCon 2018, the folks at Blizzard Watch chatted up World of Warcraft Senior Creative Director Alex Afrasiabi to discuss what lies in store for...

Final Fantasy XIV’s 4.45 patch is live with Eureka Pyros and the further adventures of Hildibrand

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Let's be blunt: People did not like Eureka Pagos. But Final Fantasy XIV's patch 4.45, live today, pushes the storyline along with role-agnostic customizations...

Guild Wars 2 devs and players raised over $65,000 for charity for Extra Life

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It's always heartening to see MMO players band together for a good cause, as the Guild Wars 2 community did for the recent Extra...

Funcom is now working on at least six new games, including a new open-world multiplayer title

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Man, just a couple of years ago, there was serious concern that Funcom wouldn't make it another quarter, and now here we are in...

Rend’s new classic and exploration game modes go live on the PTR

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The folks at Frostkeep Studios have announced that two new game modes have hit the PTR of their Norse-flavored survival game Rend. The two...

Warframe’s Fortuna drops this week as the community tackles the Solaris United ARG

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Last month, Digital Extremes announced that Warframe's next major content update, Fortuna, is going to be hitting the PC version of the game sometime...

Blizzard talks Overwatch’s Echo character, big-screen ambitions, and crossplay potential

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Most of the buzz coming out of BlizzCon's Overwatch reveals centered on the new playable bad-girl Ashe, who is totally not just McCree but...

Star Wars: The Old Republic adjusts operations, hypes Jedi Under Siege

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Promising a return to a "much regular update cadence," the Star Wars: The Old Republic operations team has some fixes and adjustments in the...

Shroud of the Avatar details continuing work on fishing, teases roleplay content stream

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Halloween is over, and you know what that means: Yep, two whole months of Christmas. Shroud of the Avatar is already teasing its winter...

Tencent is expanding draconian ‘healthy gaming’ child blocks across all of its titles

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Oof. If you thought RealID was a bad call, point your eyeballs at China, where Tencent has announced it will expand its existing "addiction-prevention"...

Blizzard denies claims that Diablo 4’s reveal was meant to punctuate BlizzCon as ActiBlizz stock plummets

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So here's some fuel on the raging dumpster fire that is the Diablo scene right now: Kotaku has sources claiming that Blizzard did indeed...
Weill, that's... more of a pier, really.

Path of Exile is indeed launching for PlayStation 4 this December

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Let's keep the Path of Exile announcements coming, shall we? Turns out that PlayStation 4 launch rumor wasn't a fluke; it's really happening, and...

Niantic’s Ingress Prime reboot is finally live

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It's been almost a year since Niantic announced it was rebooting its classic MMOARG Ingress as Ingress Prime, and today, it's finally here. As we've...

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