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Ash, magic Ash.

Warframe invites players to get a free Ash Prime for watching TennoCon

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Looking forward to the future of Warframe? You should be happy that TennoCon is this weekend, but if you can't make your way there...
Here we go now.

Headstart begins today for Defiance 2050

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The time has come for Defiance 2050 to enter the wild... in a limited sense. Head start access begins today, although the general "anyone...

Star Citizen offers a speedy look at some of what’s coming in alpha 3.3

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Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week is even shorter than the last few weeks' episodes, clocking it at under five minutes as alluded...
Go away.

Twitch is cracking down on high-profile streamers using inappropriate language

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Twitch is working overtime by going after big-name streamers who use inappropriate language in chat. The platform's community policies have landed popular streamer Destiny...

Destiny 2 is free-to-play on PC this weekend

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Eyes up, Guardians: From July 6th until July 8th, Destiny 2 is free to play on PC through Blizzard's Battle.net program. Whether you're a...

Blizzard wants you to crush your enemies for a Battle for Azeroth beta key

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Can't wait until August 14th to get your hands on World of Warcraft's upcoming Battle for Azeroth expansion? Then you might be in luck:...
Oh gosh why.

The Daily Grind: How early should an MMORPG’s hype cycle begin?

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GIbiz put out an interesting piece this week looking 10 years into the past to see where the buzz was in the game industry...

ArenaNet has let go two Guild Wars 2 devs following a heated Twitter confrontation

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Please note that this article has been heavily updated over the last week as this story has continued developing. New additions are at the...
'You can't romance those hunks of metal' says the absolute coward.

Check out the full E3 demo for BioWare’s Anthem

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There's a lot we still don't know about the upcoming multiplayer-but-not-completely shooter from BioWare, Anthem. There's also a lot we do know, some of...

ArcheAge is rolling out the next phase of its fresh-start servers with Reign: Part 1 on July 18

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Trion Worlds has announced that the next phase of ArcheAge's fresh-start progression servers will soon begin, boosting the level cap to 55 and unlocking...

Sea of Thieves fixes cannon teleporting (sort of) and bans cheaters

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This week's Sea of Thieves update did keep the servers down extralong on the holiday, but there wasn't much to it. There's a new...
It's still the same game, Beavis.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds patches Sanhok to be more pretty and less exploitable

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A new patch is available for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on the test server, and it does exactly what the headline says. It makes the Sanhok...

Skyforge’s Gods at War update to introduce PvP balance changes and ladder system

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A battle of divine proportions is coming to Skyforge in its upcoming Gods at War update, which will bring "three major innovations" to the...
No, you can't be quite this evil.

It’s starting to look like Valve is trying to murder SteamSpy on purpose

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Back in April, Valve announced new supposedly privacy-oriented changes for Steam that had what everyone assumed to be an unintended (and unannounced) side-effect: It...

Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives the dungeons and PvP upgrades of the Wolfhunter DLC and GU19

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ZeniMax is back to work today and hyping up Elder Scrolls Online's next DLC. Announced at E3, the Wolfhunter pack will roll out two...
Wheelie!

ArenaNet is working on inventory tweaks and bug fixes for Classic Guild Wars – yes, a real patch!

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ArenaNet isn't giving up on Classic Guild Wars, it seems, and it's not stopping at the basics. "In the spirit of cupcakes, here's a sneak...
A prison of your own making.

Fortnite players download a hack and wind up hacked themselves

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It turns out that when you download third-party hacks designed to help you cheat in a game, the people you are downloading them from...

Former Star Citizen dev refutes fake Glassdoor review made by troll on his behalf

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The battle of the trolls in the Star Citizen community reached new lows this week as someone apparently impersonated a former dev on Glassdoor...

Richard Garriott rejects idea that Shroud of the Avatar is a ‘flop’, says the game will run ‘forever’

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Shroud of the Avatar has long been an odd bird in the MMORPG crowdfunding space. Driven by the eccentric Richard Garriott, it raised large...
And staying that way.

Fractured devs discuss planetary travel, stargates, survival, and more in Kickstarter Q&A video

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MMORPG sandbox Fractured continues its Kickstarter this week, with just 20 days to go on Kickstarter; as I type this, it's pulled in just...

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