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The Flower of Knighthood Kickstarter has been cancelled

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Launching a Kickstarter is always a nerve-wracking experience. (Believe us, we know about it.) But then there are times when you see evidence that...

Secret World Legends activates its anniversary event and refer-a-friend program tomorrow

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A year has gone by since Funcom rebooted The Secret World into Secret World Legends, and the studio is ready to celebrate that milestone...
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Blade & Soul offers the notes for the Celestial Dawn patch on June 20

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It's almost the dawning of the age of... celestiality? You know, there's probably a reason why Blade & Soul didn't make that joke for...

ARK Survival Evolved promises Extinction expansion for November 6

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Exctinction is coming! Wait, that's a bad thing... unless you're a player of ARK Survival Evolved, where Extinction is just the name of the...

Closers launches Violet character, nukes the fatigue system on July 3

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En Masse has big plans for its action MMO Closers, the studio announced in a press release today. Not only will Closers launch new...
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Video game industry groups across the globe reject WHO’s ‘gaming disorder’ classification

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As we noted yesterday, the World Health Organization has gone ahead with the inclusion of "gaming disorder" in the publication of its most recent...
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Smed weighs in on Sony’s historical PlayStation crossplay hangups

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Sony's managed to piss off a whole lotta gamers over its unwillingness to play ball on Fortnite. As we covered last week, the PlayStation...

Chronicles of Elyria brings its world to life with player chat and adorable bunnies

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You just couldn't resist the bunny post, could you? The bunnies were there and your mind goes, "Aww, fluffy little hoppity hoppers!" and now...

More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends

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At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online's implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information...

Whoopsie swastikas, stink bombs, and Twitch records: Just another day in the life of Fortnite

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Add "accidentally creating Nazi symbols" to things you probably don't want your popular video game to do. Fortnite players recently discovered that one floor tileset,...
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Bless Online cuts back its influencer program following conduct mishaps

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Neowiz is on a downsizing streak for its Bless Online emissary program, reducing the number of player ambassadors (read: influencers) for the game as...

Guild Wars 2’s next episode, Long Live the Lich, launches June 26 – here’s the trailer (finally!)

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Who had June 26th for Guild Wars 2's next big thing? Oh, everyone? Because we had gobs of time to speculate in the delay...
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Fallout 76 gives the beta edge to Xbox One and drives tourism to West Virginia

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One of the perks of pre-ordering Fallout 76 is that you'll be automatically included in the pool of B.E.T.A. testers. However, life is not...
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Pokemon Go is finally letting you make friends and trade pokemon

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One of the most fundamental aspects of the series will finally arrive in Pokemon Go sometime soon. The game has been out for a...
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Blade & Soul shows off enhancing your gear with its new Augment system

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Legendary accessories in Blade & Soul are the sort of things that you know you can wear for a very long time without replacing....

Gran Skrea brings an indie sandbox MMO to early access

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On the prowl for an undiscovered indie MMORPG these days? You might want to check out Gran Skrea Online, as it just went into...

Rend showcases new Stagswood biome with video

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Frostkeep Studios showed off plenty for Rend at E3, as you can see from our hands-on with the game, but the studio still has...

Cuisine Royale is the goofy reskin the battle royale genre deserves

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Be careful what you wish for! Apparently, Gaijin (you know it from WarThunder) ran an April Fools' day joke mode for online shooter Enlisted...

Sea of Thieves does a 180 on skeleton boats and is fine with it

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With skeleton ships sailing, volcanoes erupting, rowboats rowing, and the three-player brigantine vessel tempting, Sea of Thieves is firing a publicity broadside following its...

The World Health Organization advances its ‘gaming disorder’ classification in spite of heavy criticism

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The World Health Organization has gone ahead with the inclusion of "gaming disorder" in the publication of its most recent edition of its disease...

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