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Radical lows.

Betawatch: Radical Heights springs out to predictable lows (April 13, 2018)

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Good news, Boss Key fans! After the studio pretty blatantly gave up on LawBreakers, it turned around and quickly launched its next project, a...

Classic text MMO Torn is coming to Android devices next month

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Back in the ancient era of 2016, we pointed you toward a 14-year-old text-based MMORPG called Torn (formerly Torn City). The title gave players...

Lazarus sponsors a free weekend in order to break its game

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What's the fastest way to ruin your house? Throw a free party to people with no inhibitions, of course. So what's the fastest way...

SoulWorker Online adds high-level PvPvE operation

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What's the newly launched SoulWorker Online to do to keep players occupied as they dash up the levels? Turn them on each other, of...

Romain ‘Tilty’ Amiel departs Funcom and Secret World Legends

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Secret World Legends players are in for a shock: Game Director Romain Amiel is moving on from Funcom. MMO vets will recall he's been...

EVE Fanfest 2018: Two EVE players were married by the space pope. Yep.

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Of all the fascinating things the EVE Online community has embraced over the game's almost 15-year lifetime, perhaps the most bizarre is space pope...

Stardew Valley’s multiplayer mode is about a month away

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Ready to go farm with, adventure alongside, and marry your friends? Stardew Valley's multiplayer mode may be here before you know it. In fact,...

PUBG Corp’s infringement lawsuit against NetEase may not be completely ridiculous after all

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Last week, we wrote about how PUBG Corp is suing NetEase (and NetEase is threatening to sue everyone) over alleged copyright infringement in regard...
This is what it looks like.

Nexon gives its studio subsidiaries leeway to foster creative freedom

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Can giant, money-obsessed game corporations have a heart? Well, no, they're corporations, not people, but they can act in a way from time to...

Massively Overthinking: The best of PAX East and GDC in 2018

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The past couple of weeks has been wild as we dispatched writers to GDC in San Francisco and PAX East in Boston to gather...

Here’s how to playtest Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset chapter next week

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Summerset is closer than you think! The Elder Scrolls Online team announced today that the chapter is expected to hit the test server on...
Opposition.

WoW Factor: Updating data in the wake of Battle for Azeroth’s release announcement

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Hooray, we have a release date for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth instead of just a release window! And contrary to what many...

Star Citizen runs down ships and kicks off a free-fly weekend

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On this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, I can't decide whether Sandi Gardiner or Eric Kieron Davis has the cooler shirt, but it...
But we should really not let these guys off the hook for talking big.

Ashes of Creation looks back at PAX East while promising a Q4 alpha

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If the only thing you want to take away from the latest bit of Ashes of Creation newsletter is information you may not have...

Conan Exiles begins the countdown to launch with a new trailer

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Fourteen months after hitting early access, Funcom is getting ready to launch Conan Exiles for real. Ahead of the May 8th release, the studio...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

MOBAs provide a template for the future of the battle royale genre

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So where will battle royale games be in another five years? We don't know just yet, but from a purely business standpoint we can...
Still not really a thing for most of the world, though.

Heroes of the Storm updates players on balance and competitive rankings

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If you feel as if the Heroes of the Storm team has been worse than it should be about communicating with the playerbase and...

EVE Fanfest 2018: EVE Online’s upcoming ‘Into the Abyss’ expansion sounds incredible

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While player capsuleers are undoubtedly the most powerful force in EVE Online, there are some pretty scary NPCs lurking in the depths of space....
Found you!

Lost Ark prepares for its final Korean closed beta test

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Ready to raid Smilegate's Lost Ark? You'll still have to be this Korean to ride the ride, but if you're able and willing to...

Pantropy reboots its Kickstarter campaign a month after its last one

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Give Pantropy credit for pluck: Less than a month after developer Brain Stone canceled the sci-fi shooter's Kickstarter halfway through its campaign, the game...

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