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Perfect World Entertainment reveals Torchlight Frontiers, an MMOARPG for PC and console

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Last year, Perfect World Entertainment shut down Runic Games. Even before that, fans had been told that any sort of Torchlight MMO would be...

Trove has been down since the crack of dawn thanks to an economy-breaking dupe exploit

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Bad stuff is happening in Trove. Or was happening. Right now, nothing's happening at all because the servers came down early this morning, and...

Elder Scrolls Online hosts free play weekend, hands out freebies, and outlines PvP updates

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Have any grand plans for this weekend? If you have nothing better to do, why not take a trip to Tamriel and enjoy some...

EVE Online disables part of Abyssal Deadspace’s gameplay for testing

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Now we are not looking specifically in your direction, but there are rumors that you are such an epic EVE Online player -- so...
The stuff that you have, does someone have a claim on it?

Final Fantasy XI adds in new battle types for all tiers of play

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There are two new battlefield types for players to challenge in Final Fantasy XI this month, starting with a challenge against the Rhapsodies of...
Get new things.

Astroneer’s latest update has new resources and recipes in store for space explorers

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Who doesn't like new materials? The 0.9.2 update adds in new resources for Astroneer players to harvest, some of which are going to require...
Cyclic.

The Cycle starts closed alpha testing this weekend

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Looking for a game with bite-sized persistent experience? The Cycle may fit into this very specific niche, offering 20-minute free-for-all PvP matches where players...
How it all works.

Crowfall’s latest community Q&A covers skinning coins and equipment mitigation

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Why does skinning something in Crowfall currently result in getting coins? That makes absolutely no sense. Well, according to the latest Q&A video, the...
Good things I assure you!

Black Desert’s newest patch introduces guaranteed enhancements

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You don't want to fuss around with enhancements that might happen, in games or real life; you want to have assurances that your enhancements...
Really, it's the occupants beneath the sails who are cursed.

Sea of Thieves expands times and locations for Cursed Sails with its latest patch

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The latest update for Sea of Thieves is all about giving players more time. If you have only a limited amount of time to...

PUBG developers embark on three-month ‘FIX PUBG’ campaign in which they are doing the fixing

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Make no mistake: PUBG Corp. and Bluehole really do understand the flaws in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and the studios are focusing on fixing them. That's...
Back to the same.

Blizzard teases ‘multiple Diablo projects in the works,’ with reveals ‘later this year’

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It's not exactly a secret that Blizzard has been working on something Diablo-related for a while as we've been tracking the company as it...
Trade tricks.

Pantheon fully reveals its last three classes

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If you're still figuring out what you're going to play in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, you've gotten the last of your options revealed....

Ashes of Creation lays out its phased alpha roadmap, plans more hires this month

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Ashes of Creation's latest newsletter has a few bits of interest for those watching the game from afar. For starters, Intrepid says it's now...
Oh, that works.

The Expanse started life as a failed MMO pitch

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It's always funny when you see the routes that various franchises take. The Expanse started life as a series of books, which became a...

Interviewing the Bless team on the Assassin, merges, PvP, and concurrency as the patch goes live today

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Bless Online is rolling out a hefty content update today as promised, including the Siege of Castra PvP battleground, the faction-based open-world Capital War,...
Theoretically there's a non-jerk version of this out there, but...

Extensive Kotaku exposé uncovers a ‘culture of sexism’ at League of Legends developer Riot Games

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The internet is ablaze over an in-depth report at Kotaku that uncovers a "culture of sexism" that is allegedly running rampant through Riot Games....

The Coming Storm, er, comes to Dauntless today

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Monster slaying romp Dauntless is taking its beta to the next level with today's release of The Coming Storm. This fiercely hyped content update...

Dual Universe lays out its roadmap through a 2020 release

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Unlike some indie MMOs that keep an intentionally vague timeline of development, the team at Novaquark has mapped out the development and testing of...

Saga of Lucimia’s epic quests will take ‘time, effort, and teamwork’ to finish

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What defines an epic adventure? This is the burning question that Saga of Lucimia is tackling this week, starting with the derisive analysis of...