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Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts downplays currency stockpiling controversy: ‘You win by having fun’

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Pay-to-win? What's that? That's just your silly imagination getting worked up over nothing. This seems to be the company line concerning RSI's Star Citizen and...

Dungeons and Dragons Online announces Sharn: City of Towers expansion and Tiefling race

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At GenCon this weekend, Standing Stone Game announced a special surprise for Dungeons and Dragons Online fans: a brand-new expansion. Sharn: City of Towers is coming...
Like a boss.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained reaches the green fields of beta (August 3, 2018)

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Someone break out the "It's Happening" image, because Camelot Unchained has entered its beta testing at long last! Yes, ti may have been delayed...

Vainglory brings its mobile MOBA fun to PC after becoming richer than kings

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With so many MOBA games out in the field, it's pretty easy to overlook ones that happen to be on mobile. That would be...
Someone thinks this is neat!

H1Z1 launches on PlayStation 4 on August 6

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Things are going to change in H1Z1 on August 6th. For one thing, the game is officially launching out of open beta on PlayStation...

CCP clarifies NetEase’s EVE Online China publishing, plans 2019 launch of EVE Project Galaxy mobile game

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Earlier this week, we covered CCP Games' newly announced partnership with Chinese mega-publisher NetEase, which is taking over EVE Online in China and taking...
Let's run. In the summer. This is a good plan.

Skyforge is about to kick off its big summer event

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When you think about summer fun, does your mind turn to racetracks? No, probably not; unless they're neck-deep in water, most people would prefer...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Wolfhunter launches August 13: Here’s all the werewolf stuff you should do in the meantime

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Are you prepared for Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming Wolfhunter DLC? If not, you should probably take a peek at ZeniMax's guide, which is a...

PUBG tests weather and pings in update 19, plots Mission Impossible crossover

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Dynamic weather matters to you in MMOs, especially sandboxes. But what about in battle royales? When you're hiding in your bathtub or running for...
Save money.

Alarmingly, Fortnite will not be on the Play Store when it launches for Android because money

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There were rumors about this, but now it's a known reality. Fortnite will not be launching on the Google Play store when it arrives...
Teamwork!

Overwatch is bringing back another round of Summer Games in August

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The Summer Games are back in Overwatch starting next week on August 9th and running through the 30th, according to a teaser tweet Blizzard...
I'm sorry, Jaina.

World of Warcraft’s creative director asks players to ‘be patient’ regarding the story

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Why do people care so much about the story in World of Warcraft, to the point that they are rioting across social media and...

Steam’s old flash sales might be making a comeback

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Years ago, my crew looked forward to Steam sales, not for the insipid minigames but for the flash sales. They constituted a minigame all...

Absolver is free-to-play this weekend as concurrency has dropped off

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When Absolver launched last summer, it was doing pretty well for itself, with 30,000 concurrent players - so many, in fact, that it struggled...

Citadel: Forged With Fire reignites today

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It's almost like a brand-new game altogether. Tomorrow will witness a massive revamp for the multiplayer magic sandbox Citadel: Forged With Fire. The team has...

Activision-Blizzard Q2 2018: Acti-Blizz sees revenue jump, massive engagement without big releases

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Even in a quarter that didn't see a single major product or expansion release, Activision Blizzard made even more money than it did the...

Gamers played a Star Citizen web game to earn a chance at a medical ship variant

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Players who would like to roleplay the fantasy of being a high-tech emergency medical rescue service can get their chance with Star Citizen's Apollo...

World of Warcraft’s newest cinematic shows a Horde deeply divided

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With World of Warcraft players deeply divided on the build-up to Battle for Azeroth -- especially in light of a recent war crime committed...

MMO Community Roundup: Battle for Azeroth bookclub, Secret World fashion show, Ashes of Creation map investigation, and RuneScape Classic preservation

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The communities for MMORPGs are what keep these games vibrant and awesome, and today we want to shine a spotlight on various projects and...

RuneScape gives away a ton of free stuff through Twitch Prime

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Jagex is revving up one of its biggest RuneScape promotions in recent memory. From now through September 6th, anyone with access to Twitch Prime...