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Ready player done.

Entropia Universe kicks off an event inspired by Ready Player One

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The plot of the novel and upcoming film Ready Player One is that you can win total control of a virtual world by having...
Right, so this is awful.

Twitch Prime members get tons of TERA console freebies

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With the headstart live for its console edition, TERA is drawing all sorts of attention to its big monsters and bigger action. So how...

Sea of Thieves patches in performance improvements, promises to get everyone in to play as it breaks 2M players

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One week after launch, Sea of Thieves is sailing the choppy ocean of live operation with two million players already. The developers uploaded an...
Maybe I can hammer it into working well?

RIFT is tweaking ability performance to address area impact

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There's a bit of a problem that's turning up on RIFT, both the Prime server and the live servers. That problem? Some abilities just...
Don't care, bored.

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth adds new Blood Elf eyes and new models with its latest build

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Blood Elf Paladins in World of Warcraft are drawing upon the power of the Sunwell, but they still have the same fel-green eyes as...

GDC 2018: A look at Funcom’s Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden

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I didn't play it, but I can't be the only one who thought of the original tabletop when Funcom announced Mutant Year Zero: Road...

ARK-inspired PixARK enters early access

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It's a big day for a small game. If you've been seeking a title that has the visual aesthetics of Trove and the dino-taming madness...
ride eternal shiny and chrome

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds celebrates a year of early access

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Can you believe that it's been a year since PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds first launched into early access? Probably. There's a video to celebrate the anniversary...

Albion Online finally makes plans to launch on Steam

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Crowdfunded indie PvP sandbox Albion Online technically launched last summer, finding so much initial success that its servers were hammered and it even suffered...
Yay for... whichever one this is.

Closers announces Tina as the winner of its next playable character contest

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Remember when Closers asked players to decide on its next playable character? The votes were tallied, and Tina is joining the roster on April...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 163: Expansions ‘Я’ Us

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Justin and Bree talk expansions for Elder Scrolls Online, Star Trek Online, and Skyforge, with news on Bless, GDC, Ship of Heroes, SWTOR, a new Star Wars title, Project Gorgon, RIFT, WoW, and Trove, with mailbag questions on whether Gorgon vs EverQuest and our Steam Team.

SMITE parties hard with Patch 5.5

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Even the gods like a good party every now and then. Actually, pretty much all of the time, if you read some of the...
Always something new to adventure.

Trove’s Heroes expansion is live today with superheroes and a new biome

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Trion's blocky sandpark Trove is patching up any minute now with Heroes, a brand-new superhero-themed expansion - all live today for PC, PS4, and...

Grab a freebie Survarium co-op mission key from Vostok and Massively OP!

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Early access post-apoc online shooter Survarium is having a good year: Not only is it working on its 0.52 update, which is set to...

Over 2,000,000 people have now registered accounts for Star Citizen

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Star Citizen hit another milestone this week: It's reached 2,000,000 citizens. Accounts, specifically. The game has been in production since before its Kickstarter launched almost...

Guild Wars 2 preps Super Adventure Box, patches in direct-buy mounts and CHAIRS

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If you try to zoom into Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box today, you're... going to be wholly disappointed. That's because while the patch...
Pictured: Deep hurting

Elder Scrolls Online’s April Fools’ Day event begins Thursday, involves pie

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Fair warning: It's almost April Fools' Day, which means lots of game studios are going to start pranks and silly-themed events, and they're going...

Elite: Dangerous goes soft on crime (and that’s a good thing)

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Elite: Dangerous made a wonderful and awe-inspiring discovery yesterday in a remote star system: Update 3.0.4 was found floating in orbit around a dead...

GDC 2018: Making sense of battle royale MMO Mavericks with Automaton Games

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So as you may know, I'm an MMORPG guy - not really a battle royale guy. There are some cool ideas for people who like...

SWTOR course corrects for patch 5.8a, overhauls the cash shop with direct-purchase items

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Star Wars The Old Republic's 5.8a patch is live today with a bunch of tweaks to last week's far bigger update. In fact, many...

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