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RIFT puts an endgame currency out for real-money sales

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Look, we can all agree that "pay-to-win" is, at the very least, a difficult concept to be certain about. Right? There's a lot of...

Overwatch snags two Game Awards while Destiny 2 is honored by six nominations

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Did you catch last night's Game Awards from LA? If not, you probably didn't miss anything super-groundbreaking, although Overwatch did quite well for itself...
All errors should have been ingored

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about Destiny 2 six weeks post-launch?

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Destiny 2's Curse of Osiris has already been out a few days and... it's not exactly lighting the world on fire. Core fanboys aren't...
Everyone shoots everyone else!

Fortnite is getting a new large-scale battle royale mode

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Over the past weekend, Fortnite managed to hit a peak of 1.3 million concurrent users and 30M total users. That's a lot of people....
Darn, no.

Lineage 2 EU completes its current story saga, plans free weekend on its classic server

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Big things are afoot in the realm of Lineage 2 this week. Its European version just added "The Last Page -- Salvation" update that...
And on the end of the gun... was a HOOK!

TERA hosts first PlayStation 4 public demo this week

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So what do you think about TERA's prospects as a console MMORPG after hearing that it is coming to the PlayStation 4? It seems...

Overwatch teases new Winter Wonderland skins and Mei’s Yeti Hunt

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Winter Wonderland is indeed returning to Overwatch next week on December 12th, and Game Director Jeff Kaplan is not doing anything to quell the...
Nope, not illustrating this. Have a spaceship.

EVE Online uses city urban planning in its design

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Who would have ever thought that something so mundane and everyday as city urban planning would be of immense inspiration to a game like...
This may be overreaching.

Saga of Lucimia doesn’t have minimum specs for its testing, but it also does

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There are no minimum specs listed for Saga of Lucimia's early access test starting on December 22nd. That's because no work has really yet...

Perfect World Entertainment sprinkles holiday events across its library

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With so many Christmas events popping up this month, there's no time nor space to spread them out. Perfect World Entertainment seems to think...
Real-is-brown filter removed.

Escape from Tarkov preps massive New Year’s stress test ahead of 2018 open beta

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Did you think Christmas came too early this year? One of my hobbies was already rolling out Valentine's Day hoopla in August, so I...
Move it move it.

Here’s a quick peek into the two ‘MMOs’ Pearl Abyss is working on

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Back in September during Pearl Abyss' IPO press conference, the South Korean company reps let loose with a ton of information about the state...

The Crew 2 has been delayed deeper into 2018

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We've known Ubisoft was working on a sequel to driving MMO The Crew since this past spring, when the company confirmed what it would...

Crowfall’s crafting looks more and more like Star Wars Galaxies’

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Hey crafters. Let's talk Crowfall for a minute. ArtCraft Design Lead Thomas "Blixtev" Blair explains today in a new dev blog that crafting in...
Look in my eyes, what do you see? Creative bankruptcy.

Tencent may be bringing H1Z1 to China

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The easiest way to ensure that no one is really fighting over who gets to be at the top of the battle royale genre...
It would be difficult to master this again.

A ‘remastered’ version of ArcheAge is due out in Korea in 2018

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Would it be fair to say that XLGAMES has "mastered" ArcheAge? The developer behind it has been working on the live version for five...
No, it's still not.

Destiny 2’s endgame is now helpfully locked behind Curse of Osiris access

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If you've decided to hold off on buying the Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris DLC, good news! The game's endgame is now locked away...
Race!

Check out World of Warcraft’s allied races jokes and flirts, plus guilds topple Antorus bosses

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Back in the day, the only way we'd learn about the many jokes and flirt lines for races in World of Warcraft was by...
So what WILL you take?

Hearthstone: Kobolds and Catacombs is live today with free card packs

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Today, Hearthstone players across the world will, indeed, take candle. Blizzard's popular card game launched its newest expansion today, Kobolds and Catacombs. First revealed at...

Guild Wars 2 is planning a Wintersday balance patch next week

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Don't worry your little elfin ears, Guild Wars 2 players: Wintersday is on the way. And this year, ArenaNet is tossing in a balance...

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