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Blizzard’s Battle.net has officially expanded to be a little more social

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All right, so rebranding the Battle.net app didn't work out as well as Blizzard had hoped. But the company remains bound and determined to...
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Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.11 introduces the Unending Coil of Bahamut

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Bahamut. You know him, you fear him, you've gotten used to summoning and channeling him if you play a Summoner in Final Fantasy XIV....

Destiny 2 finally arrives on PC, plans four seasons for first year, and becomes best-selling 2017 game

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It's a glorious day for PC players, as they are being welcomed into Bungie's sci-fi universe with the release of Destiny 2. It's been a...

EVE Online launches Lifeblood expansion, now with a new and improved PvE activity hub

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Time to update your space spreadsheet because EVE Online is coming at you with a brand-new expansion today. Lifeblood has launched, bringing with it...

Skyforge is launching early access for Xbox One on November 10

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Skyforge's ambitions just can't be tamed: First it launched on PC, then it came to the PlayStation 4 earlier this year. Now it's set...
This, uh. This was a thing.

SWTOR celebrates KOTOR’s Xbox One launch with cash-shop outfits and free expansions

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It's been a while since the classic RPG Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic first launched, but Xbox One players are just getting to...

Sea of Thieves teams up with Dark Horse for gorgeous art book

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Arrrrrr you the kind of video game geek who collects art books, spending more cash on coffee table tomes than actual in-game anything? Yeah,...

Wakfu introduces the rage-filled Ouginaks, revamps Enutrof class

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Do you ever despair that all MMOs these days seem to contain the same watered-down, trope-encrusted classes and races? Fighter this and Elf that,...
Just what.

Age of Wushu adds a new free-for-all battle royale mode to its China version

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There are two ways to look at the new battle royale mode added to the Age of Wushu Chinese servers. The first is with...
Oh, wow, maps. What an amazingly new concept.

Shroud of the Avatar acquires fan-made map software for zone mapping

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The original plan for Shroud of the Avatar was to have all maps be hand-drawn, found by players, and generally hard to find. This...

Here’s a look at Path of Exile’s lightning tendrils skill gem

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Lightning is in the air lately. Literally, of course, but I mean in video games, as last week we were treated to a look...

Former EA dev: EA only cares about what gamers will pay for

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Former BioWare dev Manveer Heir has piped up on the subject of EA's business model following the shutdown of Visceral Games and the so-called...

RuneScape apologizes for microtransactions and lack of update clarity

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RuneScape's Thomas "Mod Balance" Sweeney has a post on the official forums today showing how apologies ought to go. This one's in regard to...

John Smedley rallies the MMO community to help former EverQuest associate producer

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Former SOE head honcho John Smedley put out a S.O.S. on Sunday for one of his former employees who is recovering from alcoholism and...
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Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV 4.1’s squadron dynamics, alliance roulette, and materia

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Final Fantasy XIV patch 4.1 fell into a pretty solid cadence right away, from my experience. It's not one of those patches where absolutely...

Paragon Chat to host City of Heroes shutdown vigil on November 30

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Almost five years ago, the City of Heroes servers shut down for the last time, as thousands of online superheroes (and supervillains!) were unmoored...
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SuperData says PUBG has now topped both WoW and Crossfire in global revenue

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SuperData announced this morning that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds continues to work its way up the revenue charts, now passing up even Crossfire. We presume the tweet...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s pre-alpha will launch by the holidays – but you can’t afford it

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen fans viewing the team demoing the game at TwitchCon this past week were delighted to hear one surprise announcement:...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Clockwork City DLC launches today with new raid, houses, and transmutation

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Elder Scrolls Online's Clockwork City DLC is live for PC and Mac players today, assuming they've ponied up for a sub or bought the...

NeoGAF gaming forum goes offline after owner is accused of sexual harrassment

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Long-running and popular video game forum NeoGAF went down virtually overnight this weekend following allegations of sexual harassment against the site's owner. A series of...

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