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Path of Exile’s Bestiary expansion launches today, boasting 3.5M global players

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Path of Exile's 3.2.0 update, Bestiary, goes live on PC this afternoon with Xbox One to follow eventually; patching got underway a few hours...
Train, train away.

Crowfall continues its discussion over the vassal system

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The team behind Crowfall continues its behind-the-scenes discussion of the upcoming vassal system in the eternal kingdoms. Vassals are a way for players to...

Star Citizen talks ship progress, character customization, and what’s not making the 3.1 alpha

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Another week, another episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse. CIG's Los Angeles branch kicks it off with a check-in and says it's reorganized...

Rumor: Diablo III might be heading to Nintendo Switch

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Let us see if you are bright enough to crack this clue. Blizzard Entertainment sent out a tweet earlier this week in which it...
Too bad, very sad.

New followers are mined out for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

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If you'd hoped that the idea of follower missions would go away in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, we're sorry to inform you...

Sea of Thieves runs another stress test, talks pirate customization (or lack thereof)

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Just in case you read that headline and made a mad dash to this first paragraph with the hope of seeing that Rare has...
Remember, if we meet any primitive cultures on this planet, I'm the god. Unless they're one of those cultures that kills their gods, in which case Bradley is the god.

Star Wars: The Old Republic overhauls the Conquest system with patch 5.8

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The Conquest system is getting some pretty big changes with the next patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it all came about...

Here’s your first look at newbies playing the Ship of Heroes combat alpha

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Ship of Heroes has something to cheer about today as it's just begun its combat alpha, complete with "signature heroes, the Apotheosis City environment,...

The Division celebrates two years and 20 million players with free stuff and events

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Let's keep the anniversary articles coming, shall we? Ubisoft is celebrating two years since The Division's launch as well. The company now counts 20...

Black Desert celebrates two years and three million players in the west

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Black Desert isn't content to celebrate its second western anniversary with just an in-game event and some free stuff, oh no. Today it's rolled...

The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest MMO peripheral you’ve ever seen?

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Massively OP is heading to GDC this year, which means we're being deluged by PR from techware and software companies that'll be on site....

Project Genom preps its first big update in a while

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Testers frustrated by drips and dribbles from the Project Genom team hopefully will soon have more than they can handle. The devs said that...

Aion Europe celebrates its sixth birthday

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Spread your wings and fly with the angels: Aion is turning six years old, at least in its European incarnation. From March 1st through the...

Dual Universe puts community suggestions into development

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Space construction sim Dual Universe wants its players to know that it is truly listening to their feedback. The team at Novaquark started up...

Sky Noon is a mash-up of Super Smash Bros. and westerns

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Probably the most ingenious design decision of the original Super Smash Bros. back in the day was to ditch boring health meters in favor...

Trove explores its superhero expansion city and does a former City of Heroes dev proud

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Mid-February, Trion Worlds announced a big expansion coming to Trove this spring, and the best part for disillusioned superhero fans is that it's set...
Cursing.

Destiny 2 adds in Nightfall strike scoring and text chat for PC

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After reading through the most recent Destiny 2 patch notes, you can join us in a sigh of relief at the fact that the...
Tough luck, no buy.

EVE Online announces plans to start retiring items from its in-game store

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The problem facing EVE Online's in-game store, according to the most recent development update, was that it was stuffed full of cosmetic items and...

Conan Exiles tests new thralls, combat; promises it hasn’t forgotten Xbox One players

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Funcom's had a big week, am I right? A whopper of a financial report, a brand-new game reveal, a patch that went haywire in...

RuneScape bans dozens of accounts for exploiting Clue Scrolls

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RuneScape players who've been enjoying the new Clue Scroll content have seen the fun dampened by - what else - rampant exploiting. Jagex hopped...