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Perpetuum Online developer: MMO felt like a ‘no-win scenario’

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At the end of the game's life, when the lights are going out and the developers drifting off to different positions, the most interesting...
Knowledge!

Old School RuneScape turns five, kicks off $20000 prize pool tourney

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It's time for parties and cake in Old School RuneScape. That's because the throwback version of the game is turning five years old today....
Actually no more or less mastered.

Warcraft 3 announces… a new patch!

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It seems like just yesterday we were reporting on speculation about a Warcraft 3 remaster, due to the fact that it was in fact...

Players throw a party for this week’s Shroud of the Avatar update

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Any excuse for a large-scale shindig is a good one by us. For the players over at Shroud of the Avatar, the title's consistent...

Age of Conan’s saga server shares class distribution chart

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If you've rolled up a Dark Templar on Age of Conan's newish saga server, then just know that you're not alone. At level 80,...

Neverwinter AMA gets into the specifics of system design

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The Neverwinter system designers were on hand this week for an Ask Me Anything on Reddit about the title. Naturally, it drew a crowd...

Conan Exiles on the new teleportation system and de-MMORPG-ifying combat

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May 8th seems pretty far away to me, but I bet Funcom is feeling Conan Exiles' impending launch is rushing up to meet it. In...

Colony sim Seed aims to simulate life whether you’re logged in or not

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What do you get when you mash up Rimworld, The Sims, and EVE Online? Probably a big mess, but adjacent to that mess somewhere...

Fortnite speeds up construction

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Building is a big part of Fortnite, and Epic Games has revealed some construction improvements geared to speed things up in both Battle Royale...

Twitch pushes the Overwatch League through viewer promotions

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Superheroes and streaming make for interesting bedfellows, but for fans who are used to watching a ton of Overwatch on Twitch, it's perhaps not...
Harm those who can't harm you.

EVE Online outlines plans to spin out a new chat system in March

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The small portion of EVE Online players who will be heartbroken over the loss of the game's voice chat will really just be riding...
And then you're DEAD in the GROUND.

Crowfall delves deeper into crypts with its latest video Q&A

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Are you still struggling to wrap your mind around the way that Crowfall's new Crypt system is going to work as character selection? The...

TERA’s Male Brawler class gets a March 13 release date

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To celebrate the latest class to be added to En Masse's TERA, the studio released a short trailer of a gauntleted fist beating the...
Really studying the heck out of a skull.

World of Warcraft previews its upcoming Legacy loot mechanics

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For all the good that World of Warcraft's level scaling has brought to the game, it has made farming for old appearances slightly more...
SHOOOT

Rumor: H1Z1 may finally be launching; the ‘royalty showdown’ begins today

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Yesterday, in our report on H1Z1's plummeting player numbers since the onslaught from PUBG and Fortnite, we mentioned that the game's launch, once planned...

RIFT Prime progression server launches March 7, with pack preorders available now

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Can you believe RIFT's been around for almost seven years? Neither can we. Trion is celebrating by releasing the long-awaited progression server, RIFT Prime,...

Conan Exiles isn’t going the lockbox and battle royale route – for now

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Are you a little sick and tired of lockboxes everywhere and all of these games desperately trying to jump onto the battle royale bandwagon?...

Black Desert’s Arsha PvP server is live today, while absolute skills for all classes go live next week

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Brand-new PvP server Arsha is live as promised in Black Desert today. It's running an alternative ruleset with "notably increased defense" stats, extra debuff...
Not so close.

Closers unveils its first new character, Nata

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It's time for a new member of the team to take the field in Closers, and the first new addition to the game's playable...

Valiance Online makes progress with its female heroes

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Filling out that superhero spandex isn't just a job for the guys, although so far in Valiance Online, it's certainly seemed that way. It...