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CCP honors fallen EVE Online developer with fundraiser ship skin

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As if CCP Games isn't struggling enough right now, the studio announced today that it's lost one of its own: an EVE Online developer...
WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?!

New Zealand declares lootboxes not gambling under the law

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Are lootboxes gambling? It seems like such a simple question, but it really isn't simple from a legal or ethical standpoint, and the answer...

Santa goes missing in RuneScape, panic ensues

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People: This is not, I repeat, not a drill. Kris Kringle is missing in RuneScape, and Christmas might have to be canceled entirely. Or...
Let's assume the dude on the righ represents ''the west'' here.

Moonlight Blade will finally hit open beta in Korea in January

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Doesn't it seem as if we've been watching Tencent's wuxia MMO Moonlight Blade for half of forever? Keep watching, but maybe watch a little...
Someone wanted this, maybe.

TERA starts its technical console test on December 14

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So, why haven't we gotten a lot of news about the TERA console version? Product manager Matt Denomme has put forth a new video...

Life is Feudal: MMO counts ‘tens of thousands’ of players in open beta

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So how's the Life is Feudal MMO doing since it hit open beta a few weeks ago? The login issues and emergency game wipe...

Worlds Adrift’s 0.1.5 update is almost ready, but the world wipe won’t come ’til after Christmas

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Bossa Studios revealed today that Worlds Adrift's 0.1.6 patch - and its associated world wipe - won't make it into tester hands by Christmas....
GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIA

The Humble Bundle for the holidays is full of MMO goodness, including Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, and Blade & Soul

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So here's how the latest Humble Bundle is working. Drop $35 on the bundle and all of your money goes to charity, and you...

Gunjack 2 is still alive, lands on Gear VR

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Don't despair thinking that the entire EVE universe is collapsing into a single title just yet; the black hole theory has yet to be...
So... bye.

Half of the LawBreakers founding team has left the studio

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The face of LawBreakers development and Boss Key is arguably Cliff Bleszinski, but Arjan Brussee was co-founder of the studio and half of the...

Leaderboard: Which MMO gameplay type encourages the worst player behavior?

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One of the common tropes held by MMORPG players is that PvP, particularly free-for-all environments prone to ganks, generates the worst type of behavior....

Savage Hunt’s website brings Dragon’s Prophet sequel online

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With Gamigo's near-stealth launch of Savage Hunt, a sequel to the now-defunct (at least in NA) Dragon's Prophet, a new website is born. The official...
Big help.

SuperData says the e-sports industry grew to $1.5B this year alone

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SuperData has a new report out this week that suggests e-sports haters will not be getting what they want for Christmas. "The esports market has...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tweaks female model’s creepy underwear

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So how detailed do the dude-parts and lady-parts in your online games that are ostensibly about murdering each other really need to be? Apparently not...
Don't be a dick, be a dude.

Sword Coast Legends ends development – grab it from Steam while you can

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Better buy Sword Coast Legends while you still can: It appears that Wizards of the Coast and Digital Extremes will be ending the publishing...

Conan Exiles formally launches on May 8th, 2018, for PC, Xbox One, and PS4

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Conan Exiles needed some good news this month, and it's getting just that. "Funcom today announced that Conan Exiles, the studio’s open-world survival game set...

ArcheAge’s remastering isn’t coming westward, final Maelstrom build hits the PTS soon

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If you don't have time to sit through 46 minutes of Trion's latest ArcheAge stream, you might want to check out two minutes of...

LOTRO delays raid rollout while Middle-earth card game is announced for PC

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It's a not-so-happy patch day for Lord of the Rings Online. The studio said that it won't be activating the new raid with the...

World of Warcraft’s Celestalon moves over to Hearthstone team

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He's giving a sad goodbye to World of Warcraft but a happy hello to Hearthstone, as Game Designer Chadd "Celestalon" Nervig has switched teams over...

Overwatch’s Tracer spotted in Ready Player One trailer

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The official trailer is now out for Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Overwatch fans may be pleasantly surprised to see a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo...