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Rootin’ tootin’ saloons confirmed for Wild West Online

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What would a western MMORPG be like if it didn't include the classic saloon? A darn poor game, that's what. Fortunately, Wild West Online...
Why are you here?

Secret World Legends: UI changes, blade combat, and City of the Sun God

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The latest Secret World Legends dev stream dished out another serving of information as closed beta continues through the fourth phase. Along with showing...
Have a melon.

Improbable’s plan for rescuing the MMO genre from ‘nuclear winter’ involves a crapton of money

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Improbable keeps popping up in news stories relating to MMOs lately -- that's thanks to SpatialOS, what the company is calling a "distributed computing...

Marvel Heroes Omega soft launches on PlayStation 4 today

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Console geeks assemble! It's time to throw off the shackles of responsibility, hygiene, and relationships to devote yourself to a straight week or two of...

Rockstar delays Red Dead Redemption 2 to 2018

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Rockstar Games announced last night that it's delayed Red Dead Redemption 2 to spring 2018 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, a result of...

RuneScape’s new slayer dungeon breaks all of the rules

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Just because RuneScape's standard skill cap is set at 99 won't stop the team from busting through that ceiling when next month's expansion arrives. On...

Shroud of the Avatar polishes up the desert, teases a moondial

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What's that up in the header screenshot? Is it Conan Exiles? Nope -- it's Shroud of the Avatar's Sequanna Colossus map and my favorite...

Worlds Adrift’s closed beta begins Wednesday

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Make your last farewells to the Worlds Adrift alpha servers: They're going dark tomorrow. That's because the game's closed beta is about to begin,...
Practice makes something!

EVE Online is adding smaller skill injectors for newer players

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The changes to PLEX for EVE Online make it easier to buy small chunks, sell small chunks, and not have all of it get...
Um.

TERA’s third week of anniversary rewards includes a pin-up car

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The last week of TERA anniversary rewards is almost upon us, starting on 5/23. That means you still have one more day to turn...

PSA: Today’s the last day to get a freebie level 100 toon in EverQuest II

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If you haven't hopped back into EverQuest II since the launch of The Menagerie update earlier this month, you might want to do it...

Conan Exiles on environmental siege effects, pets, trade, and Zelda-like climbing

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In case you missed the Conan Exiles Twitch stream Friday, and you probably did because who stays home on a beautiful May Friday to...

Blizzard announces Overwatch Contenders e-sports ‘development league’

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Blizzard has just announced "Overwatch Contenders," what it's calling a "development league for aspiring Overwatch League professionals." "Over the first year of organized Overwatch competition,...

Ashes of Creation aims to be biggest MMORPG Kickstarter of all time

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"I think in a couple of days we may be the number one Kickstarted MMORPG ever." Dream big, Intrepid Studios! As Ashes of Creation bears...
Not to be confused with BreakLawyers. That's a whole different game from the start.

LawBreakers announces $29.99 PlayStation 4 edition with new Blur trailer

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With the resumption of LawBreakers development chatter last week and the recent NDA-free closed beta round last weekend, you might have guessed that Nexon and...
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Liveblogging the Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE XXXVI

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For those who've somehow missed it, Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida regularly does live letters for the community. We don't usually liveblog...

Dean Hall on his third attempt to build a space station sim with Stationeers

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Stationeers, an upcoming multiplayer survival sim, marks Dean Hall's (DayZ) third attempt to create a space station title. In a recent interview with PC...

Destiny dev admits to drawing dungeon inspiration from World of Warcraft

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For all the allergies Bungie has to admitting the Destiny games are MMOs, the dev team is not shy about admitting that it drew inspiration...

World of Tanks demonstrates how to chill games criticism on YouTube in three easy steps

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The World of Tanks community is in uproar this week over the removal of a prominent YouTuber from the game's developer-backed promotional program and...

Legends of Aria charges straight at the Knight prestige class

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What is a skill-based, freeform character system doing with classes? While it might seem like an oxymoron, Legends of Aria says that it has good...

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