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Glide and grapple your way through Worlds Adrift’s island exploration video

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How does it feel to explore an island? That's the question Bossa Studios hopes to answer with its most recent Worlds Adrift video. The...

Guild Wars 2’s next raid wing opens March 8th

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During its weekly Twitch stream, ArenaNet announced that Guild Wars 2's next raid wing will open on March 8th. "The second wing of our...

Rusty Hearts vanishes from Google Play

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A cruel tease, a necessary fix, or a final judgment? Players are in the dark this week regarding the sudden disappearance of Rusty Hearts Heroes...

SkySaga’s alpha 7 arrives today with competitive building and selfies

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Voxelbox SkySaga has just entered its seventh round of alpha, dubbed the "Settler" update. Of note, the game has been patched with a new...

Check out Crowfall’s latest world eyecandy

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As Crowfall marches on in development, fans await anxiously on the sidelines for tasty tidbits of information to come their way. Yesterday, Artcraft lead environment artist...
Do you really want to hurt me?

WoW Factor: Is this the time Blizzard’s changes stick?

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Well, folks, I promised you that this week I would talk about my further impressions playing through the Legion alpha. But then I spied...
Context matters.

Black Desert preorders close, headstart preload begins tomorrow

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Who's ready for Black Desert? Daum reminds players today that preload for the headstart begins tomorrow, and the client is patchable for those who participated in the second closed beta.
Fight for control of meaningless space!

Three staffers depart EVE Online after huge financial year for CCP

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CCP Games staff have now seemingly confirmed on Reddit that EVE Online is about to become three people poorer. EVE is losing Lead Game Designer...

Champions Online joins the Deadpool hype with freebie archetype

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Crushing on Deadpool? Champions Online clearly is too, as it's made its "Specialist" archetype, which usually costs 1150 ZEN in the cash shop, free for...

Tree of Savior’s international beta is coming ‘soon’

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Tree of Savior fans, your patience is about to pay off. IMC Games announced today that the open beta for its international version is...

Massively Overthinking: The new normal of early access MMORPGs

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This week's topic comes from Massively OP reader Zadira. "Daybreak has just passed it two-year anniversary for Landmark, and it still has its early access reward options for...

Armored Warfare update finally adds in Chinese tanks and coastal map

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In the realm of updates, late is always better than never! It might have taken longer than expected, but Update 0.13 has finally landed...

Gloria Victis lets you make a guild coat of arms

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How does your guild distinguish itself visually? If you're in Gloria Victis, the answer is by creating a unique-looking coat of arms. A "multilayer" coat of...
ArcheAge

ArcheAge opens paid character transfers on leap day

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If you aren't happy with your ArcheAge server, then Trion has a proposal for you: You give Trion credits, and Trion moves your characters....
Take a shot.

Das Tal plans ‘massive’ spring alpha playtest

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Das Tal's devs have a "massive" test event planned for the coming season. Fairytale Distillery says that its February sneak-peek playtests will be followed...

Uncharted Water goes to Neo-Babylon in its latest update

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Raise the mizzenmast and jib the topsails, it's time for another tour of duty in Uncharted Waters Online! The pseudo-historical Age of Sail sandbox released...
Story arriving!

Shroud of the Avatar prepares for Release 27

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The final wipe for Shroud of the Avatar is approaching, and that means that the development team is moving forward with an eye toward...
Yeah, screw you, dawn! You know what you did.

TERA’s Dawnfall update arrives on March 1st

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Remember the starting zone of TERA? Well, it's gotten just a little bit... messy with the game's next update. The Dawnfall update arrives March...

Valve pours millions of dollars into Counter-Strike e-sports

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There's no doubt that e-sports are starting to get very big, with many of the top tournaments now supporting prize pools in the range of...
This is both awesome and an illustration of what's wrong.

World of Warcraft’s lore book previews the cosmology around Azeroth

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If you've never cared about the lore behind World of Warcraft, the hardcover Warcraft Chronicles book releasing on March 15th is unlikely to change...