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Chronicle: RuneScape Legends transitions into open beta

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Advertising itself as having "no mana, no minions, and definitely no random number generation," Chronicle: RuneScape Legends offers players a different kind of digital...

Happy third birthday, Warframe

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Warframe is busy celebrating its third birthday this week. "Tenno, in three years you have succeeded in 1.5 billion Missions, killed over 50 billion Grineer,...

Black Desert is altering the ‘shitstorm matrix’ compensation deal

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If you have yet to receive the compensation outlined in Black Desert's "shitstorm matrix" posted earlier this month, you should know that Daum EU...
Yes, I know, you're really expecting it to be helping you right into the stewpot.

EVE Online offers new players a guide to resources and getting started

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Being a new player in EVE Online is an intimidating experience, like learning to swim in the shark tank. The designers know it, too....

Star Trek Online’s mid-season Temporal Front update arrives next month

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PWE and Cryptic announced this afternoon that Star Trek Online's mid-season update is due to begin on April 12th. It'll kick off with the Temporal...

Oculus Rift launches next week, could turn your room into a VR chamber

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Next Monday, virtual reality will take another step from hypothetical discussion topic to actual reality with the launch of the Oculus Rift. The VR...

Watch The Elder Scrolls Online’s Thieves Guild DLC launch trailer

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Elder Scrolls Online's Thieves Guild DLC finally lands on the PlayStation 4 today, so console players are fully caught up to PC gamers. There's even...
I'm a big helper.

Blade & Soul’s Silverfrost Mountains patch brings new areas, new dungeons, and a new level cap today

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Here's hoping you didn't get too comfortable at the level cap for Blade & Soul because it's going up. Today, even! The massive Silverfrost...
Thaaaaaaanks.

Overwatch outlines its progression system and patches in new gameplay

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Characters in Overwatch do not level. You can play nothing but Tracer day in and day out, and she's still going to have the...

Greed Monger’s development comes to the ‘end of the road’

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Not that you've been holding onto incredible hope that Greed Monger would somehow see a revival after an extremely troubled development cycle, but you...
Are we doing the time warp?

Rumor: BlizzCon 2016 aims for November 4-5

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When is this year's BlizzCon? We don't know. It hasn't even been officially announced yet. But the eagle-eyed folks over at MMO Champion spotted...

Black Desert hints at a big content update this month

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There's no denying that Black Desert is hot, hot, hot right now in the MMO community, and for players enjoying that sandbox, there's probably...

Landmark adds claim rez, ditches PvP and EU servers

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Although tons of information (5,000 words worth!) was posted in Landmark's update notes, some new stuff surfaced in the official livestream today. Devs also...

Step up and get your first look at Pokémon Go

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Gotta catch them all? If you ever felt like the handheld worlds in the Pokémon games were ultimately too small, then get ready for...
It's like there's a party on your hard drive and you need that party to accomplish anything.

EverQuest’s progression server unlocks the Scars of Velious expansion

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If you've been watching the site over the past few weeks, we've been having lots of discussions about the future of the franchise started...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 56: Ghillie nation

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Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Marvel Heroes, The Division, VR, Landmark, Crowfall, EVE, and Tree of Savior, with mailbag questions on pay-to-win and Black Desert hype.

Elder Scrolls Online’s Thieves Guild comes to consoles this week

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After arriving on computers earlier this month, the Thieves Guild update has arrived for The Elder Scrolls Online console community. Xbox One players may...

Dungeon Fighter Online celebrates its birthday by making you overpowered

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You may have never paid attention to Dungeon Fighter Online before, but perhaps you should: It's one of the biggest games in the world,...

Eternal Crusade preps infographic for its launch outlook

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Behaviour Interactive says Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade is at a "critical juncture in development," and the only solution is... an infographic. Senior Producer Nathan...

Heroes of the Storm lets teams ban heroes from draft and custom play

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Draft lobbies will soon be treated to a major overhaul in Heroes of the Storm, as Blizzard announced yesterday that it will be revamping...