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Second Galaxy puts a space sim in the palm of your hand

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Looking to boldly go where no one has gone before as you boldly walk out your front door? Blackjack Studios announced that it's in...

WildStar’s jumpstart pack feeds your housing addiction

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Housing: You either have the bug or you don't. Sarge certainly does, according to a new WildStar promotional video released this week by Carbine....

First player reaches max rank in The Division after 130 hours

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Ubisoft recently revealed that a player reached the maximum level and Dark Zone rank in The Division just a week after its launch. While many players...

Make My MMO: SOTA’s new dude, Sacrament’s Kickstarter (March 19, 2016)

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Shroud of the Avatar is about to get a new dude -- a new male avatar, that is. Come release 28, SOTA's art team...
See, this is why no one likes you. It's because of this.

Nexon’s LawBreakers will be a Steam exclusive, won’t be free-to-play

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CliffyB's Nexon-backed shooter LawBreakers isn't breaking the law, but it might be breaking hearts over those medial capitals, am I right? At GDC this week,...
Well the first thing I do is MAUL SOME HIKERS (like a boss)

Gloria Victis patches in bosses and a larger world

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The world of Gloria Victis has gotten larger with the most recent patch, a great deal of additional space available for players to tromp...

Starcraft’s Dehaka is on deck for Heroes of the Storm

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Primal Zerg pack leader Dehaka is looking to extend his galactic conquest by invading Heroes of the Storm. The legendary character is currently being...

Camelot Unchained’s new patcher, Friday Night Fight Nights, and new pics

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Camelot Unchained's weekly update has arrived, and the team is still crunching away. Mark Jacobs delivers news on several ongoing projects: An early alpha version...

See Andy Serkis mimic zero gee for Squadron 42

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There's a theory out there that Andy Serkis was actually born in a full motion-capture suit as part of an educational series for expectant...
Picking up the pieces.

Betawatch: Landmark is getting storytelling and further wipes (March 18, 2016)

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The loss of EverQuest Next is bad news, but Landmark appears to be poised to absorb the strength of its fallen sibling with its...

The Stream Team: Facing Path of Exile’s first Ascendancy trial

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MassivelyOP's MJ got to sneak into Path of Exile's new Labyrinth courtesy of the alpha server, but now she has to earn the right to...

Diablo III polishes legendary gems in next update

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Blizzard's all-seeing eye has turned its attention to legendary gems as one of the foci of the upcoming Diablo III Patch 2.4.1. Basically, the...

Das Tal’s ‘March Mayhem’ alpha event kicks off today

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Das Tal has implemented a big patch just in time for its long-planned March Mayhem test event. The patch focuses on resource distribution intended to...

Star Citizen touches base with all of its teams’ progress

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You know those NASA-type movies where the flight director pings all the various departments looking for updates on whether or not to launch? Well,...
This is what happens when you give guns to plants.

Guild Wars 2 team streams ‘Building Online Spaces for a Massive Community’ panel from SXSW

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If you're not at GDC or SXSW this week, then you might be feeling a bit left out of the video game industry hoopla,...

ARK poop as planned suicide, and new dinos will add to the pile

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If you learn nothing else today, you'll have this: ARK: Survival Evolved's poop was designed as a suicide measure. Seriously. According to Studio Wildcard...

Landmark’s next big update arrives Monday, wipes claims and characters

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Daybreak has been amping up communication about Landmark this past week following the news that it's plotting a spring launch for the sandvox MMO...

Earthrise: First Impact rears up on Steam Greenlight

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Hands up if anyone here remembers Earthrise. The post-apocalyptic MMO had a disappointing run from 2011 to 2012, ending with its closing by Masthead Studios due...
It's a mess out there.

The Division promises that a new update is coming next week

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After many delays, The Division is out and in the hands of players everywhere. The development team has posted a quick state of the...

Pantheon hopes to ‘bring back the magic’ of classic MMOs ‘without the tedium’

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Gamers Nexus has a timely video interview with Pantheon's Brad McQuaid that might allay the fears of those watching the development of his old-school MMO. "The main...