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Champions Online’s Teleios Ascendant lair patch is live

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Last month, Cryptic promised a new update for Champions Online, and this week, it's finally live. The studio calls it the "biggest challenge" in...

FFXIV’s Sephirot will break you (or vice-versa)

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See that lumbering, chain-laden beast? That's the charmingly named Sephirot, who is but the first part of the Warring Triad in Final Fantasy XIV. He's also...
I suppose it's cheaper than actually hiring someone to design these spaces?

GameSpot lists EverQuest Next as a missing game in 2016

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Even GameSpot appears to have lost faith in EverQuest Next. "We're not really sure what's going on with MMORPG EverQuest Next," the site said in...
Star Citizen

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on feedback, griefing, and the Starfarer

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This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse video is up! Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick discuss PAX South and the ongoing free-fly...

Crowfall explains its skill system with an extensive FAQ

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When Crowfall launches, it plans to have upwards of 1,500 skills available for players to choose and train. Before your eyes cross just thinking...
H1Z1

H1Z1 is splitting into two games, landing on consoles this summer

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Daybreak has just announced that H1Z1 is splitting -- "evolving" is the precise word -- into two games. H1Z1: Just Survive is a persistent, open-world...

DC Universe Online unlocks cross-play between all its platforms

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Heists, prison breaks, and new friends are the topic du jour of DC Universe Online. Episode 21 is out today for members (and available to...
It's a mess out there.

The Division’s skills trailer might make your beta wait easier

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Are you in Division withdrawal, as one YouTuber put it, while you wait for the rumored open beta later this month? Maybe this new...
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NCsoft plans Lineage Eternal testing this year

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Korean website GameFocus reports that NCsoft is planning to continue its "rapid pace" policy by undertaking private tests of Master X Master, its MOBA,...

DayZ’s forums were hacked back in January

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DayZ developer Bohemia Interactive told users last night that its forums had been hacked. Actually, it was hacked well over a week ago, which...

RIFT’s subscription package improves as F2P gets a little worse

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In all of the hubbub surrounding Trion World's changes to the business model of RIFT, it might've been easy to overlook the fact that...
Black Desert

Black Desert pre-order name registration begins Tuesday

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Black Desert has just announced that it will be opening name reservations to pre-order players beginning at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 9th....

Bless Online confirms western release… some day

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If you've been hoping that Bless Online would be making its ways to western shores, then this should perk you right up: It's going...

Crytek’s online FPS Warface gets new Earthshaker co-op mission

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While developer Crytek is well known in the MMO world for developing the engine that powers games such as ArcheAge and Star Citizen, the studio has seen a...

Amour strikes in EverQuest and EverQuest II

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Expressing affection for one's fellow player, bringing like souls together in love, and gorging on many things covered in pink frosting -- 'tis the...

Life is Feudal will add pygmies, but no consoles

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When we interviewed Bitbox CEO Vladimir “Bobik” Piskunov last month, we learned quite a bit about Life is Feudal's transition back into an MMO,...

Albion Online is expanding its world and level design staff

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The Albion Online team issued a February state-of-the-game letter this morning that explains its focus going forward, and it's good news: Everything is getting...

Trinium Wars introduces the Narc race

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The Narc race for upcoming post-apocalyptic MMO Trinium Wars looks kind of adorable. Big fluffy ears, big eyes, delicate features... all the stuff you'd...

Gloria Victis introduces dynamic events and improved launcher

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Dynamic events: All MMOs are required by law to contain them these days or be subject to the wrath of our digital court system. Wanting...

Ingress event moves from Brazil to Seattle over Zika virus fears

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A large gathering of Ingress players in Rio, Brazil for an anomaly -- a multi-hour in-person gaming event -- has been mostly moved to...