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Heroes of the Storm is adding Genn Greymane to its lineup today

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It feels like it's been forever since Heroes of the Storm announced the addition of Gilnean ruler Genn Greymane to its roster, but he...
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EVE Online’s January patch brings new SKINs and UI improvements

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Electronic warfare is important in EVE Online. It's not the most important part of any sort of armed conflict - there's the whole "weapons"...
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Das Tal plans major PvP feature additions for April alpha

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Das Tal is due for a new round of alpha testing "for all testers" come April. Fairytale Distillery's Game Direct Alexander Zacherl explained to fans...
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The Elder Scrolls Online’s 2016: DLC, housing are in; veteran ranks are out

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ZeniMax Game Director Matt Firor has just posted a dev blog outlining The Elder Scrolls Online's gameplan for 2016. "With the millions of players that...

Guild Wars 2 winter 2016 update, gliding confirmed for Central Tyria

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As part of Game Director Colin Johanson's Q1 state of play update, ArenaNet has confirmed that gliding is coming to the Guild Wars 2 zones...

Elsword revamps two characters this week in its ‘Rebirth’ season

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Elsword is in the midst of rebirth. Specifically, it's launching the second chapter of its "Season 2: Rebirth" rollout tomorrow, and with that chapter...

Richard Garriott cuts off (some of) his rat tail to raise money for Shroud of the Avatar

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Richard "Lord British" Garriott is well-known for several things: his creation of the Ultima series, his lavish geeky parties, his trip to space, and...

The Repopulation will announce new development plans this month

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The Repopulation is making plans, and they aren't plans to shut down. The sandbox studio Above and Beyond became ensnared in HeroEngine's financial problems last fall...

Star Citizen developers answer a new batch of 10 for the Developers

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Odds are that you won't be able to fly a ship in heavy armor in Star Citizen. We don't mean that in the real...
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The next Paladins release may have a Global Agenda tie-in

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Being a Hi-Rez Studios fan means looking back with a certain degree of wistfulness toward the games that didn't quite have huge mainstream success....

LOTRO’s new datacenter causes login headaches

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Lord of the Rings Online's move to its new datacenter yesterday triggered a few significant issues that were unseen by the dev team before...

Catch up with SMITE’s $1,000,000 world championship

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The world of e-sports and competitive gaming has seen a massive explosion in recent years in terms of both viewership and prize money. Top competitive...

Final Fantasy XIV releases full Heavensward soundtrack next month

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Final Fantasy XIV's soundtrack has been often cited as a favorite element of the MMO and has grown significantly since its initial 1.0 release....

RuneScape classic reopens for 15th anniversary

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In honor of RuneScape's 15th anniversary, Jagex Games Studio is letting more players experience the world as it was way back when. Current RuneScape players...

Black Desert’s Ranger is gorgeous and deadly in melee

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Daum Games has this afternoon released a trailer and info for Black Desert's Ranger -- specifically, the Ranger's melee skills. The Ranger's ranged skills...

Trove’s most creative player-made PvP arenas

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Back in December, Trion Worlds patched PvP into its cutesy voxelbox Trove as part of the Battleverse patch. The idea was that players would...

EVE Online starts CSM process earlier this year

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Because of when EVE Online's Fanfest is happening this year, the election process for the game's Council of Stellar Management has started earlier than in...
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Buffs and nerfs are coming for Guild Wars 2’s classes

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ArenaNet's Karl McLain has a new Guild Wars 2 blog post today focused on the "high-level changes" on the way for the game's classes....
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DCUO launches on Xbox One this spring

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During its DC Universe Online's fifth anniversary stream this afternoon, Daybreak announced that the superhero MMORPG is launching on Xbox One this spring. https://twitter.com/DaybreakGames/status/686635498954186752 The game...

Be a guitar hero with Maplestory 2’s new instruments

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MapleStory 2 fans can now rock around the clock thanks to the gifting of new guitars and pianos to players. And there's no need...