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Hearthstone welcomes Winter Veil

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Hearthstone is adopting big brother World of Warcraft's holiday event, as the card game has officially ushered in the start of Winter Veil earlier...
Blacker than the blackest black.

DC Universe Online reveals the conclusion to the War of the Light in Episode 20

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The heroes and villains of DC Universe Online have been dealing with the War of the Light for a while now, but the arrival...

Path of Exile adds talisman challenge leagues, launches in Brazil

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Tomorrow's 2.1.0 content update in Path of Exile looks to be a doozy -- so big, in fact, that it starts off with a...

Party poopers attack Skyforge’s Winter Celebration

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The Winter Celebration is upon Skyforge, but wouldn't you know it, party poopers want to shut it down! Player deities-in-training are called to smack down...

ArtCraft starts teasing Crowfall comic book

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Crowfall: The Comic Book? It's happening, although the full recipients of this colorful treat will be limited to those who snag a collector's edition...

EverQuest’s anti-multiboxing progression server is now live

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Classic EverQuest's latest time-locked progression server, Phinigel, successfully launched last night. Nicknamed "the true box progression server," it metes out expansion content at a...

ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One on December 16

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ARK: Survival Evolved is no longer the sole domain of the PC gamer. As of next week, the early access title will be available...

Age of Conan loses lead designer, offers multi-month sub deal

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Sad tidings are in store for the Age of Conan community today, as Lead Designer Matthew "CirithGorgor" Bennett announced that he is leaving Funcom. Bennett...

Tribes: Ascend’s first major patch since 2013 lands today

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Back in August, Hi-Rez surprised disgruntled Tribes: Ascend fans by announcing that it would be resuming updates after years of maintenance mode. At the time,...
ENGLISH, GIANT MONSTER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!

Monster Hunter Online’s Chinese team does not oppose an English patch

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A new video is available for the open beta of Monster Hunter Online over in China, which is something less than heartening for our...
Let's go into a room with danger.

Marvel Heroes launches the Danger Room feature

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In the comics, the Danger Room is the aptly named training facility for the X-Men, a room which is dangerous so that the superheroes...

EVE Valkyrie will launch bundled with the Oculus Rift

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Oculus and CCP have just announced that the EVE-spinoff VR shooter, EVE Valkyrie, will launch bundled with the Rift itself in 2016. https://twitter.com/oculus/status/674983291527671808 CCP Bosun joined...

Ten years ago today, Star Wars Galaxies’ NGE made the New York Times

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Hat tip to Redditor dejoblue, who's reminded everyone about the fateful day back in 2005 when SOE, struggling in the wake of World of Warcraft's...

Devilian formally launches today; here’s our coverage roundup

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One of the benefits of publishing games from across the Pacific is that a studio can get it to us quickly, and that's exactly...
Power whelming. Power with just the right amount of whelm.

David Georgeson and Jeremy Soule are working together on a mystery project

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David Georgeson is best known, of late, for the work he did on both Landmark and EverQuest Next before departing Daybreak. Jeremy Soule is...

City of Titans is using government science to build its maps

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The upcoming superhero MMO City of Titans has ambitious plans to build up to 40 districts for the game. But how will it create...

Help Anarchy Online’s leets save Christmas

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The holidays are upon Anarchy Online and that means one thing: utter leet madness! Santaleets, elfleets, gift-wrapped leets, and gingerleets all need your help...
I feel like this fundamentally misunderstands friendship.

Heroes of the Storm adds recruit-a-friend rewards

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Sometimes you put up with a lot from your friends, and sometimes they have to put up with something for you. After all, you...

Albion Online ‘Aurelius’ beta update embraces the season

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Just because a game is in beta doesn't mean that it can't bust out an event or two, right? Albion Online thinks so, anyway, and...
Whoa there, little mechy.

Project Genom is getting a full open world and rebuilt locations

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Wondering what's going on with Project Genom? You're not the only one, as the most recent development dispatch makes it clear that the team...