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Guild Wars 2 begins testing WvW world linking today

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ArenaNet is kicking off the first stage of Guild Wars 2's WvW World Linking beta tonight beginning at 10 p.m. EDT for North American...
I will admit that I expected the end already.

Gigantic hosts one last weekend stress test event

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The Gigantic closed beta is closing soon, but not without one last big closed beta event. The team is looking for as many people...

EVE Fanfest 2016: EVE Valkyrie launching a carrier assault later this spring

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The virtual reality EVE Valkyrie is striving to prove that it's not just a passing fad. The starship dogfighting game announced that it's prepping...
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Crowfall adjusts the performance of armor to improve diversity

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Armor in Crowfall is about more than just stacking the biggest armor values and praying for rain; it's meant as a tactical choice for...

EVE Fanfest 2016: Industrial citadels and drilling platforms in EVE Online

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EVE Online's Citadel expansion goes live in just a few days on April 27th, opening the floodgates on a new era of space colonisation for players....

Lord of the Rings Online celebrates nine years in Middle-earth

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In the Lord of the Rings, it took Frodo and Sam less than a year to travel from the Shire to Mt. Doom. In...

Vanilla WoW petition hits 200K signatures, invokes Mark Kern

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Fans have now propelled the Nostalrius petition asking Blizzard to reconsider World of Warcraft vanilla servers to over 200,000 signatures, which means that former...

Overwatch posts McCree comic book, talks about its birth from Titan’s death

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It's going to be hard to escape Overwatch's presence this spring as Blizzard's multiplayer shooter revs up for release at the end of May....

Massively Overthinking: The ‘next’ EverQuest

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Patreon donor Roger, who fully admits he still has EverQuest Next on the brain. "Since we won't...

ARK: Survival Evolved introduces ridable direbear and manta ray

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ARK: Survival Evolved marches on this week, seemingly undaunted by last week's studio settlement with Trendy, so players can rejoice that the content is...

Villagers & Heroes revamps newbie zones and hits bugs where they live

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A general quality-of-life patch has landed in Villagers & Heroes to improve its beginner experience as well as hand players more tools to report...

Albion Online shows off a quartet of new skills

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One of the fun parts of being involved in a game's development cycle is seeing what the team comes up with next. For example, Albion...

EverQuest II sends its members on a tricky treasure hunt

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Feeling the itch to open some treasure chests and help yourself to some shiny booty? Not so fast there, EverQuest II player! You've got...

H1Z1 is building an improved eight-square-kilometer map

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Don't get too comfortable with the current zone layout in either version of H1Z1. A new map, code-named "Z2," is currently in development and...

Champions Online wants to put you in the seat of this shiny air bike

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Even the most stalwart superhero wants to unleash their inner grease monkeys once in a while. Champions Online is giving its legion of heroes...

Ever, Jane delivers a small beta update

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Fans of high society, letter-writing, and dinner parties can revel in the fact that Ever, Jane is slightly better than before. The upcoming Jane Austen...

Korean analysts believe Blade & Soul’s western launch generated $17M in new revenue

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Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities has published its outlook on MMO giant NCsoft for the past and coming quarter. "We estimate Blade & Soul...

Help stress test Fragmented tonight

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Fragmented is plotting a stress test tonight in prep for its early access launch next week. Above & Beyond says that participation in its Repopulation-spinoff...

Neverwinter changes up skill nodes to fight botting

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The bots of 2016 aren't as cool as the Transformers and Go-Bots of yesteryear told us they'd be. Instead of saving the world and...

Das Tal puts power ratings in front of player names

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Here's a not-so-hypothetical question for you: If you were playing a highly competitive multiplayer game, would you want a rating concerning your skill and...