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New DMCA exemptions will preserve some abandoned online games, but not MMOs

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Late last year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a petition with the U.S. Copyright Office seeking specific exemptions to the DMCA essentially on account of absurdity (because...
What are YOU doing here?!

Take a look at the first planetary combat footage for Elite: Dangerous

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In Elite: Dangerous, space is a dangerous place. That's kind of implied right off by the name; it's not called Elite: Everything is Safe...

Warframe’s Jordas Precept patch is now on consoles

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Digital Extremes wants you to know about The Jordas Precept, which is Warframe's latest update and which is now available for PlayStation 4 and...

Trove summons the bone dragon

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Even as Trove is in the throes of a "very, very squarey" Shadow's Eve celebration, it's also summoning the fearsome bone dragon to terrorize...

Path of Exile’s 14th race season boasts lots of changes

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Path of Exile's 14th race season is tentatively going to be called Soulthirst after the name of a unique belt that Grinding Gear is...

TERA producer’s letter teases new class, talks team members

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TERA's Patrick "Treeshark" Sun has published a new producer's letter that focuses on changes to the game's live team. He introduces new community manager...

ArenaNet is tweaking Guild Wars 2’s elite specialization system

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ArenaNet's Colin Johanson says that the firm is updating Guild Wars 2 to reflect feedback received from players who are digging into the recent...

Here’s how ZeniMax made Elder Scrolls’ Orsinium

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Orsinium is coming to Elder Scrolls Online next month, but you can get an eyeful of it now thanks to a new ZeniMax dev...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 35: Expansions galore

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Justin and Larry deep-dive into SWTOR's Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion, with news on Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, Halloween, EVE Vegas, ArcheAge, WildStar, and Star Trek Online.
You think you're so smart.

World of Warcraft highlights the haunted places of Azeroth

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There's a lot of ghostly stuff in World of Warcraft. Some of it, of course, is quite obvious. You fight a lot of ghosts,...

Overwatch knocks down the closed beta door

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Heroes, suit up: Overwatch's closed beta test for both North America and Europe is now live. While the test for the superhero-themed multiplayer shooter has commenced,...
Beta than Ezrer.

Devilian’s second closed beta starts on October 29th

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Looking forward to running around and smashing demons in Devilian once again? The game's second closed beta test is starting up on October 29th...

Star Trek Online sees a New Dawn

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The mirror universe is colliding with our own in Star Trek Online's Season 11, and it's going to get a whole lot worse before...

SWTOR: Knights of the Fallen Empire officially launches

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"The galaxy as we knew it is gone," a familiar voice says in Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest trailer. And so the latest chapter...
Whether or not, etc.

The Division discusses the effects of weather and lighting

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Weather can have a pretty big impact on your day-to-day life, even if it's just the difference between being stuck inside over the course...

LOTRO ushers in the Siege of Minas Tirith

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Lord of the Rings Online players have finally made it to one of Middle-earth's most famous metropolises: Minas Tirith. Today the game has released Update...

Black Desert slides into alpha testing

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What's the next hot MMO import? For many it's the luscious Black Desert, which will be coming out in the west early next year....

Funcom’s The Park releases today

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The first single-player spin-off of The Secret World is finally here, as Funcom's The Park is coming out today. Players in the game visit the...

Not So Massively: Destiny’s development woes (October 26, 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Ah yes, teamwork.

Log in to Star Trek Online today for a free ship upgrade token

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Star Trek Online is hyping its upcoming Season 11: New Dawn update by giving away item mall stuff. Today's freebie is a ship upgrade token,...