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Price shark.

Trion snaps up Linda ‘Brasse’ Carlson

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Nothing tells your player community that the transition to a new corporate structure will be totally fine like firing a pillar of community interaction,...

First round of BlizzCon tix sells out

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Within a few minutes of going on sale yesterday, the first round of $199 BlizzCon tickets completely sold out. The good news is that...

Heroes & Generals update adds Forward Airfield map

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Heroes & Generals has Utz! No, not the potato chips. It's a patch named Utz, after General Willibald Utz of the German forces, and...
Technopathological.

WildStar deep-dives in the Bay of Betrayal

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The Bay of Betrayal is another piece of content being added in WildStar's next patch, and it adds in a few more new ideas...
GTA Online

Self Radio is another reason to play GTA Online on your PC

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If you're still mulling whether or not this week's Grand Theft Auto V PC release is worth a purchase, consider the new platform-exclusive Self Radio...
Wow, hey, stuff.

RIFT’s 3.2 Echoes of Madness patch is now available

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Trion wants you to know that RIFT's 3.2 patch is officially live. Echoes of Madness adds a 20-player Hammerknell raid and improvements to instant...
No, saying that you don't care is not actually an answer.

Raph Koster explains Star Wars Galaxies’ TEF PvP system

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A long time ago on a website far, far away, we were having a discussion about modern MMOs and their inability to make sandboxes more than thinly disguised...
ArcheAge

Leaderboard: Which style of MMO PvP do you prefer?

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MMO PvP comes in a lot of different flavors, and while all of them involve sticking the pointy end into the other man to...
Fixing problems, sure.

Wurm launches new Elevation server

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The first iteration of Wurm Online's Elevation server had a problem according to the players: the map. People just did not like that map....

EA shutters several online titles, touts SWTOR’s growth

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It's a dark day for several online EA titles that contains ray of light for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The publisher announced today that...

EVE Online re-opens alliance logo submissions

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After being placed on hold for further review, the submission process for EVE Online alliance logos is back open and ready for player input....

Get a closer look at Defiance’s Alcatraz

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The prison island of Alcatraz is the hot new destination of Defiance players following yesterday's patch. If you're a curious looky loo or a...

The Secret World gets hyped for Issue 11

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With Joel Bylos out of the picture as The Secret World's lead, the monthly update letter torch has been passed to other members of...
Bears.

How Daybreak thwarts H1Z1 cheaters

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Getting screwed over by other players cheating in H1Z1 isn't a fun feeling, even though the game is still in early testing and has...

Skyforge preps third beta test for next week

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The beta events for Skyforge are flying fast and furious now, with the third test scheduled for next week. Allods Team announced today that...
How did everything go so predictably wrong?

World of Warcraft adds retro ‘timewalking’ dungeons

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There's no reason for you to go back to older dungeons in World of Warcraft unless you particularly like the look of something that...
Any Kill Bill references you want to make here may or may not be apropos. It's a fine line.

Rumor: WildStar box recall and promo might herald free-to-play

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The last time the retailer yanked boxes of a game from the shelves and returned them to the distributors, it was The Elder Scrolls...

Hearthstone leaps onto smartphones

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Today, Hearthstone made the jump to its smallest platform yet: the smartphone. After releasing the popular card game on the PC, Mac, and tablet,...
RIFT

Trion is upping RIFT’s daily and weekly quest rewards in 3.2

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Trion has posted a note on RIFT's official forums confirming that it will be upping the rewards for daily and weekly quests in tomorrow's...
Elder Scrolls Online

Elder Scrolls Online’s welcome back weekend starts April 16

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Elder Scrolls Online is officially welcoming back beta participants on April 16th at 10:00 am. EDT. The free trial lasts through Monday, April 20th...

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