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Albion Online’s land ownership system will run by auction

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Sandbox Interactive is shaking things up with its land ownership system in Albion Online. In a new development diary, the studio explains that it is...

World of Warcraft and RuneScape make Twitch’s top games list for September

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Don't put much stock in what people are playing on Raptr? What about what people are watching on Twitch? The streaming giant recently released its September...

Ultima Online launches Time of Legends expansion

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The first new expansion for Ultima Online in several years is finally here. Time of Legends has gone live on the production servers, bringing with it...

Destiny is adding microtransactions, starting with emotes

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Bungie is opening another revenue pipeline for its popular Destiny, as the game will introduce microtransactions next week. "This coming Tuesday, October 13th, Tess Everis...
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Overwatch designer Geoff Goodman on characters, balancing, and community maps

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The experience of developing Overwatch is very different from that of other Blizzard games; it's a new IP for the company, and it's a...
That old saw.

Eternal Crusade: There are holidays in the grim darkness of the future

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If you learn nothing else this morning, know that there are holidays in the grim darkness of the future. This means that as much...

Life is Feudal gets more stable, adds barter system

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A new alpha patch for Life is Feudal has made living in that game a little less futile. Ahem. Anyway, the big ticket items...
We say that the world isn't dying. For some reason.

ECO shows off its development progress as it heads toward alpha

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ECO isn't ready for testing just yet, but Strange Loop Games is aiming to change that by the time the end of the month rolls...

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has a bevy of rewards in store for PvP

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Don't fret your sweaty heads, PvPers -- ArenaNet has not forgotten you. In fact, the studio is throwing you all sorts of incentives to...

Skyforge offers a peek into its distortions

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Distortions are one of the newer features in Skyforge, guild-exclusive 10-player instances that contain a mess-load of monsters from all of the factions. Even...

Check out this guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s Orsinium

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We're about a month away from Elder Scrolls Online's next DLC update, which will open the doors to the Orcish ancestral city of Orsinium....

ARK Survival Evolved takes to the skies with the Quetzalcoatlus

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While ARK is no stranger to flying dinos and the players crazy enough to ride them, today it's upping the aerial combat arms race...

Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Permadeath in MMORPGs

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Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...

Cabal II’s large Ruins of the Gods update is coming next week

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You ain't seen nothing yet in Cabal II. ESTsoft announced today that it's preparing to release it's "largest content update" ever for Cabal II next...

RIFT goes Into the Wilds today; check out the trailer

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RIFT's servers are down and getting patched with the game's 3.4 Into the Wilds update, but don't despair; Trion has posted a trailer to tide you over. Massively OP's...
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You can’t touch Kitty Pryde in this Marvel Heroes trailer

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What do Kitty Pryde and MC Hammer have in common? It's not the parachute pants; it's the fact that you literally can't touch Kitty...

Elite Dangerous releases CQC update and launches on Xbox One

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Watch out: Elite Dangerous just might be stealing everyone's thunder this week with a double-whammy release day. First up is the game's long-awaited close quarters combat...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic outlines crafting changes in its next expansion

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Everything in Star Wars: The Old Republic is changing in a big way when Knights of the Fallen Empire launches, and that includes crafting...

The Daily Grind: So what mystery title is Daybreak working on?

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Tucked into Daybreak's announcement letter yesterday about the company's new digs and Jens Andersen's new role was the revelation that Daybreak is "currently working...

Battle Bards MMO music podcast goes on an endless journey

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Battle Bards, the world’s first and only MMO music podcast, returns for its 60th episode in which the co-hosts explore the theme of "endless...