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Crowfall sums up its Hunger Dome test, even though it’s not over yet

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Crowfall's Hunger Dome 1.0 PvP playtest is nearing its end. As such, ArtCraft has published a recap video reflecting what the firm has learned...

Guild Wars 2 enhances its squad UI, preps for Halloween

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ArenaNet recently unveiled its enhanced squad UI for Guild Wars 2. It's designed to help players organize their friends, guildmates, and other large groups...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 31: MMO expansions come roaring back

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Justin and Bree discuss Devilian, SWTOR, Ultima Online, the return of the MMO expansion, RIFT, Camelot Unchained, ArchLord 2, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on Heart of Thorns and gambleboxes.

SWTOR ditches customer support forum, hands it off to EA’s Answer HQ

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If you have a problem with Star Wars: The Old Republic, don't head to the customer support forum after October 5th. BioWare announced yesterday that...
Seriously have a lot of ships, wow.

Star Trek Online outlines the basics of the Admirality system

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Veterans of Star Trek Online have inevitably made use of many, many different ships over the course of the game's lifespan. You get ships...

Trove introduces the player-designed Moonwing Dragon

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A new player-designed dragon is taking flight in Trove these days: the Moonwing. This week's patch introduces the collectable Moonwing Dragon, which can be...
Do it anyway, but feel bad about it.

Hi-Rez Studios felt bad about abandoning Tribes: Ascend

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Letting Tribes: Ascend lie untouched for a long while was a smart business decision for Hi-Rez Studios, but it wasn't one that the developers...

Drizzt joins Neverwinter in this fall’s Underdark expansion

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A few familiar faces are coming to Neverwinter in the upcoming Underdark expansion, including a fairly famous Drow. If you'd happily fight the two-headed Prince of...

RIFT dives into the Rhaza’de Canyons dungeon

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With a patch name like Into the Wilds, you know that RIFT won't be introducing safe, tame content in which players can vacation. On...
this is duuuuuuuumb

Valve developer claims that VR motion sickness isn’t the fault of the hardware

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Are you worried about getting hit by a sense of motion sickness whilst using a VR headset? Valve's Chet Faliszek states that you don't...
DAGRON

Guild Wars 2’s former lead designer now develops for Amazon

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Amazon has been trying to work its way into game development for a while, but the retailer has a new weapon in its arsenal....

WildStar: Reloaded launches free-to-play

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WildStar's long-awaited free-to-play patch is finally upon us, as Carbine re-launched the game at midnight with a new business model and scads of changes. WildStar: Reloaded...

Not So Massively: Martin Shkreli slammed in e-sports; Star Citizen legal letter revealed

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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...

Black Desert’s Russian beta starts October 12

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Can you read Russian? Me neither, but I can read Reddit as well as the big date on the top of Black Desert's Russian...

ARK gets a swamp, snow, dire wolves, and more

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ARK: Survival Evolved got two new biomes in today's 216 patch. A swamp and snow-covered region are now available, along with new critters like...
doge, wow

Project Gorgon on the difference between testing and launch balancing

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Can we get a quick show of hands indicating who likes logging into a familiar MMO and finding out that every one of his...
Indarth Invader.

Skyforge offers more details on Invasions and Operations

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Invasions are a big deal in Skyforge, but not every hero standing against the invaders is at the front lines of the main invasion...
Boss of the road.

Here’s a look at the Ranger in Bless’ beta

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The final Korean beta test for Bless is officially over, and Steparu has published his final look at the game. He takes the Ranger...

Guild Wars 2 kicks off Guild Week tomorrow

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Guild Wars 2 has plenty in store for player organizations when Heart of Thorns launches later next month, and because of that, ArenaNet is...

Project Copernicus was in trouble long before its $75M loan

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The lengthy post-mortem of Project Copernicus and 38 Studios never seems to end, does it? While the answer to "What went wrong?" is multi-faceted at the very...