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Braben: Elite won’t be ‘dumbed down’ for consoles

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Are you tired of the eternal console vs. PC culture war? Yeah, me too. Thankfully Elite: Dangerous won't be partaking of that foolishness, mainly...

PAX East 2015: Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns storms PAX

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It's a huge weekend for Guild Wars 2 at PAX East, as the team is making Heart of Thorns available to the public for...

Funcom’s financials improved in Q4 2014 but are down year-over-year

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So do you want the good news or the bad news when it comes to Funcom's financials? The good news is that the studio...

Undead Labs’ Moonrise is coming to Steam

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The colorful creature battler Moonrise is heading to Steam as part of its 2015 rollout. Undead Labs announced that it has secured a place for...

Indie Harry Potter MMO slapped with cease and desist

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Let this be an important lesson to any would-be game designers: If you try to make a game based on a very well-known IP...

Nexon, Smilegate top eastern revenue charts

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Last year was a very good year indeed for Nexon, which made $393M in revenue in 2014. However, Smilegate clambered up to second place...
EverQuest

Here’s what’s happening in EverQuest for the next few weeks

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What's on tap for EverQuest over the next few weeks? Quite a bit, according to a forum post by Daybreak's Johnathan "Prathun" Caraker. EQ's...

NCsoft’s games are going free-to-play in Japan

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NCsoft games are shedding their subscription requirements -- at least in Japan. MMO Culture is reporting that between March and April, NCsoft will be...

Project Morpheus signals Sony’s entrance into the VR arms race

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The Oculus Rift won't be the only gaming headset that people will be talking about in the near future. Sony announced this week that...

Trials of Ascension cancels second Kickstarter campaign

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What crowdfunding giveth, crowdfunding also withholdeth. This is the hard lesson that Trials of Ascension has had to learn, not once, but twice. Less than...
Elite Dangerous

Elite: Dangerous is coming to the Xbox One in 2015

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Elite: Dangerous is coming to the Xbox One, according to a new teaser that was released at GDC this week. There's no firm date...

Crowfall will be powered by Unity 5

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The newly released Unity 5 cross-platform game engine will be responsible for driving at least one upcoming title: Crowfall. The team said that it's been...

Guild Wars 2 begins testing a streaming client

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Getting in to play Guild Wars 2 will happen faster than ever before, thanks to a new streaming client that is coming to the...

Elder Scrolls Online releases update 6 trailer

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Elder Scrolls Online's huge update 6 patch went live last night, but the celebration begins today. ZeniMax has released a new video exploring all...

The factionless WoW player dings level 100

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World of Warcraft Shaman Doubleagent made headlines a year ago for leveling his Pandaren up to 80 and then 90 without ever choosing a faction. Now...

Former LOTRO employee dishes out behind-the-scenes secrets

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There's always more to every story than is often told, which is why it's fascinating to come across accounts like this one by former...
ArcheAge

ArcheAge is getting obsidian weapons in March 10 patch

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Trion is preparing to release ArcheAge's Secrets of Ayanad update on March 10th. As such, producer Merv "Khrolan" Lee Kwai has posted a new...
Rebranding, that'll fix everything, it always does.

Shadowrun Online rebrands as Shadowrun Chronicles, aims for April release

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Shadowrun Online isn't Shadowrun Online any longer. Hot on the heels of its announcement that it's secured a physical distributor, the game has rebranded...

Camelot Unchained launches alpha, standalone builder

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After a short delay to track down some bugs, Camelot Unchained's alpha has begun for realsies. "We are proud and happy to tell you that...
Dark Age of Camelot

Dark Age of Camelot is adding ‘casual group finder’

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Broadsword took Dark Age of Camelot offline for the better part of today, according to its website. Why? To push out patch 1.117C, which tweaks dopplegangers, adds...

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