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SWTOR vets form new studio, partner with Nexon

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Korean F2P giant Nexon announced today that it has entered into a "strategic partnership" with newly formed QC Games. Nexon America will publish and market...

Project Gorgon adds guilds and new movement system

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An early version of the guild system went into Project Gorgon yesterday, according to the game's launcher. The guilds that are in the game are...

Horse World Online gallops into our hearts

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Clear the slate of your gaming plans for the near future, friends, because we're here to tell you that your dream game has arrived:...

Choose My Adventure: Setting up Camp in Trove

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Welcome, friends, to another episode of Choose My Adventure: Trove edition. Last week, as you may recall, I took my first steps in the...

Guild Wars 2 unleashes fresh Mordrem event next week and blogs about raids

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ArenaNet just confirmed the rumors it sparked about a Mordrem event coming to Guild Wars 2: From 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on September 10 through...

Skyforge dares you to enter its hostile territories

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Group content in MMOs doesn't always have to mean "dungeon crawls" and "raids." For example, Skyforge has its hostile territories, challenging world zones that require...
Won't this be the opposite of fun.

ArcheAge elaborates on the game’s post-server merge environment

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If the land rush at launch of ArcheAge was the least fun you'd had since you started playing the game, you probably don't want...

Elite: Dangerous welcomes pilots to close quarters combat

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Players have a new way to experience Elite: Dangerous with the advent of the close quarters combat (CQC) mode. The beta test for the...

Senior citizen dragons fly into Trove

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What, can't dragons be old? Sure they can -- just look at Trove! The colorful sandvox added a new type of dragon ally and mount yesterday,...
Now I'm the best thing ever!

WildStar enters the second phase of free-to-play testing with real money, explains Runecrafting changes

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The first stage of testing for WildStar's free-to-play conversion has been a success on the whole. Sure, there have been aspects that veterans didn't...
Oh noes

Guild Wars 2 hints at an event and starts a guild recruitment drive

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The first Guild Wars 2 expansion is coming shortly, and players are going to have something to do before the expansion hits. The official...

Wizard101 turns seven while Pirate101 prepares new PvP season

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Happy birthday, Wizard101! The kid-friendly fantasy title will celebrate its seventh anniversary tomorrow. KingsIsle has a few surprises up its sleeve for the momentous occasion:...

Wild Terra delivers an isometric sandbox medieval world

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Looking for an up-and-coming sandbox that isn't some weird jumble of voxels? Wild Terra would respectfully submit that you check out its isometric medieval...

Valiance teases its character creation progress

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In-development superhero MMO Valiance Online updated its website today with a few pics showing off its character creation system. The textual description refers to the...
loud noises

This is how Crowfall has evolved over the past 16 weeks

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Crowfall's latest video is a 25-minute affair that shows you how the crowdfunded PvP fantasy title has progressed from stacks of Post-It notes, index...

SMITE tweaks the old gods and the new

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SMITE's latest patch is here, and it features a new god (Xing Tian), new skins, new voice packs, new emotes, new avatars, and new...

DC Universe’s Episode 16 launches tomorrow

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If you're a DC Universe Online member, you can get your hands on its newest bit of DLC tomorrow. Episode 16 launches for subscribers...

History of EVE Online book rolls first copies off the printing press

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EVE Online's player history is a massive, ever-shifting entity, and one man is making good on his dream and promise to put it into writing. A...

ARK’s tourney championship features a giant ass dragon

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Studio Wildcard is hyping the championship round of ARK: Survival Evolved's Survival of the Fittest tourney which takes place tomorrow, September 2nd at 2:00 p.m....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 28: PAX Primal

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 F2P, Atlas Reactor, The Park, SWTOR, Marvel Heroes, and WildStar, plus mailbag questions on Elder Scrolls Online, podcast meta, and more GW2.