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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.

Camelot Unchained’s newsletter recaps August, looks to DragonCon

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Camelot Unchained fans, I hope you have a caffeinated beverage and a lot of free time, because the 13th edition of the game's newsletter...

Elder Scrolls Online posts Imperial City tour, goes on sale

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Yesterday we reported that Elder Scrolls Online had unleashed its first DLC pack, The Imperial City, for PC players. Today, ZeniMax has posted a large...

World of Warcraft welcomes players back to the skies

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It's been a good while since World of Warcraft players have been able to fly in high-level zones, but as of today the skies...
Take it.

Destiny offers up The Taken King’s gameplay trailer

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By this point most Destiny fans have a pretty good idea of the foundation beneath The Taken King's story. In short, you killed someone, and...

Lord British’s death captured for posterity in Shroud of the Avatar PvP event

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Shroud of the Avatar fans recently witnessed a bit of history: the in-game death of Lord British! During a 12-hour livestream event and pledge...

Here’s what Carbine is doing to WildStar’s loot this fall

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"Lots of things are changing -- lots of things," WildStar Senior Game Designer Evan "Verizal" Graziano says in a new loot deep-dive posted on...

A fireside chat with Firefall’s executive producer

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For a tumultuous period of time, Firefall was in freefall, having crossed the spectrum of gamer goodwill about as fast as was humanly possible....
It was a graveyard smash.

LEGO Minifigures Online adds in monstrous minifigures and trials

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Another series of minifigures is available in LEGO Minifigures Online, and the lineup is monstrous. As it should be; the minifigures in Series 14...
Fight like you want to not lose!

Crowfall kicks off pre-alpha testing in the Hunger Dome

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Yes, the day has come for Crowfall fans when the game stops just being an idea and becomes reality. The first round of pre-alpha testing kicked...

PAX Prime 2015: Guild Wars 2’s free-to-play model and publishing takeover

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When I spoke to ArenaNet's Colin Johanson about raids in Guild Wars 2 at this year's PAX Prime, President Mike O'Brien was sitting right next to...
Can't we go back to mushroom people? That'd be keen.

EverQuest II details the fine distinctions of its upcoming server consolidations

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Community teams generally avoid the term "server merge" for the same reason that the Chicago Cubs tend to avoid actually winning: No one wants...
Yeah, this is the time it'll all come together, for sure.

Mortal Online has landed on Steam

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Do you enjoy the concept of Mortal Online but have a long-standing vow to not play any MMOs you cannot purchase and play natively...

Russian site leaks 40 seconds of the Warcraft movie trailer

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World of Warcraft fans continue to eagerly await the release of the Warcraft movie trailer in a couple of months. If they -- or...

Not So Massively: HOTS’ ranking woes, LoL’s server move problems

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League of Legends finished setting up its new North American server in Chicago, reducing ping times for east coast players but dramatically increasing them...

Atlas Reactor’s alpha signups start today

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Trion wasted little time getting its newly announced Atlas Reactor turn-based PvP thing in front of gamers. After revealing the title at PAX last...