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Shards Online’s June newsletter talks player-run servers, taming, and more

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Citadel has published the latest issue of its Shards Online newsletter. Project lead Derek Brinkmann pens an intro that touches on everything from worldbuilding...

Skysaga gives PvP to the masses

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Skysaga's burgeoning community has a new way to grow closer today, as the game has opened the doors of its PvP arena to testers. Alpha...

ArtCraft addresses concerns over ‘more PvE features’ in Crowfall

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Here's another Crowfall news bite! Today's drop takes the form of a video Q&A with design lead Thomas Blair and creative director J. Todd...

CCP taps Zendesk for EVE customer support

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CCP's latest dev blog address changes to EVE Online's customer support. More specifically, New Eden has a new customer support help center courtesy of...

WoW’s last major Draenor raid is Hellfire Citadel

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Warlords of Draenor's last major raid will be Hellfire Citadel, according to an interview with World of Warcraft lead game designer Cory Stockton. Patch...

Vendetta Online is having a summer sale

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Now is probably an ideal time to check out (or return to) indie space sandbox Vendetta Online. Guild Software is gearing up to release...
Like a dragon, but, like... a danger dragon.

How Neverwinter designs the critters that wreck you

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Neverwinter has an advantage in terms of enemy design, since years of Dungeons & Dragons have given it huge amounts of material to work...

Villagers & Heroes Reborn to add interiors to housing

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What's better than owning a home with a garden? How about a house with an interior! Currently, Villagers & Heroes' housing system only allows...

City of Titans demos its costume-making process

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Every superhero worth her or his salt knows that it's the costume that makes the hero. Well, that and a heapload of mutant powers,...

World of Tanks, SWTOR rocketed up the Raptr chart in May

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Raptr's most-played games list is out for this past May, and it looks that both World of Tanks and Star Wars: The Old Republic...

Cabal 2 launches right here, right now

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You ready for some frantic action combat? Cabal 2 is open for business, as ESTSoft's fantasy title officially releases to the public today. COO Steve...

Guild Wars 2 reveals Stronghold PvP Mist Champions, admits SAB is on hold

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ArenaNet has just announced Mist Champions for Guild Wars 2's incoming Heart of Thorns Stronghold PvP mode. In a new dev blog released today,...

Skyforge soft launches into open beta on July 16th

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Skyforge fans, get ready to get ready because your game is headed for soft launch. The open beta, which won't be wiped, begins on July 16th,...

World of Warships’ open beta launches today

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Let the naval battles commence: World of Warships soft launches today! Above and beyond throwing open the beta doors to one and all, the game...

TERA is going berserk with its new update and new class tease

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Summer's certainly not going to be boring in TERA's neck of the woods. The action MMO is prepping a new content update for next...
I gots to bag it up.

RIFT introduces new Planar Crafting mechanics in its next major patch

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As long as you're tearing open the spaces between dimensions in RIFT, you might as well get some new crafting materials. The new Planar...

World of Warcraft and RuneScape dare you to become a beach bunny

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What's up with all of the beach studio blogs lately? I guess we know where all of the devs' minds are at now that...

G.I.R.L. scholarship winners get H1Z1 internship

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Daybreak's eight-year-running Gamers in Real Life (G.I.R.L.) scholarship program is done evaluating applicants and ready to proclaim the winners. That's right, winners plural; this...

Trion: Devilian has ‘all the features of your dream ARPG’

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Now that Trion's newest MMO import is no longer cloaked in secrecy, the Devilian team is excited to get out there and talk about...

Chinese and holiday tanks invade World of Tanks Xbox

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The conflict in World of Tanks Xbox is taking it up to a whole new level this week. First of all, the Chinese line...