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Star Trek Online shows off upcoming Tier 6 Battlecruisers

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You can upgrade older ships in Star Trek Online, but your upgraded Tier 5 Battlecruiser just isn't the same as a Tier 6 version...
We all go together.

Bungie responds to Destiny’s ‘tone deaf’ DLC fiasco

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Destiny has already launched some downloadable expansions for itself, and they've been cheaper than the upcoming The Taken King. In fact, they've been much cheaper...
Well, I guess you guys can ransack my stuff again. But only this one extra time.

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward formally launches today

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After months of anticipation for the community, Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launches today. Heavensward is available now for players who didn't preorder or...

Not So Massively: All the online gaming news from E3 2015

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It's been a big week for online gaming, with several high-profile reveals and announcements made at E3 2015. The latest version of MOBA-esque space...

Albion Online video explains how it’s bringing back player freedom

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Sick of being penned into certain roles and linear progression in MMOs? Albion Online invites you to experience a game where player freedom and...

World of Warplanes is bringing back lethal crits

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Wargaming's latest World of Warplanes dev blog announces the return of lethal critical damage situations. Breaking a wing or a tail off of an...

Path of Exile: The Awakening eyes July 10 release

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Path of Exile's next big content update, The Awakening, is coming soon... but how soon? The team said that it's getting close to nailing...

ArenaNet addresses Guild Wars 2 pre-purchase controversy

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The Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns pre-purchase announcement sent the community into a state of agitation, to put it mildly. This was exacerbated...

ESTsoft announces Cabal 2 founder’s packs

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Cabal 2 is launching as a free-to-play MMO, but if you'd like to actually pay for it, ESTsoft has announced its founder's pack offering....

Here are a whole bunch of Black Desert gameplay vids with an English patch

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Reddit user asciisyaez has posted a plethora of Black Desert gameplay videos. The footage was captured on the fantasy sandbox's Korean beta servers, but...
It's like there's a party on your hard drive and you need that party to accomplish anything.

EverQuest’s popular progression servers face content competition challenges

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Daybreak says that it is tweaking raid targets and high-end zones for EverQuest's new progression servers. "There are more active players on Ragefire and Lockjaw...

WoW gets a 6.2 patch survival guide and feature preview

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World of Warcraft's 6.2 patch drops tomorrow. Apparently it's a big deal, because Blizzard has taken the time to put together a patch preview...
Go boom.

Tomorrow’s Guild Wars 2 patch tweaks the 1-to-80 leveling experience

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Tomorrow's Guild Wars 2 patch features a change inspired by player feedback, according to game director Colin Johanson. "We decided getting to level 80...
You can buy me!

The demographics and realities of selling games on Steam

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Steam is one of those things that we think of as almost ubiquitous as a gaming platform. You can buy many MMOs on it, it...
That map is big? Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's not small? No, no, no!

Neverwinter demos its biggest map ever

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The more things you want going on in a single map, the bigger the map needs to be. If all you want is for...
Sorry I'm late, but you know I can't log in for about two hours.

Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s early access

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Thursday was a long day. So was Friday, but in very different ways. Playing Final Fantasy XIV over the past few days has been a...
This image actually makes me not want to inflict this on my friends, but...

TERA introduces recruit-a-friend rewards

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Are you playing TERA? Do you have friends who are not playing TERA? Are said friends also swayed by the thought of both of...
You can't really go back again.

Character name reclamation is coming to World of Warcraft

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With a decade of popularity and lots of people playing, World of Warcraft does not have a surfeit of names available for players. As...

Tree of Life dev explains crime system, prefers ‘2:8 wolf/deer ratio’

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Take heart, sandbox PvE fans. Tree of Life developer OddOneGames is on your side and has added a crime system to its early access sandbox so as to...
Oh, thanks for the promise to eventually answer in the future.

Trion addresses Defiance players’ requests for more content

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The newest set of answers from the Defiance developers to player questions is available now. The bad news (always start with the bad news)...