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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward starts early access, welcomes back players

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Just a heads-up: If you have friends who play Final Fantasy XIV, you may not be seeing them at all today. That's because early...

Take a walk to the past with World of Warcraft’s Mana-Tombs

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Set your alarm for June 23rd and remember to charge up your flux capacitor, because World of Warcraft is about to take you back...

EVE dev blogs address overview bracket changes, Drifter lore

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CCP has released a pair of new EVE Online dev blogs, the first of which focuses on the lore behind the game's mysterious Drifter...

RuneScape’s RuneFest community event scheduled for October 3

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Jagex has announced that RuneFest will return for a fifth incarnation of the annual community event devoted to RuneScape. It happens at London's Tobacco...

Crowfall won’t make use of ‘phake’ physics

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Crowfall's latest dev blog talks combat physics, and in particular ArtCraft's goal "to use realistic physics in as many gameplay aspects as possible." The...

Star Trek Online’s newest feature episode is live

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Star Trek Online's newest feature episode awaits, according to an official tweet this morning that signified the end of the patch maintenance period. Cryptic...
It's coincidence that the last three expansions have spoken to the exact same vanishingly small portion of the playerbase.

World of Warcraft details the end of the legendary ring questline

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The launch of World of Warcraft's next major patch brings with it the end of the quest to earn a legendary ring for your...

Time’s running out for the Voxelnauts Kickstarter

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Are you interested in playing Voxelnauts, the "VR sandbox MMO" from Retro Ronin? If so, you might consider helping the firm out on its...

Co-op sandbox Windborne is closing down on Steam

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You're in for some disappointment today if you were hoping that Windborne would ever emerge from early access. Developer Hidden Path announced this morning...

Protector’s Jubilee begins in all versions of Neverwinter

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Protector's Jubilee starts anew in Neverwinter today to celebrate the game's two-year anniversary. The returning festival gives players new quests and skirmishes to conquer...
These nightmarish creatures can be felled! They can be beaten!

RIFT teases the Nightmare Saga coming with next month’s patch

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Lord Arak is not a nice guy, presumably. Sure, maybe he does nice things for his friends, has a soft spot for animals, all...

Trove expands server capacity to handle population influx

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It's a good problem to have: Trove's servers are filling up to the brim and even causing queues to form. Fortunately, Trion Worlds said...

Check out this handy Guild Wars 2 build calculator

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Here's your Guild Wars 2 public service announcement of the day: Don't get so caught up in the expansion fever and the price wars that...

SWTOR lead writer talks expansion story and companions

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If you're curious about the story coming your way in BioWare's next Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, you should probably read a post...

Age of Wulin allows you to summon offline friends for combat assistance

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Do you have a good buddy you wish could play with you all the time, even when she's sleeping, eating, or at work? In...

Skyforge details its founder’s pack rewards

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Have we learned our lesson about founder's packs yet? If not (or maybe even if so), Skyforge is detailing the digital items it hopes...

World of Warcraft 6.2 coming on June 23 with Hellfire Citadel raid

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World of Warcraft's Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire is coming on June 23rd, we found out today. When it lands, the patch will be...

Housing looks unlikely for The Secret World [Updated]

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If you're hoping for player housing in The Secret World, you should probably stop hoping. In a Q&A on the official forums, Funcom executive producer...
First reference to the Firefly theme and we lose patience.

Worlds Adrift details the design of a steering wheel

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Part of the very premise behind Worlds Adrift is exploring the great big sky on an airship. Sure, we've seen how you can design...

Hall drops Ion hints, says he worked on DayZ ‘longer than [he] intended’

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What exactly is Ion, the new sci-fi sandbox being developed by Dean Hall in collaboration with virtual world firm Improbable? We still don't really...