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Black Desert’s western community manager is interviewed, doesn’t say much

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Are you interested in Black Desert? If so, a new interview with the game's western community manager might be worth a read. Or it might...

Gamescom 2015: Defiance is getting new baddies, supreme weapons

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The fourth and final Trion blurb from today's Gamescom press release involves Defiance, the sci-fi shooter with Syfy transmedia synergy. An upcoming patch will...

Gamescom 2015: Trove’s fall Shadow Tower update offers endgame content, new class

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Trion did something this year that a lot of MMO studios don't bother to do: brought existing MMOs to Gamescom. The studio unleashed information on...

Gamescom 2015: Trion talks upcoming ‘significant’ ArcheAge updates

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Trion just took an info dump at Gamescom, with "major" updates scheduled for all of the firm's MMOs. ArcheAge is getting something called Heroes...

Gamescom 2015: RIFT brings the Primalist on board as game’s fifth calling

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RIFT's most poorly kept secret is now official: The Primalist will join the game's roster as the fifth calling (and the first new one...

Neverwinter walks you through stronghold buildings, guild hall, and eateries

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There's a heapload of information for Neverwinter players to absorb regarding the upcoming Stronghold module, and Cryptic's been rolling out the dev diaries left...

World of Warcraft announces Legion expansion with Demon Hunter class, Broken Isles continent; beta this year

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The liveblog is after the cut. Here are the highlights! Blizzard has just announced World of Warcraft's next expansion: Legion. Blizzard's Tom Chilton says that...

League of Legends adds defensive items in patch, rejects sandbox mode

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An upcoming League of Legends patch will be giving players more options for defense while smoothing out power levels of items across the board. "We'll...

Gamescom 2015: Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts dismisses Derek Smart

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Line of Defense's Derek Smart has made it quite clear what he thinks about Star Citizen and its creator, Chris Roberts, by calling for...

Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2 confirms 2015 expansion launch

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If you were worried that perhaps Guild Wars 2 was being a little too pokey with its Heart of Thorns testing and reveals, then...

Drakensang Online’s largest update ever is coming this month

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Drakensang Online's "largest update ever" is hitting the game this month, and trust us, you are not prepared. Rise of Balor is scheduled for August...

Civilization Online sums up its beta with a highlight trailer

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Civilization Online's oddball building-sim-plus-PvP gameplay is highlighted in a new trailer that serves as a bookend for the Korean closed beta test. XLGAMES has...

Gamescom 2015: Sword Coast Legends delayed to September 29th

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Fans of Sword Coast Legends are going to have to swallow a little bad news, as Wizards of the Coast announced at Gamescom today...

Tree of Savior starts limited English closed beta testing

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Many gamers are trying to get a handle on what Tree of Savior will offer, an issue that's slightly compounded by the fact that...
We worship things being set on fire.

Skyforge expands Pantheon functionality with its first major patch

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Pantheons are a pretty big deal for gods. You get your own worshippers, but you also get to sort of time-share worshippers with the...
First mention of Steppenwolf gets you kickbanned.

Gamescom 2015: The Crew offers up a Wild Run trailer

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Are you extreme enough to take part in The Crew's next big expansion? Wild Run sends players to The Summit, where apparently extreme racing...
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Final Fantasy XI’s August update arrives today

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The end is swiftly approaching for Final Fantasy XI - not a shutdown, but the end of the game's active story and content additions....
All this and more dinosaurs besides.

Gamescom 2015: ARK gets a brief new trailer

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ARK: Survival Evolved got a new trailer at this week's Gamescom. It's super short, but it also manages to capture just about all that's awesome...

Reddit revolt erupts over Elite: Dangerous expansion price

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Not everyone was thrilled at today's news that Elite: Dangerous would be expanding to allow for planetary touchdowns with its upcoming Horizons expansion. One...

Dota 2’s International interrupted by DDoS attacks

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If you managed to catch any of Dota 2's $18 million International 2015 yesterday, you may have seen players sitting around scratching their heads instead...