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MMO devs pay tribute to Smedley

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Former Daybreak CEO John Smedley may have been a polarizing figure to MMO gamers, but several high profile devs have spoken up in the...
Borderland, feel like I'm going to lose my mand

Borderlands Online preps for another closed beta test

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time for your daily installment of Things You're Never Going To Have! Probably not, anyway. Borderlands Online...
Ridin spinnas, ridin spinnas

Star Wars: The Old Republic developers want to know what you want to ride

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There are always a lot of things you could potentially ride in video games. Star Wars: The Old Republic is no exception. There are...

LotRO’s Weatherstock and summer festival return this week

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Lord of the Rings Online fans are in for a busy weekend. Turbine has dusted off the game's summer festival, which is ongoing through...

Phantasy Star Online 2 is IP-blocked again in the west

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If you're a western fan of Phantasy Star Online 2, I'm sorry. SEGA still doesn't care to take your money, apparently, because the company's...

Heroes & Generals adds guns, ribbons, and more

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Reto-Moto has patched its Heroes & Generals World War II shooter with the "Walker" update. It features new weapons, scopes, ribbons, tweaks and balancing, and more....

Perpetuum aims to accelerate its update cadence [Update]

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Sci-fi MMO Perpetuum will soon be switching from long development phases to shorter ones, says Avatar Creations in a new dev post to players today....

Dark Age of Camelot pays tribute to player’s terminally ill son

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Players who've logged into Dark Age of Camelot since yesterday will have met a stylish new NPC in the Mularn, Cotswold, and Mag Mell, as Broadsword...
Definitely not winter here, buddy.

Neverwinter posts the official gameplay trailer for Strongholds

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A guild's home is its castle in Neverwinter. Wait, scratch that - it's not its castle yet, but it will totally be its castle...
Always the same.

Diablo III previews the Ruins of Sescheron for patch 2.3

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In one respect, Diablo III is fairly littered with powerful treasures. That's the core of its gameplay. You are assaulted by a rain of...
There are no limits! But in another very real way, there are hard and immediate limits.

How to progress in Skyforge after the weekly spark cap

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Weekly limits in Skyforge are everywhere, putting a limit on how far and how fast players can progress in the game. In some ways...

John Smedley relinquishes his post at Daybreak

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VentureBeat is reporting that John Smedley has stepped down as President of Daybreak Game Company, the studio behind multiple MMOs, including the entire EverQuest...

Blade & Soul’s website updates with new race/class combos

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Did you catch the classes page update on Blade & Soul's website today? NCsoft has fleshed out what exactly will be playable in the western...
Bears.

H1Z1 targets bear AI, goes on sale for $8

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As impossible as it might have seemed, H1Z1's next patch is going to be improving bear AI to make the ursine contingent of the...
ROBOT ROCK YOU

MechWarrior Online launches European servers and rolls out new machines

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Yes, MechWarrior Online has rolled out an expansion. You didn't know about that? Probably because you were waiting for some huge new content drop,...

Guild Wars 2 confirms the Elementalist’s Tempest elite spec

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ArenaNet has confirmed the rumored next elite spec for Guild Wars 2's upcoming Heart of Thorns expansion: The Elementalist's Tempest. The Tempest will access the...
You might even call it diabolical! If you wanted to get sued, which we do not.

Devilian spotlights the Shadowhunter and the Talisman mechanic

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You wouldn't think that hunting shadows would be a very lucrative profession, since all it takes to catch them is a light source and...
Dude knows his thing.

Crowfall shows off the first pass of the Legionnaire’s abilities

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Ask about the Legionnaire in Crowfall and most people listening are going to look at you in confusion because everyone just thinks of the Legionnaire...

Why WildStar needs stat refactoring and which stats are on the way out

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WildStar has a major stat rebalancing patch on the way -- in fact, it's so major that it needs a whole new term: stat...

Aion Europe is planning a summer event series

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Looking for something to do in Aion? Gameforge recently posted plans for its summer event series. It starts tomorrow with the Legendary Symphony, which...