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GTA Online

Rockstar publishes tips for making the most of GTA’s editor

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Are you overwhelmed with the possibilities inherent in Rockstar's GTA V and GTA Online editor? If so, consider reading yesterday's tip article focused on capturing footage....
GW2

Guild Wars 2’s expansion closed beta starts on May 26

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ArenaNet has announced that closed beta testing for Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion will begin on May 26th. It will run in...
You know, it can really be your jong.

Diablo III item thieves make ‘$0,’ get prosecuted anyhow

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A couple of Diablo III miscreants felt the long arm of the law in 2014, according to a Fusion article that calls the proceeding a...
ArcheAge

ArcheAge preps a barrel racing daily event

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ArcheAge is gearing up for its annual Rum Runner Rapids event, which looks to involve drinking, whitewater rapids, and barrels out of bond. More specifically,...

World of Warcraft: No flying in Draenor, perhaps forever

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World of Warcraft player pilots are officially grounded for the indefinite future. Lead Designer Ion Hazzikostas said that while Blizzard was originally looking at turning...
Holy holy.

Betawatch: May 22nd, 2015

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It's been a busy week for the folks at Blizzard. We've gotten a quartet of videos for Overwatch characters showing off early gameplay, and...
SWTOR

BioWare posts update on SWTOR’s Season 5 win-trading

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BioWare community manager Eric Musco posted a brief update on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums yesterday concerning trolling and win-trading in Season...

Here’s a new(ish) trailer for The Repopulation

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A couple of days ago, The Repopulation announced that it was launching in Q4 2015. The dev team also put a new trailer on...
At least the baddies are... present?

Blade & Soul’s announcement livestream features gameplay and Q&A

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Surely by now you've heard that Blade & Soul is heading west. You probably even read our hands-on impressions from a recent NCsoft event....

Blizzard takes cigar from Heroes of the Storm character, internet flips tables

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Tychus is now on the nicotine patch. Blizzard has removed the cigar from its depiction of the Starcraft II character in its upcoming Hereoes of...

Allods Online looks for approval on Steam Greenlight

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Allods Online is looking to join the not-very-exclusive Steam club by going through the greenlight process. Right now the game is up on Steam...
Still crazy after all these years.

Turbine on the future of Dungeons & Dragons Online

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Dungeons & Dragons Online is not one of the biggest titles on the market, but it was one of the first major subscription games...

SkySaga starts alpha 4, unveils new website

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SkySaga is not lying low these days; the colorful sandbox recently launched its fourth alpha test, which it has expanded to include more players...

League of Legends tests automated punishments for bad player behavior

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Getting on top of bad player behavior in League of Legends may be an impossible job -- for mere people, that is. But what...
He had the lobes for it.

Captain Nog joins the Star Trek Online cast

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In the first episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Commander Sisko tells Jake not to hang around with that Ferengi boy Nog. He's...
No, you don't have to feud with monsters.

Pathfinder Online expands holding and adds company feuds

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If there's another group of players in Pathfinder Online and you hate their stupid faces, the most recent patch to the game's Early Enrollment...
Back in the 90s, I was in a very famous TV show.

Crowfall takes a deeper look at the Centaur

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The Centaur in Crowfall is more than just a normal person whose lower body happens to be a horse. If you want to be...

EverQuest’s new progression server comes online (again)

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After a disasterous initial outing and subsequent wipe, EverQuest's Ragefire server came back online last night to welcome players back to the classic era...

Win a Moonrise stress test key from Massively OP [All gone now!]

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Undead Labs' OARPGTCG -- I'm totally coining that -- Moonrise is due to hit Steam early access next week on May 27th. It's launching...
Rank 17! I am SO important to the world!

Check out Overwatch’s Hanzo and McCree in action

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Are you the guy who looked at Overwatch's character lineup and said, "Nah, get rid of that robot with twin chainguns; I want to...