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Dofus overhauls creaky crafting system

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There are revamps and then there are revamps, if you know what we mean. Dofus is clearly not messing around when it announced that...

Survarium reverses its disastrous server merge

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Even though they may be feared, server merges are a fact of life in many MMOs. One such merge came this past April in...

Nexon revenues rise in early 2015

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After reading through Nexon's financial report for Q1 2015, one can imagine the company skipping along while whistling a merry tune. Yes, it's generally...
Dungeons? Check. Dragons? Check. What else could need changing?

Neverwinter outlines new and upcoming changes

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When lead designer Scott Shicoff took point on Neverwinter, his first dispatch to the community was a statement that he and the rest of...

Heroes of the Storm World Championship coming to BlizzCon

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With the well-fought Heroes of the Dorm tournament out of the way, Blizzard is preparing an even larger community event for Heroes of the...

World of Warcraft goes on the offensive against bots

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World of Warcraft botters, beware: Blizzard is coming after you hard. The studio said yesterday that it has leveled the banhammer against several accounts...

The Repopulation adds diplomacy minigame with new patch

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Wait, there are other ways to resolve conflict with in-game NPCs than to stab large holes in their torsos? The Repopulation seems to think...
You can go ahead and fear me, really.

Guild Wars 2 unveils the Necromancer elite spec, the Reaper

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Under normal circumstances, Guild Wars 2 Necromancers have a pretty decisive philosophy of not getting involved in melee. It makes sense, after all. These...
I repent.

Rumor: Blade & Soul might be in internal testing for US release

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Hey, you all remember the guy causing a whole kerfluffle about the fact that WildStar is supposedly going free-to-play? Good times! But the Redditor...

Raph Koster used MMO design to help revitalize a bar trivia game

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You might know Raph Koster from his MMO legacy as a designer on Ultima Online or Star Wars Galaxies, or perhaps from his current...

Rumor: WildStar coming to Steam as a free-to-play title in August [Updated]

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WildStar is coming to Steam, according to third-party scraper site SteamDB.info. When and for how much is less clear, given that Carbine and NCsoft...
Heroes & Generals

Heroes & Generals celebrates five million registered players

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Reto-Moto has announced that more than five million players have registered for its F2P World War II MMO shooter called Heroes & Generals. Since...

Rodinia War melds strategy and fantasy action

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What flavors go well together? Peanut butter and chocolate, obviously. Sarcasm and stand-up comedians. Mario and mushrooms. And now, apparently, builder games and MMORPGs. This...

Heroes of the Storm devs talk Kael’Thas and character design

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Wondering how Blizzard's developers choose from the studio's incredible roster of characters and then crafted those selections into Heroes of the Storm's champions? Then...
And now everything will be better forever!

Aventurine is exploring a Darkfall 1.0 reboot

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Remember a couple of weeks ago when Aventurine developer axilmar caused a bit of a stir with an informal poll regarding Darkfall's pre-Unholy Wars...
Nothing but sad things to say.

LEGO Minifigures Online is switching from F2P to B2P this summer

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Funcom has announced that its LEGO Minifigures Online is launching "with full cross-platform play this summer." Wait a minute, didn't this game already launch...

Neverwinter cracks 1.6M players on Xbox One

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If you're looking for Neverwinter's true success story, it might not be on the PC at all. Cryptic Studios announced today that ever since...
Well... huh.

Here are the top 10 moments from Wargaming’s recent Grand Finals

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Wargaming has published a video recap of the top 10 moments from its recent Grand Finals 2015 competition. If you want to see some...
oh dear

Forsaken World Mobile will include five classes

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When it launches, Forsaken World Mobile will come out of the gate strong with five classes from which to choose. According to the list...

A Tale in the Desert preparing to restart with Tale 7

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A Tale in the Desert's current "telling" -- Tale 6 -- has been running a long time, ever since its debut in 2011. Since...