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Echo of Soul is now available on Steam with a free gift

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There are always those gamers who like to have all of their titles in a neat and tidy Steam library and will patiently wait...

World of Warcraft: Fury of Hellfire is now live

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OK kids, summer vacation is over; it's time to get back to work in World of Warcraft! Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire went live...
Make it everything.

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is (almost) a perfect expansion

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There are certain phrases you really want to be able to use but don't expect to in a first impressions piece. That headline is...

Skyforge hits final closed beta test running

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The twilight of Skyforge's closed beta program is upon us while the dawn of its open beta is just around the corner. The sci-fi...

Excessive duping leads to Ark: Survival Evolved wipe

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Hundreds of dinosaurs were horrified to learn this week that human invaders in Ark: Survival Evolved weren't merely eking out an existence on their...
Actually entirely precedented.

Lineage Eternal begins testing with a focus group

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After a couple years of development, it's easy to feel that we're no closer to Lineage Eternal actually launching. But that's not true; NCsoft...
You can also play a spaceship.

Star Trek Online shows off upcoming Tier 6 Battlecruisers

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You can upgrade older ships in Star Trek Online, but your upgraded Tier 5 Battlecruiser just isn't the same as a Tier 6 version...
We all go together.

Bungie responds to Destiny’s ‘tone deaf’ DLC fiasco

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Destiny has already launched some downloadable expansions for itself, and they've been cheaper than the upcoming The Taken King. In fact, they've been much cheaper...
Well, I guess you guys can ransack my stuff again. But only this one extra time.

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward formally launches today

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After months of anticipation for the community, Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launches today. Heavensward is available now for players who didn't preorder or...

Not So Massively: All the online gaming news from E3 2015

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It's been a big week for online gaming, with several high-profile reveals and announcements made at E3 2015. The latest version of MOBA-esque space...

Albion Online video explains how it’s bringing back player freedom

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Sick of being penned into certain roles and linear progression in MMOs? Albion Online invites you to experience a game where player freedom and...

World of Warplanes is bringing back lethal crits

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Wargaming's latest World of Warplanes dev blog announces the return of lethal critical damage situations. Breaking a wing or a tail off of an...

Path of Exile: The Awakening eyes July 10 release

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Path of Exile's next big content update, The Awakening, is coming soon... but how soon? The team said that it's getting close to nailing...

ArenaNet addresses Guild Wars 2 pre-purchase controversy

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The Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns pre-purchase announcement sent the community into a state of agitation, to put it mildly. This was exacerbated...

ESTsoft announces Cabal 2 founder’s packs

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Cabal 2 is launching as a free-to-play MMO, but if you'd like to actually pay for it, ESTsoft has announced its founder's pack offering....

Here are a whole bunch of Black Desert gameplay vids with an English patch

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Reddit user asciisyaez has posted a plethora of Black Desert gameplay videos. The footage was captured on the fantasy sandbox's Korean beta servers, but...
It's like there's a party on your hard drive and you need that party to accomplish anything.

EverQuest’s popular progression servers face content competition challenges

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Daybreak says that it is tweaking raid targets and high-end zones for EverQuest's new progression servers. "There are more active players on Ragefire and Lockjaw...

WoW gets a 6.2 patch survival guide and feature preview

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World of Warcraft's 6.2 patch drops tomorrow. Apparently it's a big deal, because Blizzard has taken the time to put together a patch preview...
Go boom.

Tomorrow’s Guild Wars 2 patch tweaks the 1-to-80 leveling experience

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Tomorrow's Guild Wars 2 patch features a change inspired by player feedback, according to game director Colin Johanson. "We decided getting to level 80...
You can buy me!

The demographics and realities of selling games on Steam

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Steam is one of those things that we think of as almost ubiquitous as a gaming platform. You can buy many MMOs on it, it...