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World of Warcraft guides players to the jungle, enters the hall of fame

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The opening moments of World of Warcraft's most recent expansion involve an assault on the Iron Horde's base of operations, the Tanaan Jungle. Now,...
Not the chess maneuver.

A guide to building and using your kingdom in Crowfall

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Crowfall's individual campaign worlds are intended to be reset over time. That's by design; each world will flourish, then wither, then die. But the...
Darkfall

Darkfall dev clarifies ‘personal’ pre-Unholy Wars poll

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A Darkfall developer recently caused a bit of a stir by posting an informal poll on Reddit that asked whether or not fans would...
Alganon

Alganon is coming to Steam on May 5

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Remember Alganon? It's still alive and kicking, and it's probably about to get a player infusion since it's heading to Steam on May 5th....

Marvel Heroes adds achievements and Vision

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Life is moving ever-faster for Marvel Heroes. Not only is the game currently in the grips of the movie tie-in Avengers Assemble event, but...
EverQuest II

Smedley: We will support EQ and EQII ‘for the very long haul’

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"I firmly believe the days of the WoW-style MMO are over," Daybreak's John Smedley told GI.biz earlier this week. Apparently that ruffled a few feathers in...

SWTOR pulls healing changes for further review

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Our mother always said never to do anything in half-measures, which is why she may approve of BioWare yanking some of the upcoming healing...

Project Genom gameplay video shows off its high-tech weapons

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The sci-fi shooter Project Genom is making great strides with its post-Unreal Engine 4 transition, and the dev team put together a new gameplay...

Enjoy an exclusive look at Cabal II’s PvP battlefields

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If you're a PvP junkie, you're going to want to give Cabal II careful consideration as a possible future playground. ESTsoft released a new...

Steam empowers studios to permaban players

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Forget modgate -- the next controversial decision by Valve might already be here. The company announced that it will be allowing game studios to...

See Black Desert’s Plum Flower fighter in action

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She's fast, she's furious, and she will cut you to ribbons if you're standing in her way. She's the Plum Flower, the female version...

Elite: Dangerous tests interplay between Mac and PC versions

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Being a member of the Mac gaming tribe no longer means that you have to be quarantined from the glorious PC master race, at...

Learn all about LOTRO’s legendary item imbuement system

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Lord of the Rings Online's legendary item system has been a point of fierce community debate ever since it arrived way back in the...

City of Titans demos its first costume and combat prototypes

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It's been a little quiet on the City of Titans development front for a while, but when you see the game's most recent video, you'll understand...
If I could turn back time.

Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns’ first elite spec is the Chronomancer

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Let's talk history for a moment. Before Guild Wars 2 was a thing, before it was even an idea, the team at ArenaNet was working...
Tree of Savior

Tree of Savior’s beta is really a beta

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Are you wondering what to make of quirky Korean import Tree of Savior? Steparu's been playing the beta, and he has a lot to...
Infinite Crisis

Ranked play is coming to Infinite Crisis on May 8

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Think you're good at Infinite Crisis? You'll have a chance to prove it on May 8th when Turbine unveils ranked play for its DC...
Don't worry, something will happen any day now.

EverQuest emulator group gets a ‘written agreement’ with Daybreak

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Who says MMO emulators are illegal? Not Daybreak, apparently, as the firm has entered into a "written agreement" with the creators of an EverQuest emu known...

SMITE adds achievement system, omnipotence queue event

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It's a big week for SMITE, as the deity-filled MOBA has added several new features with yesterday's patch. Arguably the biggest addition is the...

Trailer shows off today’s big Dragon’s Prophet EU update

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Dragon's Prophet players in Europe have a handful of inhospitable new lands to explore filled with vicious new species to vanquish thanks to today's...