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Guild Wars 2 to restore Lion’s Arch in the next update

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It won't be long now, faithful Tyrians, before you will be walking down the streets of the shiny, reborn Lion's Arch in Guild Wars...

H1Z1 aims for a ‘massive world,’ adds team members and resources

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Daybreak Game Company isn't pulling back on H1Z1's development, but is instead doubling down on the survival zombie sandbox by adding more team members...
A wreck of our ambition

The Repopulation tweaks combat and building in its latest patch

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Launch rushes onward toward The Repopulation like... some sort of extremely fast launch-related thing. The metaphor isn't perfect. Neither is the game's combat system,...
Let's go take ourselves a king, I guess?

Leaks indicate Destiny’s next expansion will launch September 15th

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You can never be sure if a leak is on the level or if it's just a bunch of speculation. But you can make...
You won't be going here for a while first.

Final Fantasy XIV outlines E3 plans and starts an art countdown

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Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion launches into early access in just 10 days as of this writing, right after the wrapup of this year's...

Play Das Tal’s alpha for free right now

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You'd never buy a car without test-driving it, would you? If only that applied to games and you could take Das Tal for a...
So it goes.

Reddit’s Button is over

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On April 1st, Reddit's big gag for the year was "The Button." It was a button that started a 60 second countdown, and when...

EU team disqualified from Guild Wars 2 world tournament

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One aspiring Guild Wars 2 PvP team will be sitting on the sidelines when the world tournament comes to a conclusion later this year. ArenaNet has...
Crower peep.

Hearthstone teases a new mode via Twitter

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When you first fire up Hearthstone, the little title screen offers you three options. That hasn't changed and no one has really expected otherwise;...
Well, this is... not a good thing for the game, no...

Login issues plague The Elder Scrolls Online’s console launch

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Console players had a long wait time before they could get their hands on copies of The Elder Scrolls Online, but the game has...

Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm launches, Infinite Crisis gives up

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It's been a week of mixed feelings in the land of MOBAs, with the thrill of a new game launch juxtaposed against the background...

Here’s a brief look at Record of Lodoss War Online

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Steparu has posted a brief look at Korean MMO Record of Lodoss War Online, which he calls a "classical MMORPG." His impressions aren't overly...

X-Wing spiritual successor Starfighter Inc. fails to fund

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You can't win them all, kid. And while $226,000 is an impressive chunk of money to raise for a game, it wasn't enough to...

Old School RuneScape tries its hand at e-sports

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Old School RuneScape is gearing up for its first-ever competitive tournament. The contest runs from July 24th through July 26th, and it will feature...

Fly through the aquatic wonderland of Aion’s Cygnea

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Cygnea may roll off the tongue like an ugly medical condition, but in truth it's a rather gorgeous zone that's coming to Aion with...

Age of Wulin’s Blood & Flowers expansion launches on June 16

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Age of Wulin is getting a new expansion on June 16th. It's called Chapter 6: Blood & Flowers, and it includes Lingxiao City, a...

Tweet your way to victory in Final Fantasy XIV’s Twitter chocobo race

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Square is hosting a Final Fantasy XIV chocobo race... on Twitter. You can compete with thousands of FFXIV fans around the globe in an event...

Bethesda outlines your first five hours in Elder Scrolls Online

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Bethesda has published a new blog post that sums up a player's first five hours in Elder Scrolls Online. As you might expect, there's...

APB: Reloaded wraps up server merges

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There's good news in store for APB: Reloaded players who have been weathering server merges in North America. The move is done, and while...
This must have been some party.

Shroud of the Avatar on mines and minigames

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Having the ability to move things in a game world usually leads to player inventiveness. It's how Shroud of the Avatar community member Bambino...