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Champions Online is revamping its tutorial

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If you ever felt let down or confused over Champions Online's introductory experience, then the team would like to welcome you to try it...
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Perfect Ten: Why you should care about the Infinite Crisis shutdown

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It might seem a little odd that the one thing to break through my current state of hyper-excitement for the launch of Heavensward and...
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Defiance devs on the next season and the future of the game

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The third season of the show Defiance starts up on June 12th, which is likely of particular interest to fans of Defiance the game....
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Dungeons & Dragons Online demos the upcoming Warlock

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In the context of the tabletop game that gives Dungeons & Dragons Online its name, a Warlock is a class defined by making a...

Voxelbox Trove is officially launching on July 9

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This is it, Trove fans. The finish line of beta and the starting line for the official live game. Trion Worlds announced that Trove...
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Guild Wars 2 unveils the leafy goodness of the Revenant’s Ventari legend

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After a few days of teases, another legend has been formally revealed for Guild Wars 2's upcoming Revenant profession, and it's all about healing. Yes,...

New Albion vid details guild-vs.-guild gameplay

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Albion Online's latest video highlights the fantasy sandbox's guild vs. guild feature. The four-minute clip details how the game gives you "the freedom to...

RuneScape players fend off a planet eater

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Bummer: A giant creature named Tuska is heading toward RuneScape's world with the full intent of gobbling it up. Wait, did we say bummer?...

EVE’s PLEX for Good raises over $103,000 for Nepal victims

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CCP has published a blog post detailing the results of its latest PLEX for Good fundraising drive that provided assistance for victims of the...

Istaria commits to shoring up the game in 2015

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Not every MMO patch has to be a field of explorable content through which adventurers romp barefoot and fancy-free. Sometimes the unglamorous work of...

World of Warships details the dockyard, achievement systems

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Wargaming is shining a spotlight on World of Warships' achievement system. The dev team is aiming for a system that allows for actual gameplay...

PlanetSide 2’s boots will hit the ground on PlayStation 4 on June 23

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The countdown has begun for PlanetSide 2's invasion onto the PlayStation 4. Daybreak announced today that it will be releasing its MMOFPS on the...

Crowfall preps core combat test, commits to raising $1M from additional investors

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With a large roster of potential classes, how will Crowfall balance it all? By starting small, of course. The devs wrote a new post...

Das Tal invites everyone to the alpha test for one day only

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Das Tal's Kickstarter campaign is staring down its final week, and with only a little over 27 grand raised of its $55,794 goal, it's...

Aion’s Upheaval begins on June 17th

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At a time when players are leery of being nickle-and-dimed, Aion is releasing yet another completely free expansion. Also known as patch 4.8, Upheaval...

Neverwinter’s Rise of Tiamat expansion coming to Xbox One this month

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Cryptic has announced that Neverwinter's Rise of Tiamat expansion is coming to Xbox One this month. There's no definitive date just yet, though the press...

Sword Coast Legends is launching on Mac and Linux as well

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Good news for Sword Coast Legends fans who are hoping to play with their friends of "other" persuasions: n-Space has announced that the game will...

Marvel Heroes celebrates its second anniversary with Doctor Doom

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Dust off your capes and adjust your ruby-quartz visors, for tomorrow is Marvel Heroes' second anniversary and all are invited to join in the...
I'd rather have the mount, honestly.

World of Warcraft and Hearthstone get Heroes of the Storm cross-promotion items

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Do you have any desire to play the newly launched Heroes of the Storm yet? What if we told you that you could get a...

MechWarrior Online brings MechLab online with today’s patch

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MechWarrior Online has had a rocky go of it lately, apparently breaking ties with former (and now defunct) publisher Infinite Games. But you can't...