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Destiny

Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion launches today

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Destiny's House of Wolves launches today. Bungie's second expansion offers new story missions, a new cooperative strike called The Shadow Thief, and new endgame components...

Heroes of the Storm goes into open beta, prepares for launch

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With two weeks left until the launch of Heroes of the Storm, anticipation is growing over Blizzard's entry into the MOBA field. Well, now...
DCUO

DCUO’s Halls of Power, Part II releases today

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Did you miss our interview with DC Universe Online head honcho Jens Andersen? Well, go read it and then come back! Now that you're back,...

Das Tal devs talk about inspiration, weapons, armor, and meaningful conflict

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Das Tal is forging ahead with its Kickstarter campaign, netting over $19,000 out of its $55,794 goal with 21 days left. The team is...

Dungeon Fighter Online promises gifts for all if ‘Jerry’ loses weight

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Sometimes there are stories that come across our desk and elicit an immediate response of, "What is this I don't even." This is one...

Guild Wars 2’s Lion’s Arch reconstruction has begun

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Guild Wars 2's Lion's Arch reconstruction has begun, declare patch notes and a new dev post released today by ArenaNet's Gaile Gray. The patch notes, which also...

Landmark dev: Dungeoneering will become a large part of the game

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Landmark is a sandbox MMO that allows players to engage in a number of non-combat activities, but playing as a pure pacifist might be...

The World of Warcraft selfie scavenger hunt is on

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You laughed when they brought the selfie camera to World of Warcraft. You rolled your eyes at friends who spammed your Twitter feed with...

WildStar gives free techno-kitty pet to everyone

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Good news for those who were inconvenienced by WildStar's extended maintenance the other day: The game will be giving everyone affected a unique cyborg...

Not So Massively: Blizzard’s $1.2 million tourney; X-Wing successor hits Kickstarter

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In a bizarre coincidence, four separate MOBAs announced new champions this week. SMITE revealed an adorable Norse squirrel god named Ratatoskr and officially launched...
World of Warplanes

Wargaming is running a wacky World of Warplanes contest

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How would you like to shoot down DonnieWahlberg in World of Warplanes? Perhaps you can, assuming that Wargaming didn't just make up the gamer handle...
Warcraft

Here’s a look at Orgrim from the Warcraft movie

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Wired has our first look at Orgrim from Duncan Jones' forthcoming Warcraft film. Who's Orgrim? Well, he's an orc warchief and the creation of...
MXMO

Master X Master Online is an NCsoft MOBA with a twist

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Are you curious about NCsoft's Master X Master Online? Steparu's put the game through its paces and has nice things to say about it, concluding...
Ex Machina

NCsoft hopes its AI tech will lead to less predictable game environments

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NCsoft is spending time and money on artificial intelligence, according to a report in the Korea IT Times. "Controlling games mobile environment is...

Albion Online’s newest dev answers community queries, snaps at EVE trolls

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Albion Online is surely milking its acquisition of Game Designer Matt Woodward for all its worth. After Albion heralded his arrival with a level...

Valiance Online plots its strategy going forward

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What's going on in the super-powered world of Valiance Online? Quite a lot, actually. The spiritual successor to City of Heroes posted a list...

Mortal Online opens the doors to Sarducaa

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If you are a Mortal Online player, you were probably in heaven this past weekend, as the game patched in a whole new continent...

Ex-City of Heroes devs answer insane number of lore questions

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The now-annual City of Heroes "Loregasm" is complete, with ex-developers Matt Miller and Sean McCann delivering another wealth of insights into the late, great...

CCP Games buys back $20m in bonds, drops Legion trademark

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News is circulating in the EVE Online blogs and forum that developer CCP Games has just bought back $20 million in publicly traded bonds....

Blizzard ordered to pay costs in stymied lawsuit against gold seller

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It's not always a foregone conclusion that Blizzard will emerge triumphant from its many court cases. Recently, it chalked one up in the "loss"...