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Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade shows off its ork leader

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Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade has revealed the leader of the game's Orks, to the extent that the Orks can really have a leader, and...
I want MORE ROCK.

Star Wars: The Old Republic hosting double XP for Star Wars Celebration

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So let's assume for the purposes of this discussion that you're a really big fan of Star Wars, but you can't quite make it...

MMO Week in Review: Superhero shenanigans [April 12, 2015]

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! The...

Lord of the Rings Online announces 8th anniversary awards

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Lord of the Rings Online turns -- wow -- eight years old this month, which means that the game is not only throwing an...

RIFT’s Echoes of Madness update arrives on April 15

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RIFT players salivating for Update 3.2 won't have much longer to go: Trion Worlds announced that Echoes of Madness will be launching on Wednesday,...

EverQuest II’s latest forum and Reddit drama

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EverQuest II players concerned about alleged excessive forum moderation after a suspension of one of the community's more prominent supporters and the studio focus...
Yes, very impressive.

World of Tanks turns four, celebrates with XP and cash shop discounts

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Did you know that World of Tanks is celebrating its launch anniversary this weekend? Yep, it is, and Wargaming is throwing a fourth birthday bash...
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NCsoft invests $5 million in Canadian mobile studio

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Is NCsoft scaling back its western MMO operations to focus on mobile development? That's the takeaway from reports at VentureBeat and Gamasutra concerning the...
FFXIV

Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward’s spoiler-filled trailer

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We're going to tell you this right up front: if you haven't yet done the patch 2.55 story quests and don't want to be...
Sure you are, home slice.

Star Citizen releases alpha 1.1.1 and a design blog on breathing

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Cloud Imperium had a busy Friday, as the firm released Star Citizen Alpha 1.1.1 to backers and also published a couple of notable blog entries....

Champions Online leaves Cryptic North for Cryptic Studios

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Big (but not bad) news for Champions Online: The superhero title is relocating along with its team back to its original development studio. Senior Game...
All the things.

Betawatch: April 10th, 2015

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Would you like to talk about Black Desert? Stuff's happening with the game. You can learn how to hunt whales, white or otherwise, and...

Cabal 2 has a leather class fetish

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Don't you dare think for a second how strange it is that MMOs segregate the player population not by who they are but by...

Sci-fi shooter Project Genom begins alpha testing

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Why can't intergalactic colonization ever go smoothly? There always seems to be at least one continent-shattering war that has to happen before the first...

Hearthstone unlocks Molten Core wing

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Hearthstone players will be treated to a blast from the past this week by visiting Molten Core as part of the Blackrock Mountain adventure...
Camelot Unchained

Camelot Unchained’s Friday update talks alpha progress, stretch goals, and more

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This afternoon's Camelot Unchained update is a lengthy one, as head honcho Mark Jacobs has a lot to say about topics ranging from stretch...
Star Citizen

Here’s a look inside Star Citizen’s newest dev studio

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Cloud Imperium recently opened a new studio to work on Star Citizen. It's located in Frankfurt, and it's called Foundry 42 Germany. Chris Roberts...
This failed for lots of reasons, let's be real.

Infinite Crisis unmasks Lex Luthor

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Turbine published a feature on its newest Infinite Crisis champion this week. Lex Luthor is the man of the hour, and he'll be available...
I'm awesome but not in this.

Crowfall unveils the badass lady Champion

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Crowfall unveiled the concept art for the female Champion today, and... well, it's pretty great. She's huge, she's visibly powerful, and she's intended to...

Report: Whales make up majority of mobile F2P sales

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Whether or not developers like the term "whales," the truth is that big spenders are still very big business for free-to-play games. Gamasutra points...