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Spread the love with The Secret World’s Valentine’s Day event

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Just because the world is being taken over by secret cabals and an unstoppable wave of filth from the outer darkness doesn't mean that...
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Star Citizen adds progression to its dogfight module

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Star Citizen chairman Chris Roberts has posted a blurb outlining a new system called Rental Equipment Credits that is coming to Arena Commander's 1.1...
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Daybreak teams reassure MMO players, deflect DDoS attacks

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More assurances are coming your way from Daybreak Games, this time from reps of each of the studio's games. "Absolutely nothing" has changed, according to...

The EFF wants to exempt some emulated game servers from copyright laws

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How many times have you dusted off an old game you used to love to play online, only to find that the official servers...
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SWTOR adds hardmode flashpoints, season four PvP, and double XP

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Did you patch up your Star Wars: The Old Republic install yesterday? If not, you'd better hop to it because the 3.1 update added...

World of Warcraft’s graphics to improve in Patch 6.1

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While many of you World of Warcraft players will be squeeing over your new Twitter integration and making the world a much more dangerous...

The Repopulation offers $20 early access

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Getting into The Repopulation's early access program is now cheaper than ever, as Above and Beyond has announced a new silver membership tier for...

Glitch releases two-volume soundtrack

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While Glitch hasn't been available to play since 2012 (and won't be again until Children of Ur and Eleven finish their revival projects), the...

Run, Valiance Online, run!

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There's always a world of difference between viewing MMO screenshots and videos. Sometimes you just have to see a game in action to get...

Mortal Online has ‘a few thousand’ active players

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Ever wondered how many people are playing Mortal Online? Star Vault CEO Henrik Nystrom was unexpectedly candid about the question on the forums, saying...
Kind of taking a drubbing here, Tyria. I'm sorry.

Guild Wars 2 shows off Stronghold gameplay

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Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is bringing a new type of PvP to the game with Strongholds. There are shades of the original...

PlanetSide 2 Creative Director Matt Higby resigns from his post

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EverQuest Next might be safe according to the head honcho of Daybreak, but PlanetSide 2 is in for a rocky time: PS2 Creative Director Matt...
Ultimate pens.

DC Universe Online launches Amazon’s Fury part II

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Are you ready to go head-to-three-heads with Cerberus, guard dog of the Underworld? Because that's what you'll be doing when you pop into the...

What do you think about WildStar’s capital cities?

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What do you think about WildStar's two capital cities? Do you love or hate them? What do you think could be improved in them?...

Daybreak’s John Smedley: EverQuest Next is going to be ‘more than ok’

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Worried about this week's mass firings of Daybreak employees and wondering what might happen to both Landmark and EverQuest Next? The studio has a...

HEX throws free Valentine’s Day tournament

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Whether or not you have plans for this Valentine's Day weekend, HEX would like you to consider its arena test server as the most...
Don't you wish your girlfriend was etc.

Defiance opens up Hellbug Season for Valentine’s Day

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The last set of patch notes for Defiance noted that an event was right around the corner, but the details on that event were...
Jef in Elder Scrolls Online

Elder Scrolls’ road ahead is paved with virtual currency

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Elder Scrolls Online game director Matt Firor has posted a lengthy Road Ahead update on the game's website. He touches on loyalty rewards (including...

Richard Garriott: Open development and crowdsourcing is a ‘joy’

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There's a lot of debate and discussion these days as to the virtues and usefulness of early access and transparent development, but at least...
Slashy slashy!

Nexon pressures NCsoft as largest shareholder

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While Nexon and NCsoft may be competing developers in the MMO space, business has made strange and hostile bedfellows of both. After purchasing enough shares...