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Betawatch: March 20, 2015

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H1Z1 this week announced and then canceled plans to charge a monthly pass for its battle royale mode; it's still happening, Smed says, but not...

Atlantica Online introduces its Shadow Legion update

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Eight new playable mercenaries have joined the Atlantica Online roster with yesterday's patch. The Shadow Legion consists of martial arts beggars who have begun...

Perfect World is bringing HEX to China

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HEX: Shards of Fate may just have hit a jackpot when it sorely needed it. MMO Culture is reporting that the trading card MMO...
mule punchers

Pathfinder Online shows off group play video

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What does it look like when you get a whole lot of players in Pathfinder Online taking on monsters, fighting one another, and milling...
I get the temptation, but you are not actually a captain.

Star Trek Online adds new five-player queue, R&D event

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Star Trek Online's website has updated with a couple of blurbs that may interest you for the weekend. First up is a bonus R&D...

Sword Coast Legends demos single-player mode

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Bummed about BioWare's 4v1 RPG Shadow Realms biting the big one? Then cheer up, little trooper: There might be a good substitute on the...

Own, expand, and develop your own piece of Crowfall’s universe

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While most of Crowfall's playable area will be in temporary PvP campaign worlds, there will be a bastion of permanence in individual player housing...

H1Z1 won’t charge for Battle Royale anytime soon

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After announcing yesterday that it would be offering a $6.99 monthly pass for H1Z1's Battle Royale mode, Daybreak Game Company said today that it...

EVE Fanfest 2015: Project Legion may be in development limbo

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At last year's EVE Online Fanfest, developer CCP Games announced Project Legion, a complete reimagining of failed console MMOFPS DUST 514 for the PC....

Perpetuum spotted in movie trailer

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It may appear only for a split-second, but Perpetuum is making its silver-screen debut in the official trailer for the movie Max. The sci-fi MMO...

The Secret World begins #IAMTSW contest series

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The Secret World's forum game is finally upon us, and as promised, it looks to be a doozy. Funcom will be running several weeks...
And Justin weeps, silently, in the corner. No one feels bad about it.

EverQuest Next opens up the Qeynos Foundation Museum contest

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EverQuest Next is getting ready to lay the groundwork for the city of Qeynos, and the design team is turning to Landmark to make...

Pre-purchase Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain for free card back

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Even though it's not out yet, you can go ahead and pay for Hearthstone's Blackrock Mountain adventure pack to have it waiting for you...

EVE Fanfest 2015: CCP opens VR Labs, unveils four new side projects

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The story of how virtual reality dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie was born is a great indicator of shifts within the games industry. While the big...

Trion says it ‘missed the mark’ with ArcheAge promotion

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Yesterday's revelation that Trion was handing out significant gifts to former ArcheAge players to entice them to return to the game -- gifts in...
The Division

Here’s what’s known about The Division’s crafting

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Wait a minute, what? There's crafting in The Division shooter that Ubisoft is setting in the Clancyverse? Apparently so, according to a new YouTube...

Migrate your NCsoft master account or face deletion

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Are you still using an old NCsoft master account? If you are, then you're going to want to migrate to the new system before...

Lineage is opening its first subscription server in China

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The name Lineage has gone hand-in-hand with free-to-play for a while now, but that might be changing. Chinese publisher Tencent Games is experimenting with...

Warframe is ‘retiring’ premium crafted armor

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It's the end of an era for Warframe crafters. For reasons unknown but that probably rhyme with "martificial schmarcity," Digital Extremes is retiring three...

Elite: Dangerous starts Mac beta test on March 31st

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Mac Elite: Dangerous fans who are feeling grounded while their PC brothers and sisters are cruising the stars will soon have their own chance...