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West Virginia is alike all over.

Blade & Soul offers an overview of the world at large

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There's a great big world out there in Blade & Soul, but if you were hoping it would be a calm and welcoming place...
Oh, so many trials.

Pathfinder Online adds free trial system in latest ‘early enrollment’ build

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The business model of Pathfinder Online's current testing phase is odd, since you have to pay a box price and a subscription fee to...

World of Warcraft acknowledges ’emotional response’ to flying controversy

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The full story on Blizzard's decision and subsequent reappraisal of grounding flying mounts in World of Warcraft is still being revealed. In a new...

Aventurine offers to license out classic Darkfall’s game code

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The drama over the proposed Darkfall classic server continued this weekend. Aventurine CEO Zad Mehdawi removed his original post on the subject, saying that...
Oh, good, spiders and mushrooms.

E3 2015: The Elder Scrolls’ TCG; ESO’s Orsinium, Imperial City

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The downside of E3 pre-conferences coming earlier and earlier is that the event just gets longer and longer, but the upside is that you...

MMO Week in Review: SWTOR rumors, ESO on console (June 14, 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...

E3 2015: Perfect World is making Torchlight Mobile

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Torchlight has no shortage of fans devoted to the stylized action RPG, and this week those fans have a new reason to rejoice. The...

Dark Age of Camelot announces its Otherworlds Campaign

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The RvR frontier of Dark Age of Camelot is about to heat up, as Broadsword is on the verge of unleashing its multi-month Otherworlds...

Aventurine ditches Darkfall classic server project

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It's a dark day for those who were hoping to see a return to the classic era of Darkfall. A few weeks ago, player...

Rumor: SWTOR E3 information leaked on official website

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BioWare accidentally revealed its Star Wars: The Old Republic announcement for E3 this weekend, and -- spoiler alert -- this could be a game...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: June 13, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal failed to meet its Kickstarter goal, but developer Fairytale Distillery intends to soldier on. "Das Tal...

Ascent’s NPCs sound kinda like Skynet

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If you're itching for a PvE-focused space sandbox, now's probably a good time to check out Ascent: The Space Game. It's 20 percent off during...

Star Citizen’s Vanduul Scythe will soon be flyable

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Remember the very first Star Citizen trailer from 2012? I'm sure you do because it was completely badass, even though way back then it...

Burstfire’s tactical shooter gives players one life per game

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If you only had one life in a FPS match, how would it change your playstyle? Think about the implications of such a rule...
Well, at least they're honest.

Betawatch: June 12th, 2015

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Could it be? Is Skyforge going to release soon, or go into an open beta which is indistinguishable from release? It certainly seems like...

Cryptic introduces the Neverwinter Combat League

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Neverwinter's getting serious about its competitive game, as the title is launching new PvP seasons for player rewards and glory. The Neverwinter Combat League challenges...

Defiance’s third season includes MMO reward codes

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Who would have thought that, three years later, both Defiance the television series and Defiance the MMO would still be chugging along? But here...

Here’s an Elder Scrolls newbie vid called Day One in Tamriel

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ZeniMax is pumping out plenty of marketing content for Elder Scrolls Online lately, including today's video entitled Day One in Tamriel. It's of course...

Jacobs on destroying Camelot Unchained structures and more

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Mark Jacobs is back with a Friday afternoon update for Camelot Unchained. In it, he says that players will soon be able to destroy...

Trove will teach you how to train a dragon next week

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Trove is apparently racing to see just how much content it can cram into this voxelbox title before it launches on July 9th. Next...