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Elder Scrolls Online’s Tales of Dead contest seeks lore entries

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If you fancy yourself a storyteller, and you're an Elder Scrolls Online fan, ZeniMax has a new contest that you might want to enter....
TERA

New vid teases TERA’s Sky Cruiser Endeavor dungeon

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TERA's newest dungeon is Sky Cruiser Endeavor, which is coming -- in both normal and hard modes -- to a server near you on...

Warhammer 40K aiming for early access this fall

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson posted a State of the Crusade letter today, saying that the team is moving forward with...
Ride that dungeon boss!

Final Fantasy XIV unveils more about the Gold Saucer

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Final Fantasy XIV patch 2.51 is expected to drop on February 24th, and it's bringing the long-awaited Manderville Gold Saucer as its main attraction....

World of Warcraft dev spills the secrets of Patch 6.1

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We can't blame World of Warcraft fans for being in an excitement tizzy (that's a thing, right?) over the upcoming Patch 6.1, as it...

NCsoft buys Netmarble stock to block hostile takeover by Nexon

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How do you prevent a hostile takeover? In NCsoft's case, you buy something. Specifically, you buy a large portion of shares from Netmarble while...

Crowfall thinks you play games to crush… voxels

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Crowfall developer ArtCraft Entertainment has announced today that the game will employ the Voxel Farm technology platform. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Voxel...
Das Tal

Das Tal’s latest dev blog talks bug squashing and upcoming tests

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Das Tal's latest dev blog is live, and with it all manner of detail as to what the team's been up to lately. Last month's...
Needs more space dragons.

EVE Online launches the Tiamat update

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The face of war is changing in EVE Online with the Tiamat update, and not just because of the introduction of a mysterious new...

Not So Massively: Star Citizen offers rental gear, Diablo III player hits level 1000, and Dota 2’s Year Beast controversy

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Welcome to Not So Massively, Massively Overpowered's weekly roundup of all the news from the world of MOBAs, lobby-based games, and other online multiplayer games...

SkySaga’s NA alpha test begins on February 19

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You won't have long to wait at all to get a shot at playing SkySaga if you're in the US or Canada. The sandvox...

Player creates EverQuest missions in Neverwinter’s foundry

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MMO player and blogger Tipa (of West Karana) decided that she wanted to marry her long-running interest in EverQuest to her current online adventures in...

Age of Wulin is bringing secrets and betrayals on March 10

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The martial arts sandbox Age of Wulin is preparing to move into the next phase of its evolution with Chapter 4: Betrayal & Forgiveness....
Pictured: Love.

Final Fantasy XI previews its February version update

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February's a short month, so it's easy to not expect much out of it. The team behind Final Fantasy XI is still bringing new...
Also, I really like a lot of the Iron Horde aesthetic, even if they've proven pretty ineffectual from a narrative standpoint.

This WoW boss fight is causing motion sickness

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When you jump into a World of Warcraft raid, you're hoping to get some keen new armor, maybe a weapon or two, that sort...

Warhammer 40k: You’re a soldier, not the chosen one

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If you are bone tired of the MMO trope where you (and millions of other players) are the chosen hero fated to rescue the...

MOBAs dominate Raptr’s January rankings as WoW playtime falls

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According to a Raptr press release posted today, MOBA League of Legends dominated the service's January rankings with just under 20% of total playtime...
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Former Guild Wars 2 writer becomes Bungie’s ‘loremaster’

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Former ArenaNet writer John Ryan is now Bungie's "editor/loremaster," according to his Twitter account. Ryan started at ANet in 2010 and worked on Guild...

Dream of Mirror Online returns from the dead

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After several years of being out of commission, Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO) is coming back for a second shot at success. The closed...

Black Desert makes $2M in cash shop sales in one week

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Wait, what did that headline say? Did Black Desert really make a cool two million in just a week? Apparently so! According to FreeMMOStation.com, the...