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RIFT is planning a new calling for 2015

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As RIFT hits its fourth anniversary this week, the team is eager to let you in on an exciting tidbit or two about what's...

Star Trek Online’s Delta Recruitment to feature events, bonuses

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Cryptic has announced an in-game event called Delta Recruitment for Star Trek Online. It starts April 2nd, and it involves progression-based rewards "including gear,...

Final Fantasy XIV won’t be going F2P any time soon

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Would you love to play Final Fantasy XIV if only it didn't cost per month? According to a new interview with producer Naoki Yoshida,...

Star Citizen is letting everyone fly for free this week

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Fellow players, the galaxy is your oyster this week, for Star Citizen is allowing anyone to test drive one of its ships in the...

The Secret World’s Bylos moving on, details 2015 plans

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The Secret World game director Joel Bylos has posted a new update letter in which he says that the original name for the game's...

People are still getting scammed for big bucks in EVE Online

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You'd think that EVE Online players would have taken the "trust no one" mantra to heart after a decade of news stories about corporation...

HEX is finally getting dungeon PvE

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When Cryptozoic's MMOTCG HEX went to Kickstarter almost two years ago, it promised that it would combine its TCG sensibilities with "the amazing community and storytelling aspects of...
ArcheAge

ArcheAge is adding skills, a cap increase, and the Library this week

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The North American and European versions of ArcheAge are finally getting the level cap bump that Korean players have enjoyed for months. This Tuesday's Secrets...

MMO Week in Review: March 8, 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! This...
You have to be really bad to get kicked out of here, that's the takeaway.

Riot and Blizzard are purportedly good to their employees

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Want to be a game developer? Why?! Don't you know it's all about long hours, low pay, and angry pitchfork-toting man-children who want the...

Guild Wars 2 teases upcoming WvW borderlands map

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Congratulations to European Guild Wars 2 PvP team Orange Logo, who polished off ArenaNet's ESL World Tournament at this year's PAX East last night by upsetting...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: March 7, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, a couple of projects went bye-bye. First up was Trials of Ascension, which admitted to Kickstarter defeat and...
It's like three games for the price of... well, actually, it's two games now.

Star Citizen’s arena commander 1.1 is coming soon

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Star Citizen's monthly report is live, and chairman Chris Roberts says that even though February was short, Cloud Imperium accomplished quite a bit. "As you...
Back when it all began.

Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward launches on June 23

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The expansion releases on June 23rd, early access begins on June 19th, and pre-orders open up on March 16th.Since the original launch of Final Fantasy...

Betawatch: March 6, 2015

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After a brief delay, Camelot Unchained's alpha went live this week; City State Entertainment even threw in a builder tool to sweeten the pot....
Put these in a room.

Marvel Heroes gets Iceman, Punisher review, Midtown Madness

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It's a day that ends in "y," so naturally Marvel Heroes is having some sort of in-game shindig. Midnight Madness has returned, so for...
Batman

Infinite Crisis is coming to Steam on March 26

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I did a double-take when Turbine announced that Infinite Crisis is launching on Steam later this month. I've been launching it through Steam for...
Firefall

New Firefall dev blog talks tinkering, module tweaks

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Red 5 has announced a new feature called tinkering that's currently in the works for Firefall. The firm's latest dev blog has all the...

RIFT players have clocked 45,817 years of gameplay

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There's nothing like a good anniversary to brings out the infographic-making in developers, and so it is with RIFT's fourth birthday. Trion Worlds posted...
Black Desert

Here’s what a Black Desert raid boss looks like

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If you've got a spare 20 minutes and an urge to see a Black Desert raid boss go down, Steparu's got a new video...