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Albion Online outlines headquarters hideouts and power core mechanics coming with Lands Awakened

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The information parade for Albion Online's upcoming Lands Awakened update keeps on rolling. With this new update primarily about encouraging guild warfare, it's perhaps...

EverQuest activates dual giant and dragon raid events

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Good omens come in threes, a trend that EverQuest likes to piggyback for several of its sporadic events. This month, Daybreak is combining two...
Birb is the worb.

Final Fantasy XI adds in more Voracious Resurgence and the new Master Level advancement system

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The newest patch to Final Fantasy XI is a big deal. No, not just because there's a new installment of the Voracious Resurgence, although that...

Gamigo continues the narrative tease for its in-development ‘uncertain folder’ MMORPG

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Last week Gamigo decided that it would be neat to tease a new MMORPG through the use of videos that narrate "a world torn...

Simutronics’ Galahad 3093 launches a third open beta this weekend

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Earlier this year, we covered the reveal of Galahad 3093, a mech-themed hero shooter from Simutronics, a veteran online gaming company probably best known...

World of Warcraft has unveiled its 9.2 update: It’s called Eternity’s End

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Blizzard abruptly announced yesterday that it would be unveiling the next content update for World of Warcraft Retail's Shadowlands expansion arc today at 1...

Lost Ark to debut ‘Heroes of Arkesia’ animated series next week

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While Lost Ark's fairly successful beta test wraps up today, fans won't have to wait until launch next year to get their next jolt...

New World’s PTS is live in four regions, and no Amazon isn’t banning minimap modders

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As promised, New World's public test realm went live yesterday after a brief technical delay - in fact, Amazon opened up more PTRs than...

Star Citizen’s alpha 3.15 is live with new health and death mechanics plus lootable corpses

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CIG has been making a lot of noise about the "Death of a Spaceman" and the "vision" of Chris Roberts in bringing more consequences...
Over and over.

Season of Mastery in World of Warcraft: Classic will not have spell batching or same-faction battlegrounds

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When WoW Classic first launched, it included spell batching. Not the same way that the original game had it, of course; no, this was a...

Here’s how ArcheAge transfers from Gamigo to Kakao will work – expect land rushes

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Last week, we covered the out-of-the-blue news that XL Games was moving western publishing rights for ArcheAge from Gamigo to Kakao. We say "out-of-the-blue"...

NCsoft Q3 2021: Guild Wars 2 just had its best quarter in years

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NCsoft's Q3 2021 financials are a story of good news, bad news. Let's do the bad news first: The Korean gaming giant reported a...

New Zealand’s Grinding Gear Games ramps up hiring for Path of Exile 2

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Grinding Gear Games took the wraps off Path of Exile 2 earlier this year, when it admitted that the game has been taking longer...

World of Warships kicks off its fifth ranked season with new superships and improves visuals with latest patch

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Update 0.10.10 of World of Warships has made things bigger and prettier thanks to the addition of new graphical improvements and the launch of...

RuneScape’s new illustrated book recounting its 20 year history is released

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If you're a fan of RuneScape who likes coffee table books filled with concept artwork and tales of the game's 20 years of development,...

Swords of Legends Online previews the Sparkwood Gardens raid launching later this month

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The Swords of Legends Online community has been hungry for more endgame content, and later this month, that's exactly what it's getting. This morning,...
Trab?

Lineage 2M is launching on December 2 in North America and Europe

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Those of you who were lamenting that there might be some small portion of your gaming day spent not playing some version of Lineage II will...

Elyon takes down its Halloween decorations and brings up a leaderboard event

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It's always a little sad when Halloween decorations are taken down, but it's also understandable since we're moving through the month of November. To...
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World of Warcraft will be revealing the next Shadowlands content update tomorrow

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Playing World of Warcraft at the moment has involved a whole lot of staring at the sky and waiting for rain, metaphorically speaking. So it's...

Albion Online examines Lands Awakened’s guild PvP, opens influencer program

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Albion Online's Lands Awakened update is obviously going to bring some big changes to the PvP meta when it launches on November 24th -...