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If I had known then what I know now, I... would have felt no different, really, but it might have mitigated stuff.

WildStar’s Stephan Frost shares the depressing ‘flat circle’ of MMO development

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Former WildStar lead Stephan Frost piped up on Twitter this past Friday to share a story. This isn't just any story, but rather all...

Amazon Game Studios retracts policies that claim rights to games made by workers after hours

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Nobody is going to accuse Amazon Game Studios of being a house of ideas, considering the studio has already been exposed as a place...

Elyon outlines equipment and gear enhancement, opens pre-download for CBT2

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The video series all about the systems in Elyon continue with a look at equipment and enhancement. Equipment comes in one of five tiers...
Let's do the life thing again.

MMO Week in Review: Astellia Online gives up, Guild Wars 2 gets classy

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Classy as in elite specs, that is. Yes, Guild Wars 2 fully revealed its first three End of Dragons elite specs this week, making...
At long last, shooty men!

The MOP Up: Warface’s Hidden War is revealed

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This week, Warface kicked off its Hidden War season: "The season update adds a new PvP-map called Ruins for capture mode where players can...

Lineage W is yet another mobile version of the MMO series ‘strategically developed for global users’

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At this point, the Lineage series is going to undergo so much mitosis that it will finally become a multi-cellular organism that will randomly...

Destiny 2 covers changes coming to armor and mods in Season 15

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Last week, Destiny 2 offered players a look at PvE changes due for Season 15, and this week the game's newsletter focused in on...

EVE Online creates the Fleet Up program to support IRL community events, starts testing its Mac client

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Some people are starting to feel confident enough to meet up and gather in real life again, whether it's for smaller get-togethers or some...

World of Tanks celebrates 11 years with new tank presents and the return of Frontline

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Dang, does it feel as if World of Tanks has been around 11 years already? Apparently it has, otherwise celebrating its 11th birthday would...

ZeniMax goes into detail on Elder Scrolls Online’s latest graphics upgrades

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If you haven't heard this already, Elder Scrolls Online is about to roll out some very nice graphical and performance upgrades to both its...
DO THE THING

Book of Travels explains how its skills work for players in new video

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Skills! Who doesn't like skills? People who don't have any skills, that's who. Book of Travels will have skills just like any other game,...
Who are you? Where are we? What are we doing now?

Guild Wars 2 deep-dives elite specs, previews August 17 balance changes

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If you were looking to find out more about the three elite specs that were revealed by Guild Wars 2, then you might want...
Clothed descending a staircase.

Betawatch: Ship of Heroes rolls out its public mission beta event

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It's time for Ship of Heroes to go full-on into beta testing for a while as it runs its mission beta event. If you're...
Put a leash on it.

Bless Unleashed plans weekend events, patches fixes to frame-limiting and chat

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Bless Unleashed's newly launched PC version is a flurry of activity and events this weekend. First, Round8 is running a "push" event that essentially rewards...
Harder.

Final Fantasy XI has kicked off its Return to Vana’diel and discount campaigns

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Why not come back to Final Fantasy XI? The developers will be your friends! Well, maybe that's a bit far to go, but it's...

Ragnarok Origin opens NA preregistration and teases free Tesla giveaway

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Ragnarok Online is a classic MMO that doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves, but maybe it will get its day in the sun...
Cool.

AdventureQuest 3D invites players to celebrate Friday the 13th with new content at the House of Oddities

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Regular players of AdventureQuest 3D know that Friday the 13th is something of a beloved holiday in the game, and while the Camp Gonnagetcha...
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New World kicks off the Tales of Aeturnum series with the Angry Earth

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It's going to be a little longer until you get to try out New World, but the development team is doing its bets to...
Time is a flat circle.

Project M is a mobile shooter from NetEase that strongly resembles Valorant

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As the old expression goes, if you can't beat 'em, make something extremely close to what they're making in order to infringe on the...

The Elder Scrolls Online promises ‘a peek at what is on the horizon’ at digital QuakeCon 2021

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Bethesda will be hosting the digital QuakeCon 2021 event on its Twitch channel next week, and fans of The Elder Scrolls Online are apparently...