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For Science: Men roll more female characters than women roll male toons, new survey shows

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Do you play MMO characters who reflect your gender in real life? Apparently, the answer depends a bit on which gender and how old...

Pokemon Go players intensify boycott over COVID rollbacks as Niantic offers only minor concessions

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Anyone who follows our Massively on the Go column and its long-running Pokemon Go coverage knows that Niantic has faced years of criticism from...

Lost Ark KR provides a more in-depth look at the Sorceress class in new video

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While we got a brief look at the Sorceress class that's coming to the Korean version of Lost Ark earlier this year, developer Smilegate...
two to the one to the one to the three

Bless Unleashed formally launches on PC today, counting 40K players in final test

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It's launch day for Bless Unleashed - the PC version, that is - and it's been a long, long time coming. Readers will recall...

Activision-Blizzard sexism scandal day 17: More esports sponsors consider abandoning Overwatch League

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In the course of our reporting on the ongoing Blizzard sexual harassment and sexual discrimination scandal that's now prompted multiple lawsuits, we noted that...
Bring a flame, we guess.

Frozen Flame adds its first dungeon along with a revamped ability tree and straw styles

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If your video game doesn't involve going into a dark hole to kill a monster and take its stuff, what's even the point? Don't...

CCP Games is sponsoring a ‘long overdue’ games industry event in the UK

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CCP Games, the studio behind EVE Online and several attempts at games that weren't EVE Online which never materialized, is apparently very pleased indeed...
No One Direction lyrics, I beg of you.

Lineage II celebrates summer by growing and smashing watermelons

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The true meaning of summer, according to Lineage II, is smashing watermelons. Not eating watermelons, but smashing the heck out of them. See, you...

Dauntless adds in a random Escalation queue, new hairstyles, and a free hunt pass in latest update

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Let's say you're firing up Dauntless and you want to jump into an Escalation, but you're not really sure which one you want to...

VR MMORPG Ilysia navigates its first alpha, secures investment funding, and seeks a senior game developer

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It's been nearly two months to the day that we checked in on Ilysia, the Kickstarted VR MMORPG that promised to let players "experience...

Old School RuneScape’s new round of client feature updates improve the minimap, draw distance, and more

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This past June saw Old School RuneScape begin the work of applying Steam client updates to make life in Gielinor a little better. As...

EVE Online dishes out skillpoints for Amarr Foundation Day, EVE Echoes celebrates first birthday

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If you're a bit bummed by the de facto end of the World War Bee 2 in EVE Online, CCP Games is offering a...

TERA Console adjusts dungeon monsters and applies several crafting updates in new patch

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The newest patch out for TERA Console isn't a particularly large one, but it does apply a number of adjustments that players of the...

Black Desert tweaks stance animations, weekly quest resets, and conquest wars on PC

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Black Desert's PC patch this week is a bit of a hodge-podge, but it's still gonna make you download a whole gig of content....

Guild Wars 2 teases logograms and elite specs as End of Dragons speculation escalates

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Guild Wars 2 players have been busy debating the teases ArenaNet is dropping for End of Dragons. Last week, of course, we got the...

Nexon drops videos and details for Project HP, Project ER, Project Magnum, and more

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Nexon is taking the wraps off of multiple projects this week, and before we leap in, just know that we don't know whether all...

Star Citizen’s July report touches on hospital design, Pyro development, and several unannounced vehicles

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CIG has once again checked in with its regular monthly progress report for Star Citizen's July development, and a great deal of the month...

Square-Enix Q2 2021 financials: Final Fantasy XIV’s subs are up

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Square-Enix has released its second quarter financial report for 2021, and it paints a rather middling picture overall. Net revenue for the quarter YOY...

Blade and Soul to unleash Hongmoon Resurgence events next week

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Have more time on your hand this summer than previously anticipated? Blade and Soul wants to fill up some of those long days with...

Destiny 2 on PvP: ‘The ultimate goal here is consistency’

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Writing what probably should have been a full dev blog in its own right, Destiny 2 Assistant Game Director Joe Blackburn put out a...