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Finnish sci-fi MMO Starbase has entered early access alpha on Steam

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"The long wait is over and early access is here!" Starbase developer Frozenbyte declares this morning, and the studio is not kidding. The MMO-ish...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Jedi Sentinel is the next class getting a combat style testing on PTS

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As we've reported on before, the Legacy of the Sith update coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic is slowly going through the...

Elite Dangerous Odyssey gets better planet visuals, rendering performance boosts, and a host of fixes today

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Today is the sixth update for the PC version of Elite: Dangerous Odyssey, bringing with it some feature adjustments, performance improvements, the improved camera...

Guild Wars 2’s Flashpoint is free as players welcome WoW refugees and debate End of Dragons

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If you need a lil break from the latest Blizzard fiasco, Guild Wars 2 is one of the MMOs that stands ready to welcome...

Crowfall begins testing The Shadow update, plans capacity testing tonight

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Can you believe Crowfall's been live for three weeks now? It has, and ArtCraft is back with another weekly blog - and a tease...

New World beta player snags the name AmazonOfficial, uses game’s chat to troll Amazon

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As anticipated as the game New World may be, we do have to bear in mind that Amazon, the company that's funding Amazon Games'...

Pearl Abyss has delayed Crimson Desert indefinitely

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Earlier this month, when Pearl Abyss emerged from over six months of silence on Crimson Desert to post a mocap video, we speculated that...
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Blizzard Day 9: Ubisoft stands in solidarity, Ashes of Creation buys Blizzard workers lunch

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Blizzard Entertainment isn't the only video game studio experiencing backlash from its employees over sexism and abuse. The Division 2 maker Ubisoft has long...
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Tower of Fantasy is a new MMO from Perfect World Entertainment with a sci-fi bent

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Ah, Tower of Fantasy, a perfect title for a game that actually looks to be more science-fiction inspired than fantasy-inspired. Here, let's get your...

Thunder Tier One is a multiplayer top-down tactical shooter from a PUBG dev, and you can play test it this weekend

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Evidently, one of the developers of battle royale shooter PUBG, the head of action and gunplay unit Pawel Smolewski, has been working on a...

Albion Online tweaks several weapon skills and reduces zone skip waiting time

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Balance balance balance: That's what Sandbox Interactive is going for with today's Albion Online update aka Call to Arms patch 9 aka the Season...

Elite Dangerous outlines the changes to the camera suite arriving in the next PC update

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While it might not be the highest priority fix needed for the Elite: Dangerous Odyssey expansion, those who love to take screenshots of the...
Remember when this was anticipated?

Bless Unleashed opens up with its founders packs ahead of launch

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All right. So we have a release date on PC for Bless Unleashed (specifically, August 6th). We have a clear picture of any and...
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The Elder Scrolls Online previews Waking Flame’s Dread Cellar dungeon

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As intimidating dungeon names go, "The Dread Cellar" doesn't rank highly. You kind of think your next objectives will be the Pantry of Doom...

Lost Ark reveals all of its ‘normalized’ founder packs and perks

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Amazon and Smilegate have released a detailed blog post this afternoon focused on the upcoming Lost Ark's founder packs. And cats. The cats are...

Amazon addresses New World crashes, stability, and approach to exploits post-launch

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Amazon Games has penned a letter for New World testers addressing the state of the game and its impending fixes. "e created several test builds...
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Oculus pauses sales of the Quest 2 to address headset foam issue

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If you were abut to buy yourself an Oculus Quest 2, you can't. Not right away, anyhow. A new notification from the team indicates...

Activision-Blizzard walkout organizers respond to Kotick, Kotaku exposes ‘Cosby suite’ attendees

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In response to Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's letter to staff last night, organizers of today's walkout have issued a response arguing that his letter...

Whatever happened to the Age of Wushu franchise?

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This story has something of an interesting progression to it. It began with a dive into whatever happened to Age of Wushu, which then...

The Chronicles of Elyria class-action lawsuit has been split up between two states now

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If you can peel your eyballs away from the gaming lawsuit dominating the headlines this week, there's another one you might want to pay...