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Final Fantasy XIV revamps its online storefront

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The Mog Station interface for buying optional items in Final Fantasy XIV is awful. Like, regardless of how you feel about the presence of...

Fallout 76 blasts off into season one today

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With a retro board game theme and an eye to drawing players back into the game, Fallout 76's first season officially kicks off today....

Atlas will launch its brand-new map for PC and Xbox on July 3

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Grapeshot Games promised it and come this Friday, July 3rd, the studio will deliver its brand spanking new map for Atlas as part of...
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Bless Unleashed plans a launch on Steam in early 2021

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Will the second verse be different than the first? We'll all find out at some point in the beginning of 2021 as Round8 Studio...

You are cordially invited to Lord of the Rings Online’s Great Wedding

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It's been a wedding 13 years in the making -- and now King Aragorn and Arwen Undómiel are tying the knot in Lord of...

The Daily Grind: What do you think about Reddit’s new toxicity policy in relation to gaming?

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Yesterday, Reddit went on a tear banning 2000 of the most toxic subs across the platform and instituting a new content policy and enforcement...

EVE Online plans to add instanced PvP arenas for instant action

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PvP in EVE Online is rarely fair, with the outcome of most battles coming down to the number and type of ships on each...

Sea of Thieves is poised to start testing ‘bare-bones’ custom servers

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Ahoy there! Custom servers for Sea of Thieves have been spotted -- but right now, they're so far out on the horizon that you...
Robot.

Lost Ark KR introduces the Scouter class arriving with the game’s second season

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We all know and love the bow and arrow, but sometimes you want a bit more high tech in your fantasy ranged archetype. Lost...

RuneScape shares its latest Ninja Team strike efforts and a few Fourth of July event details

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The Ninjas of RuneScape have once again been busy addressing player issues. This week's update bulletin starts with the seventh Ninja Strike, which made...
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Valorant promises to balance the shooter with an eye towards ‘the human element’

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With Valorant now a fully launched game, Riot Games now has the endless chase of game balance to look forward to. Just how the...

Shroud of the Avatar opens a new adventure scene and readies its first weekly PvP tournament

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Shroud of the Avatar ended its month with another newsletter update this past Thursday, introducing fans to Spindelskog, a Tier 10+ adventure scene that...

Crowfall’s J. Todd Coleman discusses the Dregs campaign and shows off a siege in a livestream

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So just what is Crowfall's Dregs campaign exactly? Perhaps you've missed out on all of the references to the GvG world, but J....
Bekk, permit me to smash.

Star Trek Online previews some of the improvements coming with the Year of Klingons

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Today is not yet a good day to die... but that day is coming soon, as the Year of Klingons approaches in Star Trek...
My ideas are so good!

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen preps the Black Rose keep and a new website

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The fifth round of pre-alpha testing is on the way for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, and it looks like the game is getting...
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Crucible plans voice chat soon along with adjustments to its Heart of the Hive

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The post-release deployment for Crucible has been a bit shaky, something that the team acknowledges in its latest preview for players; no one has...
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Ahn’qiraj content unlocks on July 28 in World of Warcraft: Classic

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Missed your chance to become the Scarab Lord in World of Warcraft? Well, you'll have another shot on July 28th in WoW Classic when...

Raph Koster shares rare behind-the-scenes Star Wars Galaxies pics in honor of the anniversary

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He might be busy creating a brand-new virtual world, but legendary game designer Raph Koster always has time to chat about his beloved Star...
Alive again!

Blizzard celebrates 20 years of Diablo II

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It brought us memes, it brought us Necromancers, it brought us farming for loot, and it theoretically brought us a showdown against evil creatures...

New World goes hammy for hammers in another series of tweets

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Let's say you're in the New World. You want to make a statement. You want something that says you mean business. Big, smashy, angry...