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SMITE launches Season 7 on PTS and goes into more detail about the season’s new Joust map

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The next season of SMITE is on its way and with it is a new Joust map for players to... well... joust on. In...

Anime multiplayer brawler KurtzPel announces an update that adds a new weapon and sweeping PvP changes

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The start of 2020 is signalling a new beginning for KurtzPel. A hefty update is due to arrive soon and it's set to change...

British Royal Mail commemorates classic British games like Elite with collectible stamps

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Video game history and the British Royal Mail don't seem like the kinds of things that would go together, but that's just what has...

Destiny 2’s launching a charity campaign to help victims of the Australian brushfires

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Bungie is joining CCP Games on the short list (so far) of games studios using their titles to help with the Australian brushfire crisis....

Crowfall preps beta, raises another $12M from investors to bring total funding to $35M

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Crowfall's founder update hit the ArtCraft site this afternoon, and it's a doozy. The studio's J Todd Coleman says development progress is "fantastic," and...

GTAO, Apex Legends, Warframe, and H1Z1 are among PlayStation’s most-downloaded games of 2019

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One of the frustrations we always have when reporting on playerbase size in the MMO industry is that the console market is way more...

China is cracking down on online games and streaming even more with ‘Healthy China 2030’

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Even setting aside the Blitzchung fiasco that sent China's video game industry into the spotlight at the tail end of 2019, the western games...
Contains some monsters.

Final Fantasy XI adjusts Beastmasters and Ambuscade for January

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All right, Beastmasters of Vana'diel, it's time to start this year off right with adjustments. Yes, the latest Final Fantasy XI update doesn't just bring...

The Internet Historian takes a look at the fall and rise of No Man’s Sky (and reads a racy Sean Murray fanfic)

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Just how far has No Man's Sky come since its disastrous launch? It's one thing for someone to do all of the research on...

Leaderboard: What would you want to see out of a new Star Wars MMO?

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Rumors have been swirling this week about expansions to the Star Wars universe that could be a big deal for gaming. According to multiple...

DC Universe Online turns nine years old tomorrow as anniversary festivities roll on

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In putting together our big list of MMOs that came out in the last decade, I startled myself yesterday when I realized DC Universe...

Apex Legends’ Grand Soiree Arcade Event features two weeks of changing game modes

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Are you the sort of person who adapts to a new game mode in short order? Say, a couple of days? If that's the...

Pokemon Go crushed it in 2019, trouncing its 2016 revenues

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You folks remember 2016 when Pokemon Go absolutely blew up, right? Made a ton of money, spawned lawsuits and deaths left and right, started...

World of Warcraft begins Visions of N’Zoth countdown, WoW Classic preps Blackwing Lair

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Are you ready to rumble with the old gods and old dragons? There's a whole lot happening with both World of Warcraft and WoW...
This is the only one we have.

Star Sonata recounts 2019, tests healing changes, and outlines plans for 2020 updates

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Star Sonata has had a busy 2019 as recounted by its most recent dev blog, and it looks like 2020 will be just as...

RuneScape shares player-made activity pets, addresses a Treasure Hunter exploit, and celebrates 19 years

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Oh man, I was almost scared that there wouldn't be a metric ton of things coming out of RuneScape this week, but my worst...

World of Warcraft server blades that were sold for charity arrive to players with various signs of damage

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In a rather unfortunate turn of philanthropic events, the World of Warcraft server blades that were being sold to support Pencils of Promise have...

EverQuest II has been busy patching up and fixing bugs post-Blood of Luclin

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EverQuest II players have been treated to not just one but two smallish patches this week in the wake of the holiday season and...
I didn't say zorp.

Magic: Legends starts showing off with two classes and two worlds

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All right, you've seen some more footage, you've got some idea of how the game is going to be... now, if you're done with...

Hearthstone announces fresh solo content for Galakrond’s Awakening, coming January 21

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Hearthstone has been... interesting since adding an 8-person multiplayer mode with Descent of Dragons back in December. If you weren't into that at all,...

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