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Neverwinter begins its Infernal Descent pre-events on November 21

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Yesterday, we covered the news that Neverwinter's next module, Infernal Descent, is on the way in January, with an adventure in the hellish territory...
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Hearthstone’s Battlegrounds mode rotates heroes and tweaks minion tiers

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The Battlegrounds mode of Hearthstone isn't as concerned with balance so much as it wants to provide a wild set of auto-battling madness. So it's...

Black Desert teams up with anime Berserk for themey ‘grim fantasy’ questing

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Anime fans, today's Black Desert PC update is for you. As teased, Kakao and Pearl Abyss have dropped some transmedia synergy all up in...

Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick downplays the role of politics in games

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Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick clearly doesn't fear the Blizzard boycott that is still technically ongoing following Blizzard's October decision to penalize a Hearthstone esports...

Diablo IV’s design team touches on BlizzCon feedback

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Undoubtedly, there is a lot of time between now and Diablo IV's launch, whenever that will be. This means that the online ARPG is...

Veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has passed away

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I'm sorry to report another MMORPG genre obituary tonight: It's just been announced that veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has died. McQuaid was probably best...

Starbase shares a list of progress notes made in the past week

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The videos that come out of Starbase are certainly fun and informative, don't get me wrong, but sometimes you need the hard data. The...
So much text, so ugly.

Black Desert Online introduces PlayStation 4 players to the world of fairy companions

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There are some players who think that Black Desert Online is an intensely hardcore game that rewards nothing so much as brutal combat efficiency. Then...
Neener neener.

Dauntless speeds up axes, hammers, and repeaters but nerfs aether strikers in latest patch

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I've been playing Dauntless for a long time now and I can 100% agree that the aether striker fist weapons still need a bit...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 247: Shopping for MMO guilds

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Justin and Bree discuss Dark Age of Camelot, Path of Exile, DDO, WoW Classic, FFXIV on Xbox One, and Anthem, with a sponsored segment on Kingdom Under Fire 2, and mailbag topics on the feel of old MMOs and shopping for guilds.
Can you see me?

The Elder Scrolls Online disables a purchased costume due to an invisibility exploit

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If you bought the Dungeon Explorer costume in The Elder Scrolls Online, you may have noticed that it is now a bit less... visible than...

Grab an adorable Vigo companion and free sub time in our Skyforge Ocean Invasion giveaway!

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Skyforge! Skyforge is the MMO I forgot when I was rattling off a list of MMORPGs that have made the jump from PC to...

Fallout 76’s latest patch focuses on bugs, but probably not the ones you wanted fixed

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It's a testament to how messy this year has been for Fallout 76 that I see patch notes on Twitter and cringe, hoping as...

Guild Wars 2’s Whisper in the Dark saga chapter is live this afternoon

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At the tail end of this summer, ArenaNet revealed that it was changing up Guild Wars 2's content cadence by ditching the "seasonal" content...

Mu Origin 2 gives everyone a Holy Shield and introduces new levels and jewel crafting

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Some shields are better than others. Some more pious. More holy. Mercifully, you don't have to be a devotee to a deity to get...

Neverwinter’s Infernal Descent module is sending players straight to hell on January 21

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Video games love hell. It's just the best, really. You get to make all sorts of awful monsters, there's an excuse to be gratuitously...
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BioWare’s former general manager discusses the performance and limitations of the Frostbite engine

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You may or may not blame the woes of Anthem on the engine it's built upon, and odds are that's probably not the cause of...
Yes, this is one of the few cases wherein EA kinda gets to be the good guys.

The last week of Anthem’s Season of Skulls has arrived

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It's not just the sixth week of the Season of Skulls over in Anthem; it's also the last one. Yes, the season is coming to...

PlanetSide 2 is celebrating its seventh birthday, teases early 2020 content

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If you were worried that recent layoffs to the PlanetSide franchise team would hamper PlanetSide 2's anniversary festivities, you can breathe a sigh of...
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Google Stadia’s launch day might have arrived, but the future of cloud gaming hasn’t

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For several years now, various companies have tried to attain the holy grail that is smooth cloud-based game streaming. For several years now, it...

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