Updates

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Is someone getting the quest, the quest, the quest...

World of Warcraft previews the design of World Quests for Legion

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The next expansion for World of Warcraft is trying something different for endgame. It's not the sprawling dailies of Mists of Pandaria, and it's...

RIFT celebrates year five with new souls, patron quests, and multicore support

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RIFT's fifth anniversary festivities continue this week as the new playable Soul bundle has gone live along with the Carnival of the Ascended world...

Guild Wars 2’s spring update launches April 19; watch the teaser trailer

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We've just received an interesting little sneak peek at a teaser trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns Spring Quarterly update that's now...

Lord of the Rings Online gets a combat tune-up

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In all of the excitement of yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online Battle of Pelennor Fields update, it was probably easy to miss some of...
Look at the time!

Interview: Star Trek Online’s 11.5 mid-season update

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Yesterday's Season 11.5 update for Star Trek Online is a bit of a hodgepodge, an assortment of several separate pieces all sitting in the...
Let the crows fall, let them tumble.

Crowfall has kicked off external pre-alpha Siege Perilous testing

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You don't know if you like Crowfall yet. Sure, you may have taken part in the Hunger Dome testing, but we're going to let...

Landmark ups prop limit, adds durability, and collapses build UI

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While certainly not as hefty as the one that introduced the mega claims, Landmark's latest patch introduces a slew of combat, building, prop, harvesting,...

Age of Conan launches Pit Master’s Arena, shelves crafting revamp, plans F2P improvements

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Funcom today pushed live a new update for Age of Conan called The Pit Master's Arena. "Fight exotic and deadly beasts for fame and...

Enter to win a Star Trek Online Vaadwaur Astika Heavy Battlecruiser from PWE and Massively OP

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In honor of Star Trek Online's mid-season 11.5 launch, PWE has granted Massively OP five Vaadwaur Astika Heavy Battlecruisers to give away to our readers! "Battlecruisers of the...
Tasty.

Blizzard to WoW testers: Class orders will not be like garrison missions

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If you've paid any attention to World of Warcraft during its present expansion cycle, you are probably aware that Garrisons have not exactly been...
Um.

The Division encounters bugs with loot and characters after patch 1.1

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Yesterday was patch day for The Division, meaning fans got to hurry to the game flush with excitement, eager to download the patch and...
There are places I remember

A tour of RIFT 3.6: Celebration of the Ascended

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When an MMO hits its fifth anniversary, one hopes that the game's studio would pull out all of the stops to mark the occasion....

Character transfers in SWTOR were (temporarily?) free last night

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Our embedded reporter in Star Wars: The Old Republic -- me! -- discovered first-hand last night that character transfers had been made free for an unknown reason. This...

TERA’s Secrets & Shadows update arrives next month

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This should take some of the sting out of those layoffs: En Masse says TERA has a major update on the way for the...
Come and get your PLEX.

EVE Online plans to add dailies with skill point rewards

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Of all the ways to encourage players to engage with an MMO, two of the most controversial are daily quests and login rewards. Used in everything from World of Warcraft...
Wish you could actually consider being here.

Blade & Soul’s next event is all about random prizes for purchase

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Spring is here, and Blade & Soul is celebrating with a new set of expensive treasures for players. From April 13th, players will be...
Sure, who cares.

Like skintone, Rust’s character gender is determined by Steam ID

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Remember back when Rust added new skin tones and other secondary attributes that players didn't get to choose? Because the game just implemented another...
Ride or... um, actually, just ride. Riding is your goal here.

Skyforge’s Reaper’s’ Revenge adds new mount customization, vector stats

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Mounts are pretty important in any game that offers them; they get you from place to place, they often provide assorted benefits, and they...

Hyperspace Beacon: Impressions of SWTOR’s Visions in the Dark for gamers still on the fence

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After the last couple of lackluster chapters, I’ve lowered my expectations for the Star Wars: The Old Republic story. Not because I think that...

Blade & Soul’s Shattered Empire update arrives on April 27

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Hope you weren't too attached to that empire because Blade & Soul done gone shattered it. The wuxia action MMO is preparing to bring Update...