Updates

We’re not even going to try to sort out the patches from the updates from the iterations from the campaigns and expansions and expanshalones. If it’s something going into an MMO that’s already out, it lands in this category! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Star Citizen’s alpha 2.4 is live on the PTU for all backers with first iteration of persistence

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Heads up, Star Citizens: alpha 2.4 is finally on Star Citizen's public test test server for all backers, not just the elite few. "SC Alpha...
Candy, my friends! That's what you'll be getting! Delicious candy!

Black Desert Online posts a siege manual ahead of the June 15th siege launch

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The current lack of siege warfare in Black Desert Online is good news for people who don't like having random jerks besieging their structures...
Just whenever you get around to us, it's cool.

World of Warcraft: Legion is getting an animated Illidan short

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Considering that Illidan Stormrage is the origin of all of the Demon Hunters double-jumping around in World of Warcraft: Legion you wouldn't be surprised...
Both hands!

Guild Wars 2’s Bobby Stein says raids won’t gate main story progress

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ArenaNet's Narrative Lead Bobby Stein has hit the Guild Wars 2 forums to address some of the concerns raised this week when a forum...

Age of Conan’s revamped item shop draws ire from players

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Cash shops are pretty much a standard feature in most MMORPGs these days, whether you like them or not. It's always a tricky balancing...
Why would the head of a matriarchal society wear skintight leather? That doesn't even pretend to make any sense.

Skyforge players face off against Akonita’s invasion

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Players of Skyforge are no strangers to fighting off invasions. There's an invasion of the planet of Aelion every ten minutes or so, after...
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Final Fantasy XIV reveals its E3 plans

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Are you already tired of Final Fantasy XIV's most recent patch? If so, well, what the heck do you want? You got a whole...

Lord of the Rings Online reveals new raid bosses, starts spring festival

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Like the tides and fashion, raids in MMOs fall in and out of popularity in any given title. Lord of the Rings Online has...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

Happy Steam launch day, WildStar

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WildStar is officially live on Steam now as announced earlier this week. Carbine is kicking off the launch with the return of the Space...

Explore Lineage II’s giant floating castle and battle ancient giants

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Look there, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a massive inexplicably floating castle begging to be explored and plundered! The Dreadnought...

Chaos Theory: An exclusive look at The Secret World’s Museum of the Occult opening June 15

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When Game Director Romain Amiel first revealed the Museum of the Occult for The Secret World, you better believe I was excited. I wanted...

Raiding might be a component in Guild Wars 2’s living story season three

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If you were hoping that raiding will quietly disappear in Guild Wars 2 the way so many other features have over the years, you...
Shoot time!

Destiny’s next major DLC leaks plot details and the Gjallarhorn

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The next major Destiny DLC has been shrouded in a certain amount of mystery, but the lights are coming up on Rise of Iron....
DEATH! TO! NIDHOGG!

The Daily Grind: How long does an MMO encounter need to be out before you can judge its difficulty?

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At the time of this writing, Final Fantasy XIV's newest patch has been out for less than a full day. (It'll be two days...
Serious game.

Star Trek Online details its fabulous non-spacecraft rewards for this year’s summer festival

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You can earn yourself a powerful new starship in Star Trek Online's summer festival on Risa. That's wonderful. But the respect that such a...
AITA?

Final Fantasy XI details its June login rewards

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Every month, Final Fantasy XI offers players a nice and straightforward way to get rewarded for logging in: a login campaign. You log in,...

Grand Theft Auto Online expands its black market

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Surely if you're playing Grand Theft Auto Online, you're not above engaging in some shady black market activities. So for criminal scum of the...

SWTOR trailer reveals ‘The GEMINI Deception’ as next update

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BioWare has just revealed the details of Star Wars: The Old Republic's next content date and the next chapter in the ongoing Knights of...

WildStar preps for tomorrow’s Steam release

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Is this WildStar's last shot at stabilizing and becoming profitable for the indefinite future? There's a lot riding on tomorrow's Steam release, and Carbine...

Overwatch’s updated competitive play system will be ‘much more skill-based’

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With launch and meteoric success under its belt, Overwatch and its team are hard at work on the game's next big update, which should...