Updates

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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...
Just chilling, yo

Landmark releases its big pre-launch patch

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At 11 a.m. EDT today, Landmark is expected to be back from maintenance and up for early access before its official launch on June...

WildStar is finally coming to Steam – on Thursday

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As promised, WildStar is indeed launching on Steam -- and Carbine has just announced that the big day is this coming Thursday, June 9th. "Alongside the...

Dancy chaos comes to Trove

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We have to hand it to Trove: This MMO has the best patch names of any game. Enter today's Dancy Chaos update, which really...
Well-told, but not well-planned.

Final Fantasy XI introduces new quests and Ambuscades for June

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The June version update of Final Fantasy XI should make your life just a little bit easier. Are you tired of walking everywhere in...

Tree of Savior compensates players for downtime, removes DLC from Steam

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Time to catch up on Tree of Savior, shall we? Rewinding the clock a little to late May, we see that the title removed...

Transform into a greedy dragon with SMITE’s new character Fafnir

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Norse mythology's Fafnir, Lord of Glittering Gold, is live in Hi-Rez's MOBA SMITE today. If you're a fan of dwarves, hoarding, and transforming into...

Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC is sublime, brother

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Well, folks, this is it. This is the way that The Elder Scrolls Online should have launched. As MOP's own Bree Royce says on...
Subtle changes.

Today’s Neverwinter update adds guild alliances, logical campaign paths

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Going live around noon EDT today in Neverwinter is Guild Alliances, a large update to the Maze Engine campaign. Players will be able to...