Updates

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World of Warcraft: Legion alpha patch revises class and artifact traits

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June 30th release or no, World of Warcraft: Legion continues on with its alpha test program. Today Blizzard patched in several adjustments to various...

SMITE brings in the winter goddess Skadi, starts selling 2016 season ticket

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Winter might be defrosting fast in the northern hemisphere, but in SMITE it's only getting going. The MOBA introduced the winter goddess Skadi this week...
Nothing can ever stay the same.

Heroes of the Storm’s Lost Cavern is a straight-up one-lane slugfest

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One of the big things that makes Heroes of the Storm distinct in its genre is the fact that every single map has a...

SWTOR announces KOTFE Chapter 12: Visions in the Dark, due April 7

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BioWare has just announced the next story chapter for Star Wars: The Old Republic's Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion: Visions in the Dark. "In Visions...

RIFT starts testing its multicore tech

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We're betting that there are some of you in the Massively OP audience that gets an involuntary shiver whenever someone uses a sexy technical...
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Rumor: Retailers pegging World of Warcraft: Legion’s release as June 30th

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The cycle has begun. Every time a World of Warcraft expansion doesn't have a fixed release date, retailers begin assigning a release date to...
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Star Trek Online previews the new Strategist secondary specialization

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Starship captains in Star Trek Online will be able to be just a bit more tactical with the launch of Season 11.5. The interim...

Blade & Soul’s Silverfrost Mountains expansion includes eight dungeons

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NCsoft has just announced more content coming to Blade & Soul this spring in the form of what it's calling the Silverfrost Mountains expansion. "The...
Perhaps not such good value for bat-men, but they have enough money.

DC Universe Online announces a tournament for Batman vs. Superman

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There's not much time left before the latest DC Comics movie makes the old geek argument of "who would win in a fight, Batman...

RPG MO adds player-created minigames, teases fletching

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Need a free, bite-sized MMO to while away the occasional break? You could do worse than checking out RPG MO, an indie sandbox with...

Get hitched and storm Zek in EverQuest II’s GU 100 on April 28

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Although EverQuest II is known for fall expansions, the game updates throughout the year can be pretty meaty as well. And it just so...

Allods Online elaborates on new class aspects, weapon mechanics

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You might recall that Allods Online has big changes in the works for its classes with the coming Update 7.0. If you don't remember...
Not yours, but... all right, yes, not funny, sorry.

Dark Age of Camelot adds revamped bosses and more guild symbols

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When your friends in Dark Age of Camelot want to take a trip to Spindelhalla, do you pretend that your internet connection has died?...
We all become one.

Skyforge offers players a merging tool for pantheons with its next update

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When you have contests between various guilds, it's going to be harder to maintain your existence as a smaller guild. Skyforge's pantheon conflicts have...

Neverwinter’s Maze Engine is live today

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Neverwinter's Maze Engine expansion is live today for PC players -- you'll be taking on Baphomet’s demonic army and venturing into Castle Never itself,...

The Elder Scrolls Online resets leaderboards with a bugfix patch

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The Thieves' Guild DLC for The Elder Scrolls Online was meant to include a leaderboard reset due to the changes with the Vitality system....

Trove: Mantle of Power will introduce stellar gear with rainbow auras

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All leet players know that to truly show off how snowflake-special they are; there need to be blindingly bright auras emanating around their characters, as...

Player-created space cities arrive in EVE Online when Citadel launches April 27

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CCP has announced that EVE Online's next big expansion, Citadel, is officially landing on April 27th following EVE Fanfest. At the heart of the expansion...

Hyperspace Beacon: Should you resub for SWTOR: Disavowed?

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Hello, friends. I hope you don’t mind my calling you that. I do respect my readers. Thankfully, most of you are rational and thoughtful....

Landmark plans two more character and claim wipes

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Despite assurances to the contrary almost exactly one year ago, Landmark will experience two more character wipes on top of expected claim wipes. The...