Updates

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SWTOR’s 3.3.2 tweaks performance, brings back Bounty Week

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Star Wars: The Old Republic released its 3.3.2 patch notes today. Highlights include performance optimizations for anti-aliasing, specifically on medium and very high settings....

Shroud of the Avatar will start new players in outer space

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Portalarium continues to flesh out Shroud of the Avatar, most recently with a new intro setting called the Island of Storms. This place is...
Explode everywhere.

WildStar shuts down the auction house before the free-to-play switch

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WildStar will be free-to-play in a hot minute, and that means that certain things have to change, like several of the auction house mechanics....

Guild Wars 2 teases the Ranger elite specialization

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It's not fun to be last. Someone has to be, sure, but if you're a Ranger in Guild Wars 2, not only do you...
Why must you disappoint hopes?

Wisdom of Nym: The state of Final Fantasy XIV’s ranged DPS

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Honestly, ranged damage is a field that's never quite appealed to me as much as other options for doing stuff. Not just in Final...
IT TAKES TWO

Destiny’s new expansion creates a headache for non-buyers

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Destiny players are flocking by droves to upgrade to the new Taken King expansion... but what about those who decided not to jump on...

EverQuesting: EverQuest franchise expansion announcements erode more trust

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Is it just me, or is Daybreak actively trying to make me dislike it? To force me abandon all hope when I enter? Because...

Life Is Feudal tweaks networking, fixes bugs

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Life Is Feudal updated its Steam page with info about its latest patch yesterday. The 0.7.6.2 update features some networking optimization, which the devs...
Someone always gets upset, I don't let it get to me.

SWTOR’s 4.0 BH and Trooper changes detailed

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Class changes are coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic with the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion. Today, BioWare revealed what it has...
Hooray, we won and that means all problems are solved forever!

Skyforge gets invaded by robots, expands the Ascension Atlas, and holds a race

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The world of Aelion in Skyforge can't stop being invaded for two minutes, it seems. Mechanoids are invading, and you know that means smashing...

EVE Online reintroduces large-scale expansions

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Earlier this week, EVE Online Executive Producer Andie "CCPSeagull" Nordgren announced that the game will be returning to large-scale expansions in addition to frequent patches. What can...

Champions Online begins Supervillain Onslaught

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Cryptic has been talking up Champions Online's new Supervillain Onslaught mode over the past month, and now it is finally here! Players can temporarily step...

Elite producer talks updates, events, and CQC testing

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Frontier's latest website update talks up Elite's CQC beta and stress testing. The firm will throw Xbox and PC/Mac players together into one testing...
Oh, awesome, camping!

Darkfall Unholy Wars adjusts its economic rebalance

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At times, it seems like the entire history of Darkfall is one major adjustment after another. It hasn't been long since the game completely...

Destiny: The Taken King breaks PlayStation records

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If you had any doubt that Destiny is a huge force in the online world right now, Activision's announcement that the game is smashing...
This went to a bad place.

WildStar previews a new single-player instance, Alpha Sanctum

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The Eldan of WildStar weren't content to rest upon their collective laurels; they wanted to do more.  The story of what happened after they...

Guild Wars 2’s Scrapper turns the Engineer into a tank

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Guild Wars 2's Engineer has long been the master of long-ranged attacks, using rifles, turrets, grenades, pistols, and other gadgets to bring the pain...

Star Trek Online is revamping a few Cardassian episodes

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Star Trek Online content designer Jaddua Ross has revealed the first episode in the game's updated Cardassian Struggle arc. Spoils of War will kick...

The Stream Team: An ArcheAge anniversary

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It happens once a year for everything, and now it's ArcheAge's turn: Happy Anniversary! Yes, the game that offers sailing, farming, tradepack running, cars,...

DC Universe Online’s GU52 is live

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Game Update 52 went live in DC Universe Online earlier today, according to the superhero MMO's Twitter feed. Patch notes for the drop were...