Updates

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SWTOR is changing conquests in its Fallen Empire expansion

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When the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion hits Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, conquests will look a bit different. BioWare community...

Cabal II brings in battle arenas, ranking system on Thursday

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Gladiator combat is the focus of Cabal II's upcoming Trial of Champions patch, which is slated to go live on September 10th. Thursday's patch will add...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior changes aren’t bad

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It's been two weeks since I visited Star Wars: The Old Republic in this column, and it's clear that two weeks is far too long...
The update's big, yeah yeah yeah.

Neverwinter: Elemental Evil goes live on Xbox One

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If you've been playing Neverwinter on the Xbox One, you've had to deal with a bit of update lag. There's no way around it,...

Not So Massively: Grey Goo’s $75k tournament, Nexon’s LawBreakers

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Valve announced that Dota 2's Reborn update will be released to the live servers in the next few weeks. Online RTS Grey Goo launched...
Kyle, the deal is this - I used to think that my job was making sure a very specific sort of ship didn't get past orbit. And that was my job, and I did it. And then one day? They told me that it wasn't important any more, and that those ships could land, and no one had wanted them shot down for a very long time. And you know what, Kyle? It turns out - and I'm as surprised as anyone - that I just really, really like shooting down spaceships. So now I'm freelance.

Tribes: Ascend test server rewrites classes in a major way

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Tribes: Ascend is getting updates again, with the first update hitting the test server soon. So what are you expecting? A bit of balance...
anyway here's wonderwall

Shroud of the Avatar adds in instruments and fishing with release 22

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Have you been thinking to yourself that Shroud of the Avatar would be better if you also had the chance to engage in a...

Here are a ton of tidbits about World of Warcraft: Legion

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You've got questions about World of Warcraft: Legion. Of course you do. And Blizzard knows that it's got you on the hook, which is...
Build.

Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s crafting and gathering endgame in Heavensward

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Crafting and gathering has never been a primary goal of mine in Final Fantasy XIV so much as a secondary one. It's something extra...

Trove’s Lunar Lancer melds fox with spear fighter

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How does the fox fight? Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! Trove is more than happy to weirdly adopt old memes for its newest...

EverQuest’s progression server is opening Ruins of Kunark today

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EverQuest's Ragefire progression server is opening the doors to the game's first expansion today. A community vote passed to give the go-ahead to unlock The...

SWTOR outlines expansion changes to the Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior

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Here's a friendly PSA for Star Wars: The Old Republic players: Don't become so consumed by the big ticket features of the upcoming Knights of...

SkySaga’s latest alpha patch adds playable monkeys and a dinosaur zone

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Alpha 5 for SkySaga has landed -- and the monkeys have hit the fan. Playable monkey characters are only the surface for this massive game...

Heroes & Generals releases Xylander patch

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Reto-Moto has updated World War II shooter Heroes & Generals with a patch called Xylander. It adds new killing tools for Soviet players as...

Heroes of the Storm to downsize ranked match party size

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The size of parties queuing for Heroes of the Storm's ranked play will be downsized come the next patch, Blizzard has announced. A short post on...

Guild Wars 2 overhauls WvW guild objective system

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Guilds will have a lot more to do in world vs. world encounters when Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns launches next month. ArenaNet...

Free-to-play WildStar ‘Reloaded’ arrives September 29th

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No, that isn't a typo in the title: WildStar fully converts to free-to-play on September 29th. Carbine and its crew are calling this significant change to...

Project Gorgon adds guilds and new movement system

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An early version of the guild system went into Project Gorgon yesterday, according to the game's launcher. The guilds that are in the game are...

Guild Wars 2 unleashes fresh Mordrem event next week and blogs about raids

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ArenaNet just confirmed the rumors it sparked about a Mordrem event coming to Guild Wars 2: From 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on September 10 through...
Won't this be the opposite of fun.

ArcheAge elaborates on the game’s post-server merge environment

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If the land rush at launch of ArcheAge was the least fun you'd had since you started playing the game, you probably don't want...