Updates

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WildStar’s devs spill more on F2P transition

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The picture of WildStar's future is slowly starting to emerge from the haze with continuing discussion from Carbine Studios about this fall's business model...

Star Trek Online details its upcoming fleet armadas

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The latest Star Trek Online dev blog talks up the sci-fi MMO's forthcoming fleet armada system. Lead programmer Daniel Razza says that the improvements...

RIFT 3.3 is going to be awesome for dimensioneers

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New planar crafting mechanics aren't the only things Trion has planned for RIFT's next update. Patch 3.3 Waking Nightmares will unleash a number of new dimension keys...

Skysaga gives PvP to the masses

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Skysaga's burgeoning community has a new way to grow closer today, as the game has opened the doors of its PvP arena to testers. Alpha...

WoW’s last major Draenor raid is Hellfire Citadel

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Warlords of Draenor's last major raid will be Hellfire Citadel, according to an interview with World of Warcraft lead game designer Cory Stockton. Patch...
Still proud of this shot.

Perfect Ten: The 10 dev stages of every new MMO class

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Any game with classes adds new classes over time. It's almost axiomatic. I don't know why absolutely every game cannot be designed with the...

Guild Wars 2 reveals Stronghold PvP Mist Champions, admits SAB is on hold

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ArenaNet has just announced Mist Champions for Guild Wars 2's incoming Heart of Thorns Stronghold PvP mode. In a new dev blog released today,...

TERA is going berserk with its new update and new class tease

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Summer's certainly not going to be boring in TERA's neck of the woods. The action MMO is prepping a new content update for next...
I gots to bag it up.

RIFT introduces new Planar Crafting mechanics in its next major patch

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As long as you're tearing open the spaces between dimensions in RIFT, you might as well get some new crafting materials. The new Planar...

Chinese and holiday tanks invade World of Tanks Xbox

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The conflict in World of Tanks Xbox is taking it up to a whole new level this week. First of all, the Chinese line...
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Star Wars: The Old Republic has a resurgence of rakghouls

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Well, Star Wars: The Old Republic fans, we've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that another upswing in rakghoul activity...

GTA Online’s Ill-Gotten Gains: Part Two is coming next week

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Are you still mucking about in Grand Theft Auto Online? Me too, and next week Rockstar is throwing us a bone in the form...

Path of Exile: The Awakening launches on July 10, here’s a trailer

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Path of Exile's Awakening expansion will officially release on July 10th. Grinding Gear will continue PoE's storyline into Act IV with the new update....

Cross-platform MMO Arcane Legends receives its sixth expansion today

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Spacetime Studios' mobile MMO Arcane Legends is due for a major upgrade on PC, Android, and iOS this week. Its sixth expansion, Rage of the...

Players can now give battlefield orders in War Thunder

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War Thunder is empowering players to take the role of a battlefield commander... for a price, that is. Today's Cold Steel update introduces an...

Heroes of the Storm’s Eternal Conflict goes live today

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Heroes of the Storm's Diablo-themed but boringly named Eternal Conflict patch goes live today, bringing with it the new Battlefield of Eternity battleground, new mercs,...
It's just heads all the way down.

Neverwinter’s Rise of Tiamat now available on Xbox One

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The downside to playing Neverwinter on a console is that there's a bit of a lag time on all the various major updates to the...

Not So Massively: Rust randomises penis size; Splatoon sells a million units

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Nintendo's recently released Wii U shooter Splatoon sold over a million units worldwide in its first month, becoming one of the console's most popular...
Older engines, you know.

Dark Age of Camelot newsletter covers Otherworlds campaign, future plans

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If you're eager to unlock new stat caps in Dark Age of Camelot, you're getting your chance over the summer. The Otherworlds campaign will...

Pathfinder Online’s new settlement mechanics improve customization

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The power to customize settlements in Pathfinder Online lands for players in the game's next Early Enrollment release, v10. Previously, these settlements were composed of predesigned templates...