Updates

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Path of Exile: The Awakening eyes July 10 release

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Path of Exile's next big content update, The Awakening, is coming soon... but how soon? The team said that it's getting close to nailing...

ArenaNet addresses Guild Wars 2 pre-purchase controversy

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The Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns pre-purchase announcement sent the community into a state of agitation, to put it mildly. This was exacerbated...

WoW gets a 6.2 patch survival guide and feature preview

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World of Warcraft's 6.2 patch drops tomorrow. Apparently it's a big deal, because Blizzard has taken the time to put together a patch preview...

E3 2015: SWTOR’s upcoming expansion builds on the ‘legacy of KOTOR’

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So what's with Knights of the Fallen Empire? Inquiring Star Wars: The Old Republic fans want to know! That's why we sat down with...
That map is big? Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's not small? No, no, no!

Neverwinter demos its biggest map ever

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The more things you want going on in a single map, the bigger the map needs to be. If all you want is for...
Sorry I'm late, but you know I can't log in for about two hours.

Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s early access

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Thursday was a long day. So was Friday, but in very different ways. Playing Final Fantasy XIV over the past few days has been a...

Gloria Victis inviteth thee to dump burning oil on the heads of thine enemies

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I can't imagine anything more disheartening than going over to a friend's house, knocking on his door, and being coated by burning pitch as...

Guild Wars 2 unloads a dump truck of expansion dev blogs

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Beep... beep... beep. That's the sound of a gargantuan Guild Wars 2 info truck that's preparing to unload its sizable cargo into your cortex....
Try to actually get a whole lot of things done at once while panicking, that's the option I apparently don't get to avoid.

The Daily Grind: What’s your first priority in a new MMO expansion?

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The start of Heavensward access in Final Fantasy XIV has me running around like it's the end times. I need to level the new...

DDO’s Update 26 introduces the Warlock class

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Are you still playing Dungeons and Dragons Online? If so, you might want to know about the Update 26 release notes that were published...

Anarchy Online’s long-awaited engine upgrade looks to be coming soon

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"You've waited, it's coming. In this year of 29489 on Rubi-Ka, you will see it," Anarchy Online's Twitter feed trumpeted today. We'll see what? You...

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward starts early access, welcomes back players

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Just a heads-up: If you have friends who play Final Fantasy XIV, you may not be seeing them at all today. That's because early...

Take a walk to the past with World of Warcraft’s Mana-Tombs

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Set your alarm for June 23rd and remember to charge up your flux capacitor, because World of Warcraft is about to take you back...

Why Guild Wars 2’s prepurchase deal has the internet raging

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On the surface, ArenaNet killed it at E3, kicking ass with a much-wanted and huge expansion for Guild Wars 2, one of the biggest MMORPGs in...
It's coincidence that the last three expansions have spoken to the exact same vanishingly small portion of the playerbase.

World of Warcraft details the end of the legendary ring questline

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The launch of World of Warcraft's next major patch brings with it the end of the quest to earn a legendary ring for your...
These nightmarish creatures can be felled! They can be beaten!

RIFT teases the Nightmare Saga coming with next month’s patch

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Lord Arak is not a nice guy, presumably. Sure, maybe he does nice things for his friends, has a soft spot for animals, all...

Check out this handy Guild Wars 2 build calculator

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Here's your Guild Wars 2 public service announcement of the day: Don't get so caught up in the expansion fever and the price wars that...

SWTOR lead writer talks expansion story and companions

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If you're curious about the story coming your way in BioWare's next Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, you should probably read a post...

Age of Wulin allows you to summon offline friends for combat assistance

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Do you have a good buddy you wish could play with you all the time, even when she's sleeping, eating, or at work? In...

World of Warcraft 6.2 coming on June 23 with Hellfire Citadel raid

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World of Warcraft's Patch 6.2: Fury of Hellfire is coming on June 23rd, we found out today. When it lands, the patch will be...