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Scope out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter summary

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You can't play a Dragonhunter Guardian in Guild Wars 2 right now no matter how much you might want to be wielding a bow...

Bridges, stairs, and better boats coming soon to Wurm Online

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Trust us: You will never see anyone so excited over bridges as you will in this Wurm Online dev update post. To be fair,...
Xsyon

Xsyon patch adds architecture parts, fixes bugs

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Xsyon's architecture mechanics got some love in yesterday's patch. New parts were added, including the 16x16 truss, 16 meter beams, and 8.8 and 16.8 meter...
Aiming for the planet.

Elite’s Mac client launches May 12, Powerplay beta on May 20

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This week's Elite: Dangerous newsletter covers quite a bit of ground. Firstly, the game's Mac client will launch on May 12th. Mac and PC...

Guild Wars 2 initially aims for a small desert borderlands WvW test

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Even as Guild Wars 2 players are diligently farming zones in the hopes of obtaining a Heart of Thorns PvE beta key, ArenaNet is...

RIFT’s Hammerknell instant adventures open for business

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While the new Hammerknell instant adventure was originally slated for RIFT's 3.2 update, the team held it back for additional work and testing. The...
Create and destroy alike!

Smedley has bright predictions for PlanetSide 2’s future

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It's been said before and will be said again a few more times before it's no longer true: Fans of Daybreak games are a...
EVE Online

New EVE dev blog details nullsec and sov changes

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If you've got an interest in EVE Online's upcoming changes to nullsec and sovereignty mechanics, and you've got a lot of time, you'll probably...
GTA Online

Rockstar: ‘No one has been banned for using GTA single-player mods’

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If you've been visiting any GTA V or GTA Online forums this week, you've surely heard about the modding brouhaha that cropped up with...

World of Warcraft preps bonus events and adventure guide for 6.2

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What would it be like to play an MMO where every day presented a new event to enjoy? This will be the reality for...
You use it to bash this.

Trove previews the upcoming Boomeranger class

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Another big patch is coming to Trove in the near future, and it's bringing along a new class. The class feels... familiar, somehow. We...

Conquer Online celebrates 12th anniversary with new content

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Happy birthday to Conquer Online, which turns 12 years old today. The title is throwing a month-long series of in-game events to celebrate the...

Guild Wars 2 unveils the Guardian elite spec: Dragonhunter

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Here we are in the wilds of Guild Wars 2 once again, and you can see we've got a big old dragon right there....

Destiny prepares to throw players into the Prison of Elders

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The bad news: You've been sentenced to prison and are severely outnumbered by powerful, ancient beings. The good news: The warden has allowed you...
Of course, then you get reminded about the setting.

Neverwinter announces its next major update, Underdark

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Neverwinter is heading into a dark place with its next major update. Darker than dark, even. Tenatively dubbed Neverwinter: Underdark, the next module will...
Boat status = on one.

ArcheAge outlines the battles in the Sea of Graves

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So what sort of nautical nonsense can you get up to in the most recent ArcheAge update? How about beating back a leviathan of...
Take me to iurch (imperial church).

Elder Scrolls Online hints at Imperial City, Orsinium DLC

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The next major milestone for The Elder Scrolls Online is its console release, obviously. But what comes after that? When can players on the...

Plan out your Guild Wars 2 specializations with this tool

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One of the big changes coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns is the revamp of the trait system into the new specializations....

TERA arrives on Steam with the Gunner class patch

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TERA fans have been anticipating the game's newest class for a while now -- and today, it's here. Patch 31.04 debuts the Gunner, a...

Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s 12x XP leveling guide and Ziost’s finale

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Happy Revenge of the Fifth! Because this column comes out on Tuesday, I'm a wee bit behind on wishing you a happy Star Wars...